Sampling

sampling origins

live jazz performances where performers would sample a section or lick of another performers song out of respect

Musique Concrete

genre which experimented with tape recording machines to create sounds from samples of tape

The mellotron

one of the first mass produced samplers produced in the 60s

used in strawberry fields forever

used loops of tapes to play loops

Digital samplers

-low bit depth and sample rate

-low memory stored on RAM

-looping and reversing samples

-loop pedals used in live performances

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DAW samplers

-many more effects to add to samples

-CD quality

-artefacts added and bit depth degraded as a stylistic choice