{"id":13794,"date":"2020-12-08T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T02:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=13794"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:14:29","slug":"3-artists-sampling-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/3-artists-sampling-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"3 sampling techniques you can learn from leading producers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where would music be without sampling?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve built our entire Splice Sounds<\/a> catalog on it, after all. While some samples might sound great from the moment they’re dragged into your DAW, the creative possibilities open up infinitely once you start employing sound design to flip them and make them your own. In celebration of the powerful sampling plugin Serato Sample’s release on Rent-to-Own,<\/a> today we’re highlighting three artists who have demonstrated unique and useful sampling techniques that might offer inspiration for your next track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Create synths out of sound effects like Chuck Sutton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Can anything be turned into a synth? Allow Chuck Sutton<\/a> to show you the way. In the mind-boggling video that veteran production duo Brasstracks shared on Twitter below, he takes a one-shot of a grocery bag hitting a table and manipulates it to create a gritty, violin-sounding lead. Playing around with your DAW’s sampling and processing tools and, most of all, keeping an open and experimental mindset when approaching your sounds can help you achieve some interesting results like Chuck Sutton’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/brasstracks\/status\/1323017123296325632\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Complement samples with foley layers like Tennyson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Allow Tennyson to stretch your imagination for a moment \u2013 and chop, reverse, and flip it, too. In the video below, Luke Pretty of Tennyson has no real acoustic bass in the room (or the right software emulation) to work with. So what does he do? He applies a little creative foley. Watch as he layers a bass with a rubber band pluck to simulate the distinctive timbre of a double bass. With just a bit of EQing and layering, he\u2019s able to transform an ordinary Massive bass into a realistic, acoustic-sounding one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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