Roland has officially introduced the SP-404 MKII, a major update to the SP-404 sampler design with a vivid OLED display, 17 expressive pads, expanded effects, fluid sequencing and sampling, and a massive sample library.… Read More Roland SP-404 mkII Coming In November For $500
Here’s a quick demo of how to sample vinyl LP’s to make your own soundpack.… Read More How To Sample Vinyl LPs
Reason – WAV sample slicing tutorial with NN-XT, by Willbe was uploaded by: williamlamy
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2009 NAMM Show: Redmatica previewed its “next generation” sampling applications, Compendium Pro Bundle 2. The new set of applications include Keymap Pro 2, AutoSampler 2 and ProManager 3 and offers both evolutionary and revolutionary features, building over the foundation of Keymap 1.5, AutoSampler and ExsManager 2. “‘Revolutionary Evolution’ was the concept behind the entire development… Read More Redmatica Sampling Suite
Avant Garde samplemeister Johannes Kriedler is using his latest work, product placements, to create a nightmare for GEMA (the German RIAA, and explore the ways that copyrights limit art in the process. Here’s the text of his announcement: If you want to register a song at GEMA (RIAA, ASCAP of Germany) you have to fill… Read More Avant Garde Samplemeister Creates Nightmare for German RIAA
Travel blogger Matt Harding (Where the Hell is Matt) traced a sample around the world to its origin: I went to the Solomon Islands to research the origins of Rorogwela, a traditional folk song that was sampled in Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest and reused in my dancing videos. In the years 1969/1970, the ethnomusicologist… Read More Tracing A Sample To Its Source, Halfway Around The World
Michael S. Schneider, author of A Beginner’s Guide To Constructing The Universe, has published an interesting analysis of the Amen Break (probably the most important sample ever). In his analysis, the Amen Break may be popular because of the way the Golden Ratio is found it the break’s timing: Having looked at the geometry of… Read More The Golden Ratio In The Amen Break
This video effectively combines audio and video sampling. Many people were filmed in St Michael’s church in Byker Newcastle, indidivudally, over the course of a day, playing single notes on various insruments to create a note bank that composer Andy Jackson used to create the score that you see and hear. Most of the participants… Read More Video Combines Visual And Audio Sampling
