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These sounds were arguably better, because they came from a higher quality source, had a specific use (a one-shot clap sample vs ripping a clap from a full track) and could be used without risk.

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Hip-hop and electronic artists have sampled film dialogue, documentaries, YouTube clips, even computer system sounds, and itвЂ™s often resulted in something really interesting and unexpected for listeners.Д¬ombine that with the advent of digital technology вЂ“ using samples shifted from relying on pre-recorded, usually non-royalty free music to companies creating dedicated sample packs with royalty free sounds for producers to use. In a liberal view, any audio is fair game, and itвЂ™s something a lot of artists take advantage of (myself included). The Avalanches used a stunning 3500 samples to create their debut album, вЂSince I Left YouвЂ™.Д«eyond that, full recordings of music arenвЂ™t the only options for sampling. Even Justice has even admitted to using a large number of samples on their debut record, most of them uncleared too. Many songs out there probably use samples without you even knowing.

The possibilities are truly endless.ДЇirstly, sampled music can be chopped, screwed and manipulated in ways so that you canвЂ™t even tell what the original song was. It can be used in chill hip-hop beats, in catchy pop music, and in beautiful sample collage tracks that really push the envelope of sampling. This is evident in the popular examples above.Д«ut sampling encompasses a much broader art form in practice. When most people (normies) think of sampling, they think of oneвЂ™s music being used in anotherвЂ™s, usually in a way to pay homage. In fact, these very techniques inspired a new generation of hip-hop beats by producers who used samplers in similar ways. DonвЂ™t Cry is one of the best examples of this, allowing the original sample to play before unleashing his skills on the MPC. J Dilla is a true pioneer of sampling, due to his unique way of chopping in a free and unquantized way. These techniques were then generously shared with hip-hop artists вЂ“ giving birth to a completely new sound. This created new genres, like dub and early riddim (no, not the brostep type). These pioneers made stripped-down instrumental mixes of reggae tunes, which started out simple but became more complex over time through the addition of effects like reverb and delay. This was still very early days, and it wasnвЂ™t until the late 1960вЂ™s that it happened on a mainstream level.Д®ngineers would mix, rearrange, and rebuild tracks to suit different audiences. It was the first time recorded audio was used as source material rather than a new recording. Once the tape machine was invented, artists chopped up parts of the tape by вЂsplicingвЂ™ different parts to create a new composition. History of SamplingДЄs we mention in our Ultimate Guide to Remixing, the earliest form of sampling was something obscurely-named musique concrГЁte, which as you can probably imagine translates from French to вЂconcrete musicвЂ™. If you havenвЂ™t watched this great TED talk from Mark Ronson on how sampling has impacted music, youвЂ™re missing out.

ItвЂ™s been around for a long time, and only now is the art form being understood by the general public as it should be. ItвЂ™s using something old in a completely new way вЂ“ like youвЂ™re finishing a painting started many years ago. Those textures and tones would require unnecessary amounts of effort to create the same result, only to use it in a different context anyway. Why? It yields interesting and unique results that you canвЂ™t get with synthesis alone.Д«eautiful layers of instruments, weaving in and out of each other, recorded in exact ways. While synthesis is a massive part of producing music (true in genres like trap, dubstep and future bass), sampling is an equally important skill within the broader art form of music production. That was the case for me, loading up FL Studio and trying to process bad kick drums into good ones for the sake of вЂskillвЂ™. Many producers, especially those getting into EDM, start off their production journey thinking all sounds have to be created from вЂscratchвЂ™. Eric PrydzвЂ™ classic вЂCall On MeвЂ™ is primarily based off a short 2 bar sample from Steve WindoodвЂ™s вЂValerieвЂ™.Дespite a lot of debate within the larger musical community as to whether sampling is a legitimate art-form, most people today would consider it a unique form of creative expression, with a large number of the top 40 pop and hip-hop tracks paying homage to the past through the use of a sample or two.