who else here ONLY makes music from scratch?

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I know its alotta samplers out there, which i dont knock at all cuz thats what i tried at first (i'm not good) but i always found makin somethin thats 100% your own creation way more fulfillin anybody else on that steez?

 

[Aje]

I'm a former sample-only producer. Now, I'd say, 95% of my sh*t is non-sampled if not more. You're right, it's absolutely more fulfilling. I'm trying to be the next Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, Chopin, Bartok, meets Doc Dre & Timbo up in this biya.

I'm telling you, y'all. There's so many books you can scoop up for free that will help you with your theory game. It's just a matter of effort. Yes, having the right sounds helps, too. But, knowing what to do with them is what it is.

 

[DaWe]

I do non-sampled simple stuff for TV spots but never really done it as a hobby. However when I sample, at least the way I do it, I feel just as creative and fullfilled in the end.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

I'm a former sample-only producer. Now, I'd say, 95% of my sh*t is non-sampled if not more. You're right, it's absolutely more fulfilling. I'm trying to be the next Haydn, Beethoven, Wagner, Chopin, Bartok, meets Doc Dre & Timbo up in this biya.

I'm telling you, y'all. There's so many books you can scoop up for free that will help you with your theory game. It's just a matter of effort. Yes, having the right sounds helps, too. But, knowing what to do with them is what it is.

any suggestions??? i just finished up my bachelors so i'll have the time to finally learn

 

[Da Jungles]

Went from non sampled, to sample only and then back to non sampled

I just picked sampling back up again, but I don't do it often.

 

[901Cory10]

i used to sample 100% for various reasons...but now im 100% no samples...i work faster without having to chop and time stretch and figure out tempos and all that good stuff....but i still love a bangin ass sampled beat tho

 

[ZEB WALTON]

The way I try to sample, you could say its almost 100 percent myself. I used to exclusively loop to learn, then I chopped into beats, now I'm usually sampling one or two simple notes for body and replayin the rest. I have a couple tracks that are pretty much non sampled, and yea, they make ya feel mad good when they finally hit right.

The sampling sound is my fav tho. I usually try to blend shyt together so its difficult to find the sample nowadays since I got all the synth vsts...but there's nothing like a raggedy looped sample tho. I spit too and shyt like that makes me go retarded.

My boy is basically all non sampled, and I love his beats but that sound itself just isn't my vibe as far as some rap shyt.

 

[TEKBEATZ]

I tried the non sample method and nothing good comes out of it.

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

whats everyone's process? do you just sit down, turn your shyt on and start workin on the fly or what? i think just about everything i've done has been concieved beforehand. like, i might be drivin or who knows what and get an idea then beatbox or sing the idea in a recordin on my phone (weird as that might sound) and eventually come to around to it at some point

 

[901Cory10]

whats everyone's process? do you just sit down, turn your shyt on and start workin on the fly or what? i think just about everything i've done has been concieved beforehand. like, i might be drivin or who knows what and get an idea then beatbox or sing the idea in a recordin on my phone (weird as that might sound) and eventually come to around to it at some point

i just sit down and open up a vsti...probably vanguard or nexus and try to come up with something from a preset which rarely happens so i tweak presets until i find something that inspires me from there its really up in the air..drums might be next? maybe bass? or maybe just the hihat pattern its different everytime..one thing that happens alot tho is after im done with the beat the first thing i played doesnt really fit into the track anymore??

 

[ZEB WALTON]

one thing that happens alot tho is after im done with the beat the first thing i played doesnt really fit into the track anymore??

happens ALL the time. i end up having 4-5 versions of the same beat in diff arrangements. useful for remixing tho

 

[Tom]

I only respect producers who sample if the finished product sounds nothing like the song they sampled.

Both Kanye and Just Blaze have been known to just straight jack songs and add some drums


sidenote, I wonder if Just Blaze ditched sohh and came to the Coli also

 

[Propaganda]

i hardly sample anymore. if i do is just like a little loop or something to compliment everything else.

i don't even know how to chop shyt up very well anymore lol. my sample game is

 

[Dooby]

I only respect producers who sample if the finished product sounds nothing like the song they sampled.

Both Kanye and Just Blaze have been known to just straight jack songs and add some drums


sidenote, I wonder if Just Blaze ditched sohh and came to the Coli also

Kanye is GOAT producer.

 

[McPiff]

i used to sample a lot but now i barely do it. Unless i find the RIGHT sample.