New pay-what-you-want release: Sad Buffer I.
The first of three volumes indulging in sample-based minimalism. The tracks all follow a near-identical method of scrubbing back and forth through resynthesised buffers.
Several stages of degradation transform the source material into thick, haunting, harmonically rich and comforting textures.
ScoreHub Sonixinema Instruments
A free series of instruments for Native Instruments Kontakt designed to spark new ideas.
- Whispering Woodwinds
- Delicate Strings
THERare Element – DJ Snatch presents
#HipHop #RnB #World #beatmaker #beatmaking #boombap #breaks #disco #funk #reedits #sampling #soul #tropical #Athens
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://djsnatch.bandcamp.com/album/dj-snatch-presents
Soundfonts & SFZ
5. The samplers of today are nothing like the samplers of years before. Largely, gone are the days of hardware samplers that can play chromatically & polyphonically using real multisamples that include seamless loop points, & cross fading. Samplers that can still do that are almost exclusively found in software plugins. I’ve found only a couple of exceptions.
Sf2 & SFZ are excellent choices!
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Soundfonts & SFZ
3. Both formats support the ability to be modulated through Midi CC — in real time & through automation. If built into the patch, they can be far more expressive than simple midi keynote on/off.
4. Unlike encrypted formats, the samples themselves are accessible in both formats. Yes, Sf2 is monolithic, but Polyphone, ConvertWithMoss, and others can easily pull them out.
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I often see posts by people who look down upon Soundfonts and SFZ. Here’s some food for thought for these legendary underdogs:
1. Both Soundfonts (sf2) and SFZ are open formats with many open (as well as commercial) tools and plugins. As old as they both are, they are not going extinct.
2. Both support high quality. Sf2 supports up to 24 bit 48khz, and SFZ supports everything.
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Less is more: UC Berkeley and Google unlock LLM potential through simple sampling https://venturebeat.com/ai/less-is-more-uc-berkeley-and-google-unlock-llm-potential-through-simple-sampling/ #AI #sampling
ASTRAL QUEEN – ĐΣΛ†Ħ ɃΨ ĐЯØVVИiИĞ 2014
#Electronic #electronic #nuoceangrunge #oceangrunge #oceangrunge #oceanpostgrunge #postoceangrunge #sampling #vaporwave #Powhatan
CC BY (#CreativeCommons Attribution) #ccmusic
https://friendlyclipart.bandcamp.com/album/vv-i-2014
For anyone wondering, the fab 'Who Sampled?' site has details of the samples in this song:
Lesbians and genderqueers: it's the weekend.
https://dzr.page.link/9W1CNMjG8od23Zmv7
This absolute BANGER came on again in shuffle during the week, and I've been mainlining on it since then. What a poem by Nikki Giovanni, and what a TUNE.
Bill Laswell revealed that his manager Roger Trilling originally recorded the phrase "Ahhhhh, this stuff is really fresh", during some studio sessions. According to both Laswell and Roger Trilling himself, the later was imitating a record executive who would reportedly exclaim "this stuff is really fresh!" whenever he heard a song he liked.
This sampled imitation of an executive by Trilling was spoken through a vocoder.
"Change the Beat" by Beside & Fab 5 Freddy became one of the three most sampled vinyl in history, appearing in over 2600 tracks as of 2022.
Thinking of putting together another compilation of these weird sampler workouts for Bandcamp. I've made way too many - and might as well try to organise them a little for easier access or whatever.
Started on this one early this morning and have been working on it throughout the day. This one is called "Moon Disc":
'Traum' -
LAGRANGE POINT 6 (2023)
"What do you call the mouse shadow on the second moon?"
Here's a quick breakdown of the band's use of a sample for the main riff on One More Time off this album. Really great stuff.
Ein kleiner Leckerbissen für zwischendurch: Der HipHopper Moses Pelham wird von der Neuen Juristischen Wochenschrift (NJW) zur Causa #MetallAufMetall interviewt.
Die Antworten sind ziemlich geschliffen, enthalten aber auch interessante Passagen zum Gang des mittlerweile über 25 Jahre währenden #Sampling-Rechtsstreits und wie sich die rechtliche Unsicherheit auf die künstlerische Praxis auswirkt, Stichwort #Umgehungskreativität
https://rsw.beck.de/aktuell/daily/magazin/detail/rechtsstreitigkeiten-aelter-als-du
A list of music genres and inspirations: #KateBush #FreeJazz #ExperimentalMusic #ElectronicMusic #Radiohead #Filter #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees #disco #HouseMusic #DeepX (defunct electronic label) #XraySpex (no relation to DeepX) #UA #punk #postpunk #techno #Zeuhl #GusGus #MatthewDear #HenryRollins #Mallsoft #Audacity #LMMS #sampling #Noh music #能 #intonarumori #MauriceRavel #JohnAdams #gamelan #SafetyScissors #Perfume (list will be expanded as I think of more!)
This morning's #workout #music is from Nadah El Shazly, who I have shared before. This one is a solo show with electronics and #voice - #Sampling #beats #ambient with #MiddleEasternMusic roots. #WomenInMusic #InternationalWomensDay
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