I don't think it's necessary to have the original *vinyl* version if you want to
sample a break. If you're concerned about sound quality, the sample is going to
be digital anyway (hello? samples are digital) so the whole analog vs digital
argument is thrown out the window. If its on CD, you can just rip it without
having it go through the D/A - A/D process.
The real crime in Sample CDs isn't that its on CD, but that basically you're
getting what everyone else is getting. The same goes for pre-fabricated sample
records. It's like buying clothes at the GAP and then walking out on the street
and finding half a dozen people wearing the exact same clothes you are, it's
kind of embarassing.
Sample from vinyl, sample from CDs (an album CD I mean, not a sample CD! :)),
from DAT, from minicassettes, from MDs, from .WAVs, from your answering machine,
whatever. The source format doesn't matter, but make sure the sample is
something YOU found YOURSELF, not from a pre-packaged deal someone made for you.
I've been sampling things for 14 years, that's the fun and joy of sampling -
taking a sound that sounds good to you and/or has a special feeling or meaning
to you and making it part of your musical domain.
Elson
> dearList: I buy comps as a short term solution and to hip me to names to
> check for.longterm i get the vinyl if it is Po$$ible. Do not sample of
> another rappers record .... er well... not with witnessees present!
> >From: "Elliot Mclean" <elliotmclean@hotmail.com>
> >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >Subject: RE: rules for djs/producers
> >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:36:17 GMT
> >
> >Is it cool to sample of compilations like ultimate breaks and beats and
> >super disco breaks.
> >Or do you have to own the proper record?
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