Help me find just the right online crate to dig in - I'm working on a hipstery disco record (think Daft Punk, MSTRKRFT) and would love to find some old happy, dancey funk/soul/whatever you want to call it to sample, but I'd like to shy away from anything super mainstream or typical. I have no idea where to start, but I know there are all manner of mp3 blogs for other obscure genres, so I'm hoping you mefites can point me at your favorites that will help me address this particular need.
posted by thedaniel on Sep 22, 2009 - 8 answers

I am curious if anyone is familiar with any sampling of the Akira Soundtrack. It seems like it would be ripe for the picking, but I have yet to hear anything sampled?
posted by rubyeyo on Sep 15, 2009 - 8 answers

Is this a Jimi Hendrix song, and if so, which one? [more inside]
posted by XiBe on Aug 26, 2009 - 18 answers

Name That Song: I could have *sworn* that the Staple Singers "Lets do it again" was sampled by someone in Hip Hop a while ago. I'm talking about the string part that starts about 1:50 in this video. I can't for the life of me find it! Any Ideas?
posted by menace303 on Jan 7, 2009 - 6 answers

Where is the "Why haven't you learned anything?!" sample used in Dead Prez - The Schools and Digital Mystikz - Learn originally from? [more inside]
posted by moift on Oct 16, 2008 - 4 answers

Statistics Filter: How to pick a red ball from n buckets, when there could be multiple red balls in one or more of the buckets, and multiple bucket sets? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Aug 7, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm interested in sampling with hardware. What are some good entry-level samplers with decent sequencers? What are some low-end options for a limited budget? What older models might be worth it for the price? [more inside]
posted by Picklegnome on Aug 7, 2008 - 3 answers

I fell in love with "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches all over again this week. Can you recommend similar songs or artists, particularly with that amusing juxtaposition of voice samples as part of the track? [more inside]
posted by Bakuun on Jun 8, 2008 - 26 answers

Do all sample based musicians/bands basically have a full time legal staff? [more inside]
posted by figTree on May 28, 2008 - 10 answers

How many times would I have to roll a standard 6-sided die to get a statistically representative view of whether it was truly random or not? [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on Apr 30, 2008 - 8 answers

What is the source of the "I freaked out very, very badly -- I freaked out on acid" sample used by Thrill Kill Kult and Meat Beat Manifesto? [more inside]
posted by elvissinatra on Apr 4, 2008 - 9 answers

Woof, woof. Woof woof woof. Woof. I need songs with dogs in 'em. Not about dogs, mind you. [more inside]
posted by hifiparasol on Mar 7, 2008 - 49 answers

I'm interested in aspects of benchmarking with the help of UNIX's time, specifically, what user, system and elapsed times correspond to, within the functional context of the system and the tested application. [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Mar 4, 2008 - 4 answers

Music Instrument Filter: I know what I want but not what it's called or if it precisely exists. I want something that samples and loops over itself, overdubbing or "stacking" the samples as it goes. I want it to accept MIDI so that it knows when to start the loop again. And I don't want it to require a computer. [more inside]
posted by Karlos the Jackal on Nov 23, 2007 - 12 answers

Is this study an example of bad statistical study design? [more inside]
posted by beerbajay on Nov 22, 2007 - 9 answers

Is there a website where one could enter the name of a song and be returned with a list of other songs that are known to have sampled segments of your query song?
posted by Witty on Jul 20, 2007 - 2 answers

Just another music sampling question... I'm trying to figure out the source of vocal sampling in Blockhead's "Insomniac Olympics". [more inside]
posted by matty on Jul 19, 2007 - 1 answer

Vocal sampling and sequencing in music: examples and equipment? [more inside]
posted by nanojath on Mar 29, 2007 - 24 answers

Are there songs that contain samples of or are remixes of Automatic [youtube] by the Pointer Sisters?
posted by ejoey on Jan 29, 2007 - 1 answer

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

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

Ragga song that the Black Eyed Peas were covering in "Get Original" (or vice versa)? [more inside]
posted by rkent on Mar 19, 2006 - 4 answers

Who is the person speaking in the sample on this song? (2.9 Mb MP3 file) [more inside]
posted by 40 Watt on Jan 16, 2006 - 9 answers

I record several NPR radio programs with my RadioSHARK and am happy with the process except for the vague background noise. What can I use to filter out the noise without the sizable investment in MY time? [more inside]
posted by phearlez on Mar 31, 2005 - 4 answers

Are there any books, journal articles, or magazine articles about the phenomenon of "quoting" and other allusory / referential techniques in jazz? [more inside]
posted by rkent on Mar 10, 2005 - 1 answer

Anyone know what hip-hop song sampled from Henry Mancini's score for the Pink Panther? Not the main sax theme, but a recurring vibraphone-type riff...
posted by Robot Johnny on Jan 10, 2005 - 6 answers

Does anyone know of a website that lists songs and the tracks they stole samples from? My googlefu has failed me.
posted by twine42 on Nov 19, 2004 - 4 answers

I'm a big fan of mashups, but only recently wondered what software people use to make them. Specifically things like:
A Night at the Hip Hopera, The Grey Album and more recently the Scummer Mix (scroll down for link)
Vocal stripping, beat matching, sampling, the ubiquitous handclap track... Help me AskMe, where do I begin?
posted by FreezBoy on Oct 27, 2004 - 8 answers

I recently found out that Shakespeare based Romeio and Juliet on Arthur Brooke's Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet. What are some other examples of artists (both modern and historical) "borrowing" or "sampling" from other artists? I'm interested in any kind of art: writing, painting, musical composition, etc... [MI] [more inside]
posted by thewittyname on Oct 26, 2004 - 15 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 by kahboom on Sep 27, 2004 - 4 answers

A couple of years ago, Natalie Cole sang a duet with her dead dad via tape splicing. Digital audio sampling has come far. But, does the sampling technology exist to create a whole new songs (e.g. new Frank Sinatra sing new songs)?
posted by Duck_Lips on Aug 26, 2004 - 8 answers

A few weeks I had to listen to a drunken guy drone on about hip-hop. There was one thing he said that caught my interest. He mentioned that there were tracks based on Robert Johnson samples. So what are the tracks and who does them?
posted by rdr on Aug 19, 2004 - 5 answers

Is there a way for me to grab the drum sounds out of this?
posted by namespan on Jan 2, 2004 - 3 answers