Which one of you sampling gurus wants to write a tutorial...

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On how to sample....

I mean we see how to make beats using samples but they never show you the tedious part of of the process.

So lets get the dirt from homerecordings finest beatmakers. :cool:

Just how do you sample?
 
I download someone else's shit and call it mine. Nah, I'm just kiddin'...I'd like to see this one too because I really don't sample. Too many chances for legal issues if the shit gets to the wrong people.
 
my sister has over a thousand cd's.
i go to her house, get drunk and listen to music with her and her husband.
if i hear something i like, i take it home and put it in soundforge.
then into Reason.

ive never sampled from vinyl, although i own about 30 records ive bought from goodwill for sampling.

if i was going to sample from vinyl...

i would put the record on the turntable, hook the turntable up to my computer, and record the part i wanted into soundforge.
you can cut it up in soundforge and assign each section to different keys in Reason or whatever sequecing track you use, to 'play' the sections.
to get a good bass from vinyl samples...
EQ the sample. take all the highs out. then maybe add some compression, and you have a bass line that matches the melody.

i use a lot of vocal samples from old TV shows and movies. as kind of a solliquie in or before the lyrics.
heres a great website with thousands of vocal samples...

http://www.dailywav.com

ive never sampled from vinyl, but thats the process ive understood others to use.
if im wrong, maybe someone more knowledgable in this department can correct me.

.peace.
 
Asides from having a DJ mixer and scratching the samples in while the beat is going...or doing it separately and lacing it all together, it'd make sense to record it in soundforge, cubase, acid, or whatever you're using and then edit it there so it can loop if it needs to.
 
here is what i have found on the subject everywhere i look those who do know how to do it dont ever seem to want to share how they do it for what ever reason i did one cut using samples and would love to tell you how but i dont think it was that dificult a sample track to do i actually took the sample threw it in live went to the sample edit and hit the pitch adjust ment making sure to use a very slow sample so when i sped it up it wouldnt sound bad i built the track separetly at the speed of the sample then married them together. but like i said my track was simple the more complex stuff i have not delved into yet. hopefully some of the more skilled samplers will pitch in but to be honest i wouldnt expect it but if it is poissible this would be the only place i would expect it to happen.
 
BEATMAKERS said:
here is what i have found on the subject everywhere i look those who do know how to do it dont ever seem to want to share how they do it for what ever reason i did one cut using samples and would love to tell you how but i dont think it was that dificult a sample track to do i actually took the sample threw it in live went to the sample edit and hit the pitch adjust ment making sure to use a very slow sample so when i sped it up it wouldnt sound bad i built the track separetly at the speed of the sample then married them together. but like i said my track was simple the more complex stuff i have not delved into yet. hopefully some of the more skilled samplers will pitch in but to be honest i wouldnt expect it but if it is poissible this would be the only place i would expect it to happen.
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this was the hardest thing to read ever posted on the internet.
 
tylerxxx said:
this was the hardest thing to read ever posted on the internet.
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neverbeenabigfanofpunctuationandclarity
 
Since most of us are using Sound Forge, I will explain it as such (but you can substitute Sound Forge for any sampler [ie: MPC, SP1200, Triton, etc]).

I will also explain the process as if we are using a sample that consists of eight (8) beats.

All you have to do is...

Record the section of music that you want into Sound Forge.

*Make sure that you record a few second before the sample and a few seconds after the sample.

Locate the BEGINNING beat of your sample.

TRUNCATE (cut off) the material before the 1st beat.

Then, locate the end of the last beat (the point at which the ninth [9th] beats STARTS).

TRUNCATE the material after that “point”.

Now you have your eight (8) count sample.
I would then break down that sample in half [TWO) four (4) beat sections].
*if the sample contains a “live” drummer, I might even break that down into 2 beat OR 1 beat sections. I would load them into Acid (to stretch them on beat). Reassemble them, in order. Then, I would Render them To New Track. That will put the sample on beat.

If you have a sample that is longer than eight beats, I would suggest that you break the sample down into eight (8) beat sections, first.
 
SPINSTERWUN said:
Since most of us are using Sound Forge, I will explain it as such (but you can substitute Sound Forge for any sampler [ie: MPC, SP1200, Triton, etc]).

I will also explain the process as if we are using a sample that consists of eight (8) beats.

All you have to do is...

Record the section of music that you want into Sound Forge.

*Make sure that you record a few second before the sample and a few seconds after the sample.

Locate the BEGINNING beat of your sample.

TRUNCATE (cut off) the material before the 1st beat.

Then, locate the end of the last beat (the point at which the ninth [9th] beats STARTS).

TRUNCATE the material after that “point”.

Now you have your eight (8) count sample.
I would then break down that sample in half [TWO) four (4) beat sections].
*if the sample contains a “live” drummer, I might even break that down into 2 beat OR 1 beat sections. I would load them into Acid (to stretch them on beat). Reassemble them, in order. Then, I would Render them To New Track. That will put the sample on beat.

If you have a sample that is longer than eight beats, I would suggest that you break the sample down into eight (8) beat sections, first.
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Ladies and Gentlemen we have a winner! :D :cool:

Thanks Spin :)
 
Yeah, I agree that ACID is a wonderful place to work with samples, but I'm biased. I sample occasionally, but mostly for fun and not for something I plan on releasing. I made an ill track with a sample from an old 70's song that everyone seems to love. But it'll never be heard cuz I'm broke.

If anyone here has a subscription to Scratch magazine, there's a few good articles on sampling every other issue or whatever. It's a good mag, but it only comes out 6 times a year.

-Springfield
 
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