Beat made with VHS tapes on the Akai S950 E-MU SP12 Combo! 12 Bit Grit

Had some fun with my VCR and this classic setup! Here is a link to the video I used to make my 808 kick clone: • You can build this 808...
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[@solodolo6018]

The Death Wish movies are classic! Herbie Hancok produced the soundtrack of the first movie and Jimmy Page produced the second movie, both are available on wax

[@rommix0]

I wouldn't be surprised if producers did this all the time in the 80s. That's cool.

[@theblackdepths7322]

RZA did for sure

[@JavGeez]

This is dope as fuck. I can hear the Public Enemy sampling process of how they threw together so many different sound effects and samples to create beautiful madness. Subbed up

[@AlexisG73]

Yeah, I love noisy beats haha. Thanks for watching!

[@micknight8158]

And that's why I kept that drum machine right there! The nostalgia of it makes it priceless.

[@foreverseethe]

If you hold on to it a bit more. You'll be rich. No exaggerating.

[@RaquelFoster]

Video of a guy sampling a video of a Madonna sampling a Public Enemy track sampling a James Brown track. Nice.

[@AlexisG73]

Thanks for watching!

[@fallingmanjutsu]

I don’t know how the heck I ended up on your channel but that was freaking awesome! Hilarious beat. You have a new subscriber, i’ll be watching! Thanks!

[@taejun9017]

this is dope, but that scream sample drives me insane man lol, looks super fun to work with this stuff :)

[@synthoelectro]

old school electro right there.

[@AlexisG73]

Thanks for watching!

[@synthoelectro]

welcome @@AlexisG73

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

Really interesting seeing the sampling process, now I gotta binge your stuff. No choice.

[@JackRiddle999]

That’s fucking madness bro!

[@BeatsByRossi]

Bro this is Raw AF! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@bontempo1271]

I absolutely love that pitching thing you did with the hihats during the breakdown !

[@Soultron]

Some old school trickery haha. Thanks for watching!

[@bontempo1271]

@@Soultron It's a great effect. Both the rhythm and the pitching. So, there is a trick to it ?

[@Soultron]

Nothing too fancy. You just pitch the sample via the slider while pressing the Tap/Repeat button. @@bontempo1271

[@bontempo1271]

@@Soultron ahh cool. And on the SP, that gives it that extra sparkly effect. Love it, thanks man

[@Soultron]

I call it "Cosmic Glitter" aka aliasing haha@@bontempo1271

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Love that Amen style snare!

[@ArtisticAutisticandAiling]

I love watching this so I can do similar when I get the Roland S-550, I got the Roland PC-200 and I have a some VHS tapes of mine and a lot of VHS tapes to grab too! Thank you for making this groovie video! 🐼🎨📼

[@AlexisG73]

I’m glad you liked the video! You never know what you can find on old tapes!

[@wiresounds135]

On the S-550 try sampling on the lower 15k setting for extra gritty. It has so good converters that 30k sounds almost like 16bit. I have one since 1988 and now two. There is a SCSI addon kit for it.

[@LBe-gv3lr]

Very very old school sampling Style, i love it

[@Madstubborn]

At first, I was like nah that beat his toy, but then the finished Beat was fucking sick at end. Mad

[@ryadimusic61]

DAMN GOOD!!! 🔥

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Love it!! Tuff!!

[@blakasmurf]

Man you got some cool gear! Out of everything what's your favourite sampler? I've got an MPC60, S950 and EPS 16 Plus currently, I have to say I love the EPS16+ the most not necessarily 'cause of sound but 'cause I can get so creative with it

[@MrScrooge1980]

That's the same way Dr.Dre did it back then, salute sir💯

[@GodlessG0D]

That bass kickin'

[@Aka-sp1200hipHop]

Criminal sound 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@donnylee9897]

Creative af! Good stuff

[@redpilldepartement9321]

Brilliant man

[@RunOfTheHind]

VHS drum tuition vids - a cheap way to get sum unique breaks.

[@beatrippaproductions2258]

awesome idea man....enjoyed it!

[@Soultron]

Thanks 🙏

[@lollohman]

Wow man so dope

[@sonicboomtown1988]

Legend!!!

[@oldneab7854]

Damn love the chorus part fire

[@Soultron]

Thanks for watching!

[@eddiethetruhead]

As someone who has a massive vhs 📼 collection and who also makes beats I found this fascinating. I’ve heard about producers like MF DOOM sampling vhs but never seen it done. This was super dope Bro. Mad props.👏🔥💾🔥💾🔥💾🔥🔊🔥📼🔥

[@AlexisG73]

Thanks for the kind words! VHS tapes are some of my favorite things to sample. There are a bunch of drum lesson tapes out there to snag drums off etc. The hard part can be keeping the old VCRs from eating your tapes 😆

[@smurxxx0910]

I also thought MF was sampling tape recordings off the television but seeing this process made it all make a lot more sense.

[@skinnydog148]

The effect of the vhs sound on this beat is secondary, his technique makes it great!

[@markl7520]

good work

[@NikoNoxious]

soooooo fire

[@Gabrielrose.mp3]

This is lit!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@Soultron]

Thanks for watching!🙂

[@gwEmbassy]

Nice beat!

[@beataddiktgodd]

Nice well done bro! 👌🏽

[@ThaREC]

yo this is harddd!!

[@aprildj5684]

wow this is dope

[@mecca777]

I don’t deal with this much anymore, but the more I fought it, the more intense it got; I just tried to relax and let it pass and I’d snap out of it.

[@philtyrich1]

dope

[@aldonova4082]

Nice

[@vidvaldiv8374]

Well I was impressed so was my boy friend he started waving his nine milli like a dongle to the beet-- big psyche

[@vidvaldiv8374]

yeah think metal detector security tuff guy

[@Retro9of9]

BOOM!

[@AT-eh2eo]

How’d you get a hold of that diy 808 joint?? I’d love to make one myself..

[@coolwill5241]

Awesome

[@lascimmiabeat]

#12bitlovers 💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣💣

[@ecosse33]

Cool

[@beataddiktgodd]

Nice beat, do you set the SP to poly or omni?

[@AlexisG73]

Thanks! Mine is set to Omni.

[@patbeats0117]

Nice 👍🏿

[@mohill1003]

Dope

[@tamilyvideos]

This beat is fire

[@KyleLutzTV]

This was awesome. How do you get a VHS player to work on a S950?

[@Soultron]

Just use the audio outs of the VCR into the input of the 950

[@robertgunning9667]

how did you make the 808 module?

[@Soultron]

I just added the link in my video description. I also bought a power supply from eBay to use inside the box.

[@MistaDon]

Oh shoot might get myself an akai than damn

[@777wisdom7]

How much sampling time does the S950 have?

[@blakasmurf]

I've heard sampling from VHS is actually cleaner (better sound) than sampling from cassette something to do with the size of strip,

[@chrismorale_]

Sounds like something NWA would be on. I love sampling the little nothing's from movies. Folks are so hyped for the songs but not the score and interstitials.

[@alianshampoprisioners7056]

Recuerdo cuando Public enemy denunció a Madonna por robarles el beat pero aquí estamos robándoles a ellos sin que pase nada...muestrear ya no enoja a nadie, James Brown quiso denunciar a cientos de raperos pero no tuvo éxito...

[@claudioprovini]

bolognina

[@drollins9973]

back when you had to be creative

[@drfangaz-pronouncedlikefan4019]

what's going on with the awkward video edits?

[@AlexisG73]

Sorry about that. I didn’t feel like wasting time showing me working the samples and should have just cut the whole section out haha. I wish I could hire a editor. It’s the one reason I don’t post more often. I can never streamline my work flow.

[@WaynePryce]

I'm fine with it, cut right to the chase and yea I didnt want to see you tweak samples.

[@cpasquet]

AWESOME WORK 👌