From david turgeon Sent Thu, Aug 12th 1999, 22:07
> Fuck it, I say, who needs anything other than samplers? Lack of original and > interesting sounds was never my problem - I'm just not much of a musician > and I found that putting them together into a interesting tune was the real > challenge. just to clear up some misunderstanding i feel this conversation has fell into (not that i would know, i didn't start it), i think what tom meant by his 'no samplers' rule was that you wouldn't just sample the original song & do something new with it, but that instead you would have to reconstruct it using other means. i suppose using a sampler to create new, unrelated sounds would be okay. then again, it's just a rule to spark some creativity out of you. if it works, you take it. if you cherish your sampler too much, well, keep using it, there's no one pulling your arm. :) -- david