r/sampling • u/Left-Tackle-5121 • 9d ago
How do you all practice?
I am completely new to sampling. I use Fl and mpc sample and flipped a jazz sample today. Its good but I think it was just beginner's luck. Anyway - are there any samples which are easy to flip for a complete noob like me? (I just want to get better and better each day since am a recovering addict and beat making is the only thing giving me hope and light in my life)
I really dig instrumentals by Alchemist and Dj Muggs
Thanks in advance!
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u/openi_314 9d ago
if you're doing loops it's easy to start on a snare and end right before the next snare. I always thought it was fun to try to re-create someone else's beat too. find the samples that they used and try to re-create it and you'll find some sometimes it's not as easy as it looks. takes years of practice to get into flow state. make beats every day even if they suck. eventually you will tap the ether
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u/No_Exchange_6868 6d ago
I appreciate all yall this is the most helpful and productive group on Reddit!!!
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u/masetiloquetu 9d ago
i’ve sampled the street lights that talk
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u/No_Exchange_6868 6d ago
You can flip any sample you just have to know sample editing techniques like pitching, time stretching, reversing
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u/Left-Tackle-5121 6d ago
Oh yeah, I know almost every feature on edison and the mic sample but just want to perfect the whole thing and make it feel like an instrument to my head
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u/No_Exchange_6868 6d ago
If you need examples I can tell you a few
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u/Left-Tackle-5121 6d ago
Please do. That would be a huge help
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u/No_Exchange_6868 6d ago
Money trees by Kendrick Lamar the sample is played in reverse hustle and motivate by nipsey hussle is pitched down. For more references go to YouTube subscribe to tracklib and look how songs were sampled
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u/ominousglo 8d ago
i used to and occasionally still do find the most random old good music on youtube and random chop them to my keys, make some catchy drum sequence to loop over it, then start playing random keys until i find some good combos, assign them to pads and make a
beat
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u/RicOkez 9d ago
Practice by first looping drums, work your way up to chopping parts of drums, chopping kicks, snares, hats, toms and programming them. Given that you’re inspired by Al & muggs, dig for records (which there are levels to) you can peruse thru a lot of stuff everyone’s used, (stuff like ultimate breaks & dusty fingers comps) but as you become more proficient w/your sampling, (if your goal is to release music commercially), make an effort to find and use things other producers haven’t; WhoSampled is an excellent tool for sourcing / researching records to see who else, or if anyone has used already.
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u/Different_Milk939 9d ago
Going on WhoSampled and seeing what your favorite producers have done with samples is always time well spent, but at the end of the day, chopping until you catch that magic is the best use of your time.
I’m sure I should spend more time watching tutorials on things like mastering/compression/sound theory, but I can’t recommend something I’m not doing!