sampling music

Dave Miles · 04:14 PM

its been a while since I've made any music so I made a simple hip hop thing today,

James Burgon · 09-06-2014, 11:02 PM

Love your stuff mate.

Dave Miles · 09-07-2014, 02:33 AM

Thanks James. I added another part onto it, probably could still use a bit of tweaking/layering but i'll just update it for now.

oops forgot to cut the silence at the end

Slime · 09-07-2014, 05:53 AM

nice. don't be afraid to go all-in on the sampling. seems most/all of your cuts are on 8th notes. can throw in some 16th note quick things even on a chill beat, can make it feel looser. for example the 2-time repeat at 0:11, with all samples hitting on 8ths it can start to feel stiff.

Dave Miles · 09-07-2014, 07:23 AM

good advice, I tweaked it a bit, not sure if this is what you had in mind. I added a middle section that focuses mostly on 16th notes, the ending part I haven't edited yet

Dave Miles · 09-08-2014, 03:31 PM

final edit, maybe got a bit carried away with 16th notes hah

Bjorny · 09-08-2014, 08:46 PM

man the sampling is dope as hell but I really don't like the drum beat I think it's the off-beat open hi-hat that gives it like a disco vibe that totally ruins it for me

I realize this sounds really negative but I genuinely love everything except the drums great stuff!

Dave Miles · 09-08-2014, 11:31 PM

Ahah, fair enough, thanks for the input. sampling drums is sort of a weakness of mine, in this case I used a pre existing loop. Normally I'd use my keyboard and record drums but I'm away from home for a while. Do you have any random drum recordings or ones that might be good to sample from?

09-06-2014, 12:11 AM	#1
Dave Miles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,236	sampling music its been a while since I've made any music so I made a simple hip hop thing today,
	Last edited by Dave Miles : 09-09-2014 at 04:14 PM.

09-07-2014, 05:53 AM	#4
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891	nice. don't be afraid to go all-in on the sampling. seems most/all of your cuts are on 8th notes. can throw in some 16th note quick things even on a chill beat, can make it feel looser. for example the 2-time repeat at 0:11, with all samples hitting on 8ths it can start to feel stiff.
Slime Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 24,891

09-08-2014, 08:46 PM	#7
Bjorny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 7,217	man the sampling is dope as hell but I really don't like the drum beat I think it's the off-beat open hi-hat that gives it like a disco vibe that totally ruins it for me I realize this sounds really negative but I genuinely love everything except the drums great stuff!
Bjorny Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 7,217

09-06-2014, 11:02 PM	#2
James Burgon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 8,689	Love your stuff mate.

09-07-2014, 02:33 AM	#3
Dave Miles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,236	Thanks James. I added another part onto it, probably could still use a bit of tweaking/layering but i'll just update it for now. oops forgot to cut the silence at the end

09-07-2014, 07:23 AM	#5
Dave Miles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,236	good advice, I tweaked it a bit, not sure if this is what you had in mind. I added a middle section that focuses mostly on 16th notes, the ending part I haven't edited yet

09-08-2014, 03:31 PM	#6
Dave Miles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,236	final edit, maybe got a bit carried away with 16th notes hah

09-08-2014, 11:31 PM	#8
Dave Miles Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10,236	Ahah, fair enough, thanks for the input. sampling drums is sort of a weakness of mine, in this case I used a pre existing loop. Normally I'd use my keyboard and record drums but I'm away from home for a while. Do you have any random drum recordings or ones that might be good to sample from?