All right working with samples is an art
form it's because you're taking samples
from various sources different records
different time periods and you're
putting them into one centralized area
it's just a whole lot of external
elements that have to be amalgamated in
order for you to compose a great piece
of music on a sampler so in this video
we're gonna break out the old classic
MPC 2000 and build up a beat here that
I've made from its individual elements
and I'll describe how and why I chose
the samples based on my preference all
right so we're starting again with the
main theme notice it's not a beat it's
just an atmospheric sample and this
establishes the framework it gives you
the context that gives you the
environment that we're going to build
this beat up on this is the foundation
it's gonna give rise to everything we do
and it also establishes a mood it's sort
of the vibe that I want to put forth so
second is a guitar sample and really
what this does is establishes a pulse or
the beat it gives you definitely the
rhythmic temple that's going on so
before we didn't have any tempo now we
got establishing reoccurring pulse meter
and lets you know what's to come and
there's also an element of bass in this
sample that gives you more weight to the
original theme and it just so happens to
be in harmony musically with the main
theme so now going forward we have a
vocal sample this vocal element as an
emotional value builds everything up and
it makes it more human and it helps if
you're trying to humanize a beat using a
vocal element from an actual human works
and in my experience the best humans to
use are female when you're speaking
about using vocals for this purpose all
right will be long now there's a second
vocal and this vocal establishes the
harmonic balance between the previous
female vocalist that we just had it also
as a rhythmic element to what's going on
in the form of a polyrhythm there's
these sympathetic percussion things
going on inside the sample that is only
on time because it's reoccurring at a
definite time here's the other sample
coming in now it's another vocal sample
and this drives home the main thing
because you may have noticed the main
things kind of lost in the background
you can't really hear it anymore this
brings everything up to the forefront
and gives you that force and it's also
pitched and octave higher than the main
theme and this by DeMuth brings a
heightened emotional element to a day if
you know what any hopefully do anyway
lastly we got into trucks and with the
drums it's all balanced and that's all
these drums do the kick isn't
necessarily forceful the snare and the
hi-hat are just moving along there's
nothing really really bad about this
beat because everything in previous to
the beat is kind of mellow so we have
the soup that in order to bring out the
best in everything I could have just
brought in a hard boom bow beat and just
overpower everything and that has its
place but in this beat I really want to
support the main theme and make sure
that it doesn't get a loss and make sure
that it's complement in the best way and
that's what these drums are doing as you
can see as we solo out everything else
and go back to the main thing with just
the drums you see how it plays together
completely complimentary and suited up
really well and I was really happy with
the outcome of that speaking other drums
let's go back to that bow and break
everything down so let's look at the
kick it's kind of lost on its own when
it's off and it's on rhythmically it's
just bouncing around doing its own thing
if you were to hear the kick alone it
just sounds messed up and it is
intentional because I wanted an
off-and-on feel to the kick because I
didn't want it to overpower kicks are
just too powerful that how you place
them really matters so incoming the
snare that's what the snare does and the
stairs like nope I'm here to bring
structure to all this soul it's just
always on the rigid stiff not moving
just there as a complete stabilizer and
right now you know that everything is on
rhythm and it makes the kick pattern
seem logical now but as you can hear
everything's still kind of stiff even
the kick stiff right so in comes the
hi-hat and the hi-hat blends the two and
that establishes the real vibe and
balance of everything it just blends
everything together and smooths
everything out and really that's what a
high hats
it really gives you the sense of motion
it makes sure that the beat keeps some
weight before you stop the hi-hat and
stop the motion it's really enjoyable to
use samples because it really teaches
you how to be diplomatic and fair about
each sample you really have to think
twice about why samples there what is it
doing um how does it feel in the entire
song it's crazy
and also the unexpected treats that you
get just from the things that samples do
they're just kind of weird on their own
they just have their own personality and
their own thing and they do what they
want to do no matter how much you try to
control them you're always gonna be
surprised working with samples any way
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