5 sampling habits you need to UNLEARN!

[@ihateyoujonny]

Dope video! I have some suggestions especially pertaining to the first point you made here. Here are some things I've found throughout the years that help find samples . 1. From time to time I go to a antique store or a store like Goodwill or Salvation Army and pick up some vinyl that looks interesting. Most of these kinds of stores have a Blackstock of vinyl that if you offer them $10 to $20 you can get a stack of vinyl. With that said they will all be random and not in the best condition but you'll be able to find music that isn't even available online. The stores I listed above are in the US but I'm sure there are similar stores in other countries. 2. Creating your own compositions if you have the means. The compositions do not have to be at all perfect because when you chop them they become something entirely different. For instance, I would create a 30 to 60 second composition in my DAW using midi sounds, vsts, live instruments and maybe even some of my terrible singing (just vocalizing random words) and resample it. Throw it into my sp, mpc or even a slicer in my DAW and chop away. I have made some really cool stuff doing this. Also, by doing this you don't need to worry about any sample clearance issues. I highly recommend this method. 3. Use a sample spliting tool such as serato sample. It will help you think differently about what is possible to sample. The possibilities are endless as you can take out drums, vocals, baselines, melodies. It really helps especially when using a well known sample. You can grab a piece of a sample that wasn't possible to grab before. 4. Now this one right here I hesitate evening giving away but all producers should use it. There's websites that you can go on that play music from different countries and time periods. It really helps you hear and discover music that you would have never heard. One site is called Radiooooo. Trust me when I say, it's a game changer. Hopefully that was insightful for some. Peace!

[@spvidz]

Thanks for the knowledge! Yeah I wasn't about to share that Radioooo goldmine 😂

[@ihateyoujonny]

@spvidz No problem! I love your videos man. Always good topics and great knowledge💪🏾 Yeah.... maybe I shouldn't have said that🥲

[@Jala_haru]

That first tip…..I’m constantly hearing those samples on songs.

[@spvidz]

All good if people want to use them, but personally I find it better to do my own digging. Its more rewarding too

[@BlxntedBandit]

🎯​@@spvidz

[@VelVibez]

Another one I’ve been incorporating is sampling the whole song not just one section. On the sp I’ve found that start point chopping works best for me.

[@spvidz]

That can definitely open up more possibilities 🔥

[@rubtsubeats]

Nice and useful video and tips as well, greetings from 🇲🇽 :)

[@spvidz]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@rorz999]

I have found LOADS of samples in metal! Not modern stuff really, but early 2000s and before there are definitely some hidden gems. Admittedly it's during the fleeting moments where there isn't a distorted guitar, e.g I look for drum breaks or ambient intros and interludes etc. But lately I've been sampling from video game soundtracks and film scores more than anything else. There's still loads of great samples out there that nobody else has used. Like you said, the main thing is to avoid sampling playlists and artists/labels that have already been sampled to death.

[@jackburtoncantsavelopan]

Dungeon synth is an amazing pool to get samples

[@TomDallas138]

That lindisfarne record is so good.

[@DrMaboule]

The real title of the video: " talking hands" 😂

[@spvidz]

😄

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

i remixed Hazy Shade Of Winter using the guitar sections .Added some beats and removed the vocals.Put a beat grid on it added some stuff.I rather like that one.

[@_c_y_p_3]

Happy new year dude!

[@spvidz]

Same back at you, thanks for tuning in!

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

what tends to happen with me is i get an idea from watching a film or an ad or from listening to something on youtube or seeing something funny with potential samples in it and it goes from there

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

i sample all kinds of stuff but i really do listen to everything

[@surfinbearbeats]

Go to your local charity shop, buy the cheap records and make samples on those cheap records. Fail, success, doesn't matter. Learn to know what you like and don't. 60 and 70s garage has some great hidden gems most folk in hip hop don't know.

[@Hotwiretrax]

@@surfinbearbeats big facts

[@marcusturner142]

Excellent tips!

[@spvidz]

👊

[@LoPhoria_Music_Channel]

Solid tips, my friend.

[@spvidz]

🙌👊

[@haesoner]

This helped, I was guilty of pretty much all of the these 😅 I don’t have a record player currently but going to try to sample from cassettes more and not YT playlists. Love your vids btw and could you do more videos with the po33?

[@spvidz]

You can get a really nice vibe from tapes. Sadly all my players have packed in over the years...! I will try to do some stuff with the PO-33 soon yeah 👍

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

i do not listen to as much music as i used to but then even tough i am not working i do seem to be doing stuff that gets in the way of hearing music.

[@rorz999]

Now that I'm a busy adult, I find I only really have time to listen to music while I'm working or doing chores etc... for me it's a case of being organised and making playlists of whole albums to listen to while I'm working etc. Then when something catches my ear I'll sample it or make a note of the track and timestamp and sample it later

[@wiggesobk]

Yes great tips!👍

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching ma man!

[@BenCowles]

Nice video. Would love to see one on choosing and chopping samples. That is what I have the most difficulty with. I've had my SP404MKII for a year now but struggling with choosing what to sample and good ways to chop them up. (I don't me how to technically chop samples on the SP404MKII - I'm fairly good at that). Hopefully this makes sense

[@spvidz]

I’ll add it to the list. I have been meaning to do more about samples and chopping instead of just tips for specific bits of gear 👍

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

i am always going to sample playlists on youtube.I would do it less if i could get hold of my vinyl but thats a bit far away right now

[@spvidz]

Playlists in general is ok - what I was saying is stay away from playlists aimed at offering samples as everyone has sampled these to death. If you don’t mind about that it’s all good but I find it more rewarding to try and find my own material

[@CDeering]

Yeah mai dude I agree...I've been gathering the hard stuff for ah while, then just when I want to samp some of these records I can't cause my turningtable I ordered (thru USPS😑) came busted broken..so that's when I decided to go to YT and channel surf thru all the channels that wasn't dedicated to hip-hop or samp producers... decent findings though it's like you said...digi dust and web searching only to find the same shxt...dull. oh i samp from heavy metal..dude these is soooo much samp material in metal not just metal but folk country, rock, Psych, Mod (my go-to), I can go on but you get..

[@spvidz]

Ah damn that’s a shame that was broken and yeah there are samples everywhere for sure. You just gotta have an open mind and absorb as much music as you can

[@TheChameleon2008]

I get the whole point of not sampling things many other people sample but i think you better should learn from which labels not to sample from period :)

[@culturemax234]

🖤

[@spvidz]

🙌

[@Slim_digi]

Digital Dust for the 🏆 LOL

[@spvidz]

😂👍

[@Slim_digi]

@spvidz stolen for my next beat title

[@jizzmaster2000]

dude the drum breaks are allways near the middle of the track

[@spvidz]

Not true at all. I’ve got so many saved tracks that start with an isolated drum break

[@trashcat3000]

Fado beats

[@GarthVader666]

I was hoping you’d mention DJFX Looper. People need to stop using that shit

[@spvidz]

Thats not really a sampling related thing but I get you - that has become a very overused MFX

[@DanielleKingdjdinosaur]

these days with stems .You can get a drum loop without that pesky vocal in the way

[@unic0de-yvr]

Encouraging the public to sample Metallica!? You absolute prankster.

[@spvidz]

sample anything and everything!

[@unic0de-yvr]

@@spvidz when the band's lawyers hunt me down like a dog I'll tell them it was your idea :D

[@TomDallas138]

​@@spvidz this is so true. Sample from. Movies, shows and so on. There is no end to what you can sample and use

[@ЕвгенийКартман-о2п]

The idea is to use suno AI for generating songs and use them for sampling 😊