Have any of you guys came across a sound somewhere and immediately hit your DAW full of ideas?
Just curious as to what sparks some people's musical imagination (also I'm in a bit of a plateau )
Discuss!
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:29 am
by reverend
Anything Harmony Korine does makes me go 'oh zing'.
Like I used the background noise from the short film he did for Proenza Schouler as the basis for an entire track.
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:52 am
by drokkr
Macro photography and listening to anything but Dubstep. Going through my foley folder gets the creative juices flowing too.
But for actual inspiration from my samples and that, I'd say it's more from writing patches. Few hours with only one synth can be a bit special.
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 1:43 am
by Atac
Definitely feelin the different genre method.
A couple hours/days/whatever in a different genre leaves me feeling fresh when I come back to my DAW.
Sitting on one synth (or just resampling for hours) either leaves me satisfied and excited or frustrated and discouraged.
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:04 am
by wub
I just listen to old funk/electronica albums from the 70s at work all day and if anything grabs my attention I load it into Audacity and chop it out. Currently listening to this;
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 7:14 am
by Atac
wub wrote:I just listen to old funk/electronica albums from the 70s at work all day and if anything grabs my attention I load it into Audacity and chop it out. Currently listening to this;
Some really interesting vibes goin on here. I like it!
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:10 pm
by Big Freq
Rainstick samples.
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:29 pm
by hifi
the samples from Starcraft 2. just about every single one of them
A voicemail my friend that went into a coma left me
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 6:41 am
by wub
sixth sense wrote:A voicemail my friend that went into a coma left me
Shit mate, that's quite fucking deep
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:04 am
by Atac
wub wrote:
sixth sense wrote:A voicemail my friend that went into a coma left me
Shit mate, that's quite fucking deep
This^
and this
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:26 am
by JFK
I love using samples, I can sit for hours just sampling stuff off of old vinyl. But the best ones Ive ever gotten were obtained by leaving my field recorder playing in a room full of my mates whilst having a serious weed sesh......
You havent heard a sample till you have one of your mates on tape, mashed out of his tree, proclaiming himself to be the son of God
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:04 am
by Rekah
JFK wrote:I love using samples, I can sit for hours just sampling stuff off of old vinyl. But the best ones Ive ever gotten were obtained by leaving my field recorder playing in a room full of my mates whilst having a serious weed sesh......
You havent heard a sample till you have one of your mates on tape, mashed out of his tree, proclaiming himself to be the son of God
quality
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:22 am
by Atac
JFK wrote:I love using samples, I can sit for hours just sampling stuff off of old vinyl. But the best ones Ive ever gotten were obtained by leaving my field recorder playing in a room full of my mates whilst having a serious weed sesh......
You havent heard a sample till you have one of your mates on tape, mashed out of his tree, proclaiming himself to be the son of God
I quit smoking a couple years ago but moments like this always make me miss the good old days sometimes
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 4:44 am
by nowaysj
JFK wrote:You havent heard a sample till you have one of your mates on tape, mashed out of his tree, proclaiming himself to be the son of God
God must have been busy, because I've met a few of his other sons.
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Yes wub, YES!
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Yes to found sound, field recording, foley. A good synth has a handful of lfo's and envelopes, but in a 2 second sample there are like fifty envelopes and lfo's happening. So so rich, timbrally, rhythmically. Very inspirational.
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Yes to vinyl sampling.
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Yes to limits, like using one synth to make every component of your track, very inspirational.
Fuck yeah I love this site. Downloaded some water droplet and glass samples to play around with. Really fun and quick way to get stuff to experiment with.
Re: Inspiring samples you've come across?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 5:29 am
by Basic A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5wK7HE3fJM > Play intro, loop first 8 bars 4 times, play intro again... Could listen to that shit and friends freestyling over it for days... First thing I could ever even remotely beat juggle, and as cliche' and oversampled as the song is, Im proud of stumbling onto it without any guidance lol.
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