From cristian Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 00:41
From cristian Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 00:41
hi there. please allow me to make some comments thank you drive thru On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: > > << I can live with sampling when it's used as an instrumental substitution, > no different really than someone using a 303 instead of a trombone.>> > if youre using sampling as a substitute why not just go all the way and get the real thing? i certainly dont think there is any problem with using a sampler as a substitute for a real instrument..its a matter of personal opinion i believe. > << In this way I find sampling to be an evil demon sent by the devil to > corrupt the musical art form, making talent or imagination obsolete. Thank > goodness the fuckers who do this > are easy to spot and ignore or I'd be completely disillusioned.>> also refering back to the trombone comment before...im sure that if an african tribesman saw a trombone hed probably look at it as some sort of tool of the devil...on a lighter note..most people who are steeped in the tradition of their ways look at new technology as somewhat frightening if not downright disgusting. the question to ask is do you let it use you? or do you use it? alot of people that just grab large pieces of sample information and slap them in to a song without doing anything individual to them are victims of the former but there are lots of things that could not be accomplished without the use of samplers.. > > << A thought: If you gave one hundred monkeys MPC-3000s and let them loose > for an infinite amount of time, they would eventually come up with > nothing whatsoever at all, whereas you could give them Oberheim > Matrix-12s and they would come up with all sorts of great shit. >> this here statement insinuates that it takes brains to work an mpc3000 whereas you could just beat on a matrix-12 for a while without a clue in the world and still come up with something...now is that really a good thing? in the end i dont think it matters how you make music as long as you make something that feels good to you. and a sampler is just simply a tool to meet an end just like a trombone or a drum kit...and there certainly are bad trombone and drum players out there. these views are not even my own...in fact im not even myself. cya. c.pant/