the band skatenigs and sampling?

[dolecek1]

Has anyone ever heard of the band skatenigs? or fear factory for as that matters, they seem to use alot of various sampling in their music.I would like to incorperate this is my music as well.What would i need to do this? fyi if you arent familiar with those bands its heavy metal with sampling.

[Atterion]

First off you need a sampler.

-You could go the hardware route (E-mu and AKAI are pretty much the industry standards for hardware samplers).
-or the software route. Check around http://www.kvraudio.com/ for info on soft-samplers (There are plenty of freebies out there). A real decent one is available on CM magazine http://www.muon-software.com/html/ds404.html (Which also includes several other freebies). And here's another (Which includes it's own host) http://www.rgcaudio.com/sfz.htm
-And speaking of hosts, If you go the soft-sampler route, you'll need a host (CEP doesn't host soft-instruments). Here are 3 freebies. http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm
http://www.hermannseib.com/english/savihost.htm
http://www.tobybear.de/p_minihost.html
-You'll also need a controller keyboard (If you plan to play the samples real time, otherwise most any sequencer with VST capabilities will work).

There are so many different options, I'd definitely invest time at KVR. There are tons of reviews there too, so you can read up before, spending any money (Not that you really even need too).

[Atterion]

You can also do a search over the internet for samples.
Here are some resources for ya:
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
http://www.samplenet.co.uk/
http://www.synthzone.com/sampling.htm
http://www.sf2midi.com/index.php?sea...es&page=search
http://www.sound-effects-library.com/index.asp

And there are countless commercial libraries available.

[dolecek1]

Hey thanks for the replies.I do have a midi controller.( m-audio radium 49 ) but just regular sampling isnt just want im looking for im also looking for somethign that will twist and edit the samples as well )

[Atterion]

Most of the High-End samplers (i.e Native Instruments Kontakt), have many FX and Filters built in to really mess things up. You can always run your sampler, into VST effects units for post processing. One very important element you need (or is at least recommended) for sample manipulation is an audio editor. Fortunately, you already have CEP, which should provide you with more than ample editing capabilities.

If you are looking for more specifics as to what type of FX you need, the only limit is your imiganation. Here are some common ones:

Filters-We all love 'em. Very flexible, especially good swept.

Distortion-Skys the limit here. Everything from soft and fuzzy, to full blown overdrive, to the digital clipping variety (insert Bit Reduction plugin here).

Flange/Phase/Chorus-Need I say any more

Delays/Reverbs-(see: Flange/Phase/Chorus)

Vocoders-A staple in the world of sampling

And we could go on forever. The point is, try every combination you can. That is how great samples are made, Trial and Error. Remember there are no rules in sampling, the nastiest, trashiest sample could very well be the centerpiece of your next hit-single.

Another pearl-of-wisdom (not really). Sample everything you can. When jamming out, or just hanging about, throw a cassette into a cassette recorder an hit redord. You never now when something amazing will happen (like your drummer rips the absolute nastiest sounding bean-fart ever), and you will have captured it for your next album (I prefer cassette for sampling still as it imparts a certain nastiness and color to a sample that is really hard to replicate authentically on digital systems...a little nod to the old-school I guess).