From Alex Quintana Sent Mon, Jun 14th 1999, 05:36
From Alex Quintana Sent Mon, Jun 14th 1999, 05:36
#Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 12:08:34 -0400 #From: Joshua Reuven <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> #Subject: (idm) re: amen break...or sampling vs synthesis # i've noticed all this discussion regarding the sampling of this certain # break...people are complaining about the over abuse of this specific # break... it happens every so often :) # as someone who creates music myself...i hate sampling...i feel no sense # of accomplishment by stealing someone elses beat or sound and inserting # it into my own work. i even have problems with taking someone else's # sound and mutilating it beyond recognition...it's still not my sound... amen, brother! (no pun intended) # and i've noticed that some of the best (imho) music being created today # has a similiar approach...panasonic, ryoji ikeda, oval, etc... yup. it's called getting creative :) # i guess what it comes down i'm expressing my dislike for using other # peoples breaks and sounds because you don't know how to get that sound, # or because it's the easiest way of achieving that sound... in addition to this, sampling entire drumlines/breaks/loops can lead to= extremely boring tracks if the composer is lazy, and doesn't put enough= variety into the track. The thing that I can't stand is that fact that there's all these sampling= cd's out there that cost $80.. I cannot imagine why anyone would buy one.. I certainly wouldn't. Instead go and put that money towards a synth or= *cough* drum machine. (or a software one?) I guess there's a lot of great progs on the market for making lots of= things. One of them being d-lusion drumstation. I've personally made drums from hitting soda bottles against things :) -- Alex