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 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 on Jun 8, 2008 - 26 answers
Do all sample based musicians/bands basically have a full time legal staff? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2008 - 10 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 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 on Mar 7, 2008 - 49 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 on Nov 23, 2007 - 12 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 on Jul 19, 2007 - 1 answers
Vocal sampling and sequencing in music: examples and equipment? [more inside]
posted on Mar 29, 2007 - 24 answers
Are there songs that contain samples of or are remixes of Automatic [youtube] by the Pointer Sisters?
posted on Jan 29, 2007 - 1 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
Ragga song that the Black Eyed Peas were covering in "Get Original" (or vice versa)? [more inside]
posted 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 on Jan 16, 2006 - 9 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 on Mar 10, 2005 - 1 answers
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 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 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 on Oct 27, 2004 - 8 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
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 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 on Aug 19, 2004 - 5 answers
