How to sample - Types of chops - Sampling tutorial on the Akai MPC Live X touch

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[Kwelar]

*QUICK TIP* : For samples that have drums in them, use the ADSR to fade in the attack times of the drums a little. Also, use a high pass filter to take the punch or boominess out of the drums in the sample. This will let the drums you add over the top of the samp punch through. Peace!

[prodbyANT]

Every other sampling video is like "take your sample, chop it, done EZ" no one ever goes into WHY they choose the sounds they do. This is the best video about sampling that I've found. Thank you.

[arnoldjeanty]

i hope you understand this has to be the most in depth perfectly explained sample based tutorial on the planet so far .

[sebastianramirez]

Timestamps for the Video :)

- 0:11 Intro
- 0:44 Basic Chop
- 1:35 One Shots
- 3:58 "Free Sounds"
- 7:21 "Clean Phrase"
- 9:55 Phrases With Drums
- 11:50 "Dynamic Sections" Chopping
- 14:02 Drum Loop Cut (Drum Breaks)
- 16:06 Thanks and Closing.

- Also thank you Marlow for the great videos you make ! 🎶😎

[SamKitson]

This is gold. Thank you for these videos! I often give up on a track because I either think I've been lazy with a loop or too complex chopping and rearranging. Seeing this takes away my anxiety around sampling and making beats.

[Stilts]

This the most valuable sampling video on YouTube. It teaches techniques, has clear explanations, and isn't limited to specific hardware/DAW. Thank you so much 🧠💥

[nichelcruz]

One of the best tutorials about chopping samples on internet!
Thanks

[CreativeBuddha]

I very much appreciate your delivery of well communicated techniques. These are things an artist can take away to use in their own way. Fan 😎

[illanoiz]

I’m always interested on how others chop too so thanks for sharing

[unworthyServant]

This on its own is a masterclass in sampling! Thank you Marlow!

[shmiqqy]

There's obviously a lot of stigma around the first type of sampling but that's how they used to do it in the 80s/90s. It sounds like a lazy method but it's only lazy if you're not making it a little varied. You can take a 1 or 2 bar loop itself and have it for 8 bars, or mute it every 4th bar, or if there's bass behind it isolate the bass and that's another 4 or 8 bar loop. Anyone who exclusively listens to 90s knows this and it will sound lazy on paper but can sound really good if you do more than simply looping a single sample, such as adding horns every second bar (or any one-shots as they're called in this video). It's probably some bias here because I only sample looks and work around them as the base, but that was a large part of hip-hop and is still a fundamental in my opinion.

Great video.

[kennymonsters]

Thank you for sharing your process. I literally took notes from your video just so I know what I'm looking for besides the obvious beginner stuff (I.e. acappela moments and melodic parts without drums) I get it now thanks to your willingness to share

[TenThumbsProductions]

Fire channel, I am a guitar/ukulele player and song writer who made beats on reason back in college, just got an MPC, just getting into it but I have a lot of background in music, this stuff is great! Thank you so much.

[JWolde]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge. I'm just starting out so this really helps me to think before making chops. Bless!

[MuhammadLaher]

Constantly learning from you. Your beats are so smooth, you have a great ear. I would love to see a part 2 on this.

[arashmazinani]

Really helpful, showed me why I struggle with some samples and not others. Keep picking a lot with drums already attached and they're sometimes clashing with my own.

[Brandonbraun]

13:55 wow that works so well. thanks for the videos man!!

[Qmayb]

Man, you the boss, thank you for the gems

[anthonyscott]

Very well thought out and organized. Good job.

[lukeburkett]

Ah thanks, man! I was looking for some of this info as a q in another video, found answers in this one! Thank you for making this!