‘My Secret Weapon Is The E-Mu SP-1200’
Redshape (Sebastian Kramer) shares his ‘secret weapon’ for making drum sounds – the E-Mu SP-1200 on the latest episode of Telekom Electronic Beats TV.
Tag: sampling
Germany Rules Sampling In Hip Hop More Important Than Kraftwerk’s Rights
Germany’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against Kraftwerk in a case that pitted the samplers against the sampled. The ruling overturns a ban on the sale of the song Nur mir (Only to me), by music producer Moses Pelham and rapper Sabrina Setlur, which makes use of a sample from Kraftwerk’s Metal On Metal, from Trans-Europe Express. Germany’s Deutsche Welle reports:
Steve Reich On Tape Loops, Rhythm & Sampling In Minimalism
In this new interview, via Q on CBC, classical composer Steve Reich reflects with host Shadrach Kabango on his career in classical music.
Secrets Of The E-Mu SP-1200, With Creator Dave Rossum
At Superbooth 16, E-Mu founder Dave Rossum was representing his new company, Rossum Electro-Music. But Muso Talk’s Hans Jörg Bordin took the opportunity to talk to Rossum about the classic E-Mu SP-1200 sampler:
Two New Sound Discs For The Optigan, Glitchdelica & Guitarscape
Optigan.com has introduced two new sound discs for the vintage Optigan, Glitchdelica & Guitarscape. Glitchdelica is an experimental rhythmic pattern generator. Forgoing the usual drums/chords/keys convention entirely, each button and key features a different loop, drawn from Optigan.com’s Pea Hicks’ archive of oddball instruments, electronics, and other sound sources.
Live Looping Jam With Cello, Ableton Push, Samplepad Pro, Water, Rice & Wine Glasses
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live looping + sampling + cello + vocal + broken glass performance, Indiana Teenagers, by Spearfisher, featuring Cicely Parnas.
Volca Sample OK GO Edition Hands-On Demo
Korg shared this pair of videos that take a hands-on look at working with their new Volca Sample OK GO Edition. In the first video, above, Chief engineer Tatsuya Takahashi walks you through a step by step of how to program a step sequence on the volca sample OK GO edition.
Korg Intros OK GO Volca Sample
Korg today introduced the OK GO Volca Sample – a limited edition version of the sample playback member of the Volca family. The Korg OK GO Volca Sample differs from the original by featuring unique styling and coming pre-loaded with 100 audio samples from OK GO’s latest album, Hungry Ghosts. And you can still load your own samples, using… Read More Korg Intros OK GO Volca Sample
How To Use The Free Nord Sample Editor
Nord shared this brief tutorial that loooks at creating samples using the free Nord Sample Editor.
Optigan.com Triple Header Sound Disc Set Features Unheard Sounds
Optigan.com has announced a new sound disc for the vintage Optigan keyboard – Triple Header 2: “By popular demand, we’ve ported three more Orchestron sounds to the Optigan, and have also dug into the Optigan master tape archives for more unreleased material recorded 40+ years ago, and only now seeing the light of day.”
