Sample Fodder (post cool things to sample)

http://youtu.be/iRZxJGjbjjU

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Reminds me of Mr.Wobble for some reason.

Right near the beginning when a woman says "archiana". I think Imma sample it and put mad echo and reverb on it, make it all futurey and shit.

Couple more:

I sampled robocops footstep for the Incompletel Skyscrapers Compilation

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but isn't the whole idea of sampling sounds/music that you shouldn't be able to hear where it's from? I would hate it if people came up to me and said, 'hey, isn't that that snare from xxxxxxxx?'

  On 6/20/2012 at 2:00 PM, Squee said:

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but isn't the whole idea of sampling sounds/music that you shouldn't be able to hear where it's from? I would hate it if people came up to me and said, 'hey, isn't that that snare from xxxxxxxx?'

I never thought that. I always thought the idea was to make things that sound good. I guess I can see the appeal of it being mysterious, but ultimately my goal is just to make music.

  On 6/20/2012 at 2:09 PM, gmanyo said:

  On 6/20/2012 at 2:00 PM, Squee said:

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but isn't the whole idea of sampling sounds/music that you shouldn't be able to hear where it's from? I would hate it if people came up to me and said, 'hey, isn't that that snare from xxxxxxxx?'

I never thought that. I always thought the idea was to make things that sound good. I guess I can see the appeal of it being mysterious, but ultimately my goal is just to make music.

I think the attitude varies depending on the genre of music. In hip-hop, especially golden age era tracks or older, you'll here the same samples very often because it's a deliberate nod to previous songs. Not just the same breakbeats, but lines from classic tracks, sampled directly or referenced, or familiar samples like this below (@ 0:20). Turntablism can be pretty thick in deliberate sampling as well, it's like trainspotting porn. They want people to know where the samples are from.

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This is a good example of deliberate samples being used:

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But that's not always the case. Some producers pride themselves on finding obscure and rare samples. Madlib and DJ Shadow especially - they often flip a lot of bars of songs most people would never recognize. Or they just chop the hell out the samples, like this Dilla track:

Another example of the "obscure" route... people slowly noticed a lot of "chillwave" hits were built on liberal samples of old 70s and 80s songs. It was purely an aesthetic choice (maybe personal choice of the producers), not a easy to source sample. They also edited the samples a bit. It certainly wasn't immediately apparent when the songs came out.

Washed Out's "Feel It All Around":

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Neon Indian's "Deadbeat Summer"

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On the completely opposite end of the spectrum, a lot of electronic and experimental artists use samples in such short snippets or edited so heavily that it's completely from sonic use. IDM, musique concrete, noise and ambient, drone, etc. Again, not intended to be recognized, at least not easily (That's what these kind of forums are for...'I hear lighter noises as snares in Alberto Baslam')

No these last tracks fall somewhere in the middle. Plethora of samples, some familiar, some not. Either way it's clear that they were intent on using just samples and sure enough both of these groups have quite a distinct style. It's this degree of sampling I find most appealing, especially when no original recordings are utilized as well.

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I want so much to sample this but haven't figured out how to use it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTxv42nM81I

  On 6/20/2012 at 9:07 PM, mokz said:

I want so much to sample this but haven't figured out how to use it yet:

 

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ahhaha lot of awesome moments in there, RRRIIIIIIGGHHTTT!? And now I'm certain to order a COLA in Korea

0:29

  On 6/21/2012 at 3:46 PM, joshuatx said:

  On 6/20/2012 at 9:07 PM, mokz said:

I want so much to sample this but haven't figured out how to use it yet:

 

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ahhaha lot of awesome moments in there, RRRIIIIIIGGHHTTT!? And now I'm certain to order a COLA in Korea

this video is most amazing

walking around cornwall today, i wish i had a microphone. We ended up walking alongside some pylons for a while and i just love the static buzz of 10000 volts running through overhead cables.

This is glorious

  On 12/18/2012 at 9:08 AM, gmanyo said:

This is glorious

mmm dat tape hiss

so close to making for a great dub track son ... son son son son SUN SUN SUUN SUUUNNN--N-N-N-N-NAH NAH NAH NAH