Sampling
Taking a fragment of an existing recording and rearranging, pitching, stretching or looping it.
- Primary purpose
- To build new rhythm, cite an earlier context or turn a recording into a new playable instrument.
- Common contexts
- 2 genres
Why is it used?
To build new rhythm, cite an earlier context or turn a recording into a new playable instrument.
What does it sound like?
A sample may retain vinyl noise and room tone, or be cut so tightly that only an attack or timbre remains.
How can a beginner recognize it?
Repeated fragments with unusually exact start and end points
The rhythmic relationship between a sample and newly added drums
Unnatural pitch or speed in a voice or instrument
Common genre contexts
These genres are common contexts, not proof that every recording in the genre uses this technique.
A track is labelled as an example only when a producer interview, engineering document or reliable professional analysis explicitly supports the connection. Recordings without enough evidence are not listed here.