I figured I would start sharing some of the stuff I read around the net, the stuff that I find interesting, along with the posts of new product reviews, tutorials, etc.
Yeah I love doing the reviews and tutorials, but I read a lot of stuff that’s related to this crazy life we call music….so I want to share that too!!
I don’t know how long many of you have been dealing with sample cds, but it’s pretty amazing when you think about how long the industry has been around.
I honestly can’t remember my first sample cd, I didn’t start making music until 2001 so…I wasn’t there in the starting days of the sample cd.
I “think” my first one was actually Smoker’s Delight eLab (now eQuipped) I think I may have gotten Platinum Essentials at the same time and Big Fish was my vendor of choice.
From then…I was hooked, I knew I could get access to riffs and licks from professional musicians without having a budget for studio time.
Anyway, David over at SoundsToSample is taking his own walk down the sample cd memory lane…and he no doubt goes deeper back than me.
Check out his article on his first sample cd ever purchased. He also talks about Zero-G and how they put out the first dance sample cd ever…by the way, Zero-G is still around and producing content today.
Give it a read: The golden age of samples
hey joe do u use logic?
@2fellas ent, no but I have friends that do, why whasup?
@2fellas ent, No Joe is a Studio one, Ableton user. I use Logic what’s up 2fellas?
@Teacee, yeah…mostly maschine though lol. They just need to put plugin hosting in that bad boy and it’s a wrap 🙂
@saintjoe, yeah, I look forward to the next big update for Maschine. I remember a lot of the old sample cd’s, Sony has been in the game for a while ever since the early acid software versions. I started out with the original power tracks by pg music when it was a two 3.5 floppies and you had to configure your midi device and audio device with the correct irq, com, and lpt to record music. So much easy with plug n play and firewire, lol.
@Teacee, hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, you did NOT talk about manual irq configs lol…hahahahaha, yesssssssssssssssssss!!!!
It’s amazing how far stuff comes in such a short period of time really, even from a few years ago when everyone sold floppies with mpc/asr/sp1200 drumkits on them lol.
@saintjoe, alright now…floppy diskettes aren’t all that bad folks.
I still use my Roland S550 from time to time when I’m feeling nostalgic 🙂
@Madbull1971, ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lol, yessssssssssss!!!
Yo whats up man I actually started back in 92 rapping I made my first demo with a Ensoniq ASR 10 then I had a Roland w30 and Mpc 2000 boss Dr 202 Ensoniq EPS FlStudio 3 Project 5, and Cubase vst and Cubase SE 3 and now Reason 5 Record 1.5 and BTV plan on getting Maschine and BPM yes Saint if they add vst hosting to maschine its over. I grew up with a cat JCD now known as JODy1 he was signed to profile back in 92 then another cat from North St.louis Sylk Smoove came the prior year so nelly was not the first rapper out of st. louis but it was a slew of other cats Black pearl mafia DOA Early D so yeah though Im almost there man I need mixer MIC Turntable and my studio will be complete I’ll send a Pic when I done
@Mehdo, that’s whasup man! Keep pushin! Yeah bro the asr 10 is a monster, you said the w 30 too!! Man you been on some classics lol
It is amazing the quality of the content on sample cds nowadays. With Ableton Live and some good sample cds you can make anything!!!!
@Mike, I agree, that’s a very true statement, it really gives folks access to pro quality playing even if you can’t afford session musicians or can’t play yourself…good stuff
I started writing music first this was like 1991. Then me and my bro got our hands on this old recorder 8-track. You could record one track at a time (up to 8) and layer them. It was really tricky. I mostly just rapped over an instrumentals that I looped on a cassette tape. Then I started messin with Acid, Fruity Loops way back when, and I remember thinkin, this is something I could really get into. I didn’t even know that sample cd’s even existed. I just thought what you got is what you had. And I didn’t really play an instrument, so I was limiteed…. I rapped at local parties and stuff, that was my claim to fame. Then I heard of Reason, and by this point it was like Reason 3.0. I thought it was amazing! And then came out Garageband, also cool. That’s the first I ever recorded on a microphone to software. I recorded to tape before cause we had friends that played in bands and shit, but nobody made hip hop. It’s weird looking back and seeing how far you come. And also, that you didn’t know shit back then! Haahaahaa!
@Dirty Sanchez, hahahaha i feel ya man, I started on those 8-16 track standalone recorders too lol, I feel you!
Well I started making music with an Atari ST (90 91 I think) but since we’re talking about sampling …. I don’t remember ever buying a sample cd. Started sampling about the same time with an Eventide sampler which was amazing, great for those early House sounds .. just reverse a piano/synth chord shorten it maybe layer a few and bam. Only much later with a few workstations (Roland) I got really into the sampling part of music.
Now since a while with the Maschine and I’m loving it because it made sampling a lot easier than in the early day’s.
@Korenelius, word man, that’s old school right there man you got a lot of knowledge over there yo! I hear ya….I didn’t buy any sample cds until a few years after I was already making beats….probably like 3 or so…as I started off on drum machines and keyboards with no sampler lol.
@saintjoe, yep nothing like the feel of a TR 808/909 … those had (and still have) a certain type of timing which was impossible to imitate with the sampled equivalents. Analog still rules!
@Korenelius, yeah lol, I didn’t go as far back as owning a TR but I owned a boss dr5 lol, that was my first drum machine, 4 tracks, 1 drum track and 3 instrument tracks hahahaha! With small circle pads/buttons.