I had originally posted this in a secret location but now it is for public access. This is a Simple Help Guide for SliceX (FL Studio). I bundled this with the SliceX Sampling video.
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iZotope iDrum Beatboxing Edition for iPhone
Though it seems a bit more complex than Intua’s Beatmaker app, the iZotope iDrum Beatboxer will surely give you more options for your Mobile Music Production Sampling experience.
As shown in the video, samples can be recorded directly into individual pads. Take a look!
Quicker Slice Routing in SliceX (FL Studio 8.5)
Though I wish you could simply right click a Marker and select a Mixer Insert from that Markers menu in SliceX, the new FL Studio 8.5 Public Beta has a much quicker way (than FL8) for routing (Output Track Offset) your SliceX markers to a desired Mixer Insert. This is ideal when working with any [...]
Sampling YouTube into KORG KAOSS KP3 via iPod Touch
Still Born demonstrates sampling YouTube via iPod Touch into the KORG KAOSS KP3 Sampler.
New MOTU BPM Sampler
BPM (Beat Production Machine) is the new soft-sampler from MOTU. BPM is a multi-platform + format music production tool packed with 15GB of audio samples with the ability to drag/drop import your existing loops in formats such as WAV, AIFF, and REX loops.
Check out this video demonstration of the MOTU BPM Sampler.
Hip Hop Is Read 2008 Samples of the Year Download List
Ivan over at HipHopIsRead has released the 2008 Samples of Year download package list featuring the interestingly popular simple-sampled track “A Milli” (a mere vocal sample down-pitch screw) by Super Producer Bangladesh for Lil’ Waynes Carter 3 album, T.I’s “Whatever You Like”, Lupe’s 90’s sounding-classic “Paris, Tokyo”, ‘Ye West’s “Swagga Like Us” and more. The [...]
Is Sampling Dying?
I was recently in a local Chapters bookstore reading an article by Matthew Newton over at SPIN Magazine who asks, is sampling dying?
From the RZA speaking on new biz-opportunities for publishing and sample clearance, to Kanye West no longer using samples in his latest works and a court-case that would forever change the [...]
German Courts on Sampling : Free Use
An interesting read over at the Standford Cyberlaw division. Zohar Efroni writes that “The German Supreme Court (BGH) clarified last week that sampling does not infringe on copyright in the work from which samples were taken for the purpose of creating a new work.”
It’s always refreshing to see how sampling is being handled by the [...]
Court Says Any Sampling May Violate Copyright Law
I stumbled upon this old article on USAToday.com that covers a court story in Nashville about them rappers and hip hop people who illegally steal and sample music (I know a couple of them). It’s a very interesting article as they mention sampling snippets of music as well as the relation between digital sampling and popular music [...]
9th Wonder & Duke University Discuss The Art of Sampling
9th Wonder discusses the art of sampling at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The video also highlights Kawachi Clemons speaking on the future of music production sampling in the educational sector.
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