The life of a sample (OR How to mess up a beat in 13 "easy" steps.)

1,084 views · Published 12 February 2012 · 7:47 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Tasteful Tuna · 2012 · Music

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Vincent E. L. makes a simple but weird beat with Native Instruments Maschine. This is a sort of overview of the process, not going into the specifics of using the program, but more guiding through the various pieces of work that can go into making a beat. This can of course vary a lot from beat to beat, and using effects can add even more steps to make a beat more interesting, but this is sort of the basics of destroying a sample beyond recognition and building something new around it. The journey of one short public domain sample through the process of becoming something new.

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