Can I make an Ableton Live sound pack with my own samples? I have .aiff drum sounds that I want to make into a kit.
posted on Mar 22, 2008 - 2 answers

I want recordings of people communicating over the radio, especially in a military or astronautical context. Gimme. [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 5 answers

I am looking for other songs that use the 45 King's "900 number" sample, other than "Let me clear my throat". [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2008 - 7 answers

Sample identification filter: What is the background loop on DJ Babu's "Sound Music" (MP3 preview from EMusic here)? I'm a hundred percent sure that I've heard it used before on some hip-hop track I used to love, but an hour of five second stretches from my most likely suspects didn't yield a hit. Any ideas, hive-mind?
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - 5 answers

Best way to submit resume and samples? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2007 - 5 answers

For a few years now I've noticed a sample that I believe is the same in two songs. Posse in Effect by the Beastie Boys, and Take it Slow by Technotronic (scroll down to Pump up the Jam)... Each page has a sample to listen to. It seems to be a slow sax sample. I'm not sure, but that's what I think it is. Is it the same sample? If so, does anyone know where it's sampled from?
posted on Feb 9, 2007 - 3 answers

How do I build a technical writing portfolio when all of the docs I work on at my current company are proprietary information? [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2007 - 11 answers

Where do the guitars on Run DMC's Rock Box come from? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm looking for a sample pack of all of the words/letters/numbers/phonemes from a Speak n' Spell (and/or derivatives). I'm not looking for crazy circuit bent samples... just something I can piece together words/phrases out of. Surely someone has done this. [more inside]
posted on Jan 20, 2007 - 9 answers

Electronic "music" from the 1960's. [more inside]
posted on Nov 21, 2006 - 15 answers

Where do The Books get their samples? [more inside]
posted on Aug 3, 2006 - 17 answers

MuFi has got the best of me - help me get started making electronic music, particularly drum 'n' bass/idm. [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2006 - 15 answers

I am trying to find a comprehensive list of all the samples (both music and film) on Wax Tailor's new album, Tales of the Forgotten Melodies. What resources are available online to help me obtain this? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2006 - 2 answers

Are there any comprehensive sites which catalog the original sources of audio later sampled in songs? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2006 - 6 answers

Is it okay, legally speaking, to use non-musical audio samples in a musical recording? [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2006 - 25 answers

Music that samples from Jame Bond themes? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2006 - 20 answers

Looking for a decent, cheap software sampler for Mac OS X. [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2006 - 5 answers

Fellow graphic designers: I need help thinning out my collection of samples and portfolio materials. What should I keep? please hope. [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2006 - 8 answers

Calling all hip hop heads: Please help me find the name of a soul song used as a fade-out on a Little Brother track. [more inside]
posted on Dec 17, 2005 - 6 answers

My wife and I are fans of Cirque du Soleil, and I'm a keyboardist who's inspired by the unique and compelling soundtracks of each show. One such show, La Nouba, has a more gritty, urban feel to its music. There's something, however, that I can't identify, and I've been trying for years. [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2005 - 10 answers

Identify this MP3. It's a clip from the song "Let Me Love you" by Mario, but some friends are up in arms over what 80s track it samples. Can you help keep my friends out of padded rooms over this?
posted on May 2, 2005 - 9 answers

Are there any good sources for free sound effects? Preferably free in terms of both purchase and royalty costs.
posted on Apr 14, 2005 - 9 answers

I just watched Harold and Maude for the first time in several years. The intense "and there was a blinding flash!! kill!! kill! " monologue by Uncle Victor triggered a synapse in my brain and I KNOW this is sampled somewhere in a song. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2005 - 7 answers

In the past I've had some fun with making music using tracker programs to make .mod files (and .s3m, etc). I'm guessing this is probably a bit outdated now, so my question is really twofold...[more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2005 - 11 answers

Does anyone know of a website that lists songs and the tracks they stole samples from? My googlefu has failed me.
posted on Nov 19, 2004 - 4 answers

At the Frankfurt Musikmesse '04, Powercore did a demo of some of it's latest Whizzbang equipment to let DJ's apply less-fake sounding filters to music samples and other fun things. The guy who did the presentation, Jim Motley,
seems like an absolute spaz, and it's kinda fun to see how into it he is. Here's for the question - does anyone recognize the music that he's messing with in there? It seems like a British version of Ozomatli, which could be a fun thing.
I can't get this outta my head. Anyone recognize it?

Here's Jim, freakin' out.
More videos here.
posted on Sep 27, 2004 - 4 answers

Obscure song question: On DJ Shadow's first full length album, there's a song called Stem/Long Stem. About halfway through he samples some tv show or movie or record with a man talking about being taken to jail for parking tickets or something. DJ shadow doesnt list who this is in the liner notes. Would anyone possibly know where this originally came from?
posted on Feb 1, 2004 - 9 answers