Skylife releases Version 2.50 of SampleRobot, SampleRobot Essentials and WaveRobot

Skylife has released version 2.50 of SampleRobot, SampleRobot Essentials and WaveRobot. Here’s the details: SampleRobot is able to digitize any kind of instrument. When cloning MIDI gear, SampleRobot even works completely on its own. After connecting an instrument via MIDI and audio with the computer, SampleRobot will “suck out” the sounds from the unit.… Read More Skylife releases Version 2.50 of SampleRobot, SampleRobot Essentials and WaveRobot

July 13, 2007July 13, 2007Leave a comment

Creative Commons Kills One Sampling License

Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that releases licenses for sharing music and other creations freely over the Internet, is retiring one of its sampling licenses, citing lack of use. Here’s CC’s Lawrence Lessig’s explanation of the decision to retire the license: Until today, we have offered three versions of the Sampling license. Two of those… Read More Creative Commons Kills One Sampling License

June 5, 2007Leave a comment

Great Mellotron Demonstration Video

Here’s an old video demonstration of classic Mellotron sampling technology: The Mellotron is an electromechanical polyphonic keyboard musical instrument originally developed and built in England in the early 1960s. Mellotrons used a series of tape playback heads triggered by a standard organ-style keyboard to create a crude but pioneering sample playback device.

March 16, 2007March 12, 2007Leave a comment

Banned Music

Banned Music is a web project that promotes music activism, especially the non-commercial distribution of works that major record labels have driven underground. The site is one of several that are raising important questions about the role that the law plays in determining what we can experience. The site is a project of Downhill Battle,… Read More Banned Music

March 29, 2004January 15, 2007Leave a comment

Sound Synthesis and Sampling

This 1997 release by Martin Russ is one of the best introductions to synthesis and sampling in print. It discusses both analog and digital synthesis concepts and sampling in a fairly non-technical fashion, making it a great way to expand your understanding of synthesizers. Sound Synthesis and Sampling is extensively illustrated with diagrams that help… Read More Sound Synthesis and Sampling

March 25, 2004January 11, 2007Leave a comment

Free Samples Go Legit with New Creative Commons Sampling Licences

Musicians using samplers are faced with an unique set of legal problems. Using samples of copyrighted works has become a minefield, often just best avoided. Now new licenses from Creative Commons promise to make it easier for samplists to find samples they can use without fear of getting sued. Sampling and lawsuits have gone hand… Read More Free Samples Go Legit with New Creative Commons Sampling Licences

March 17, 2004January 15, 2007Leave a comment

Controversial Grey Album Mixes Beatles with Rap

By now you may have heard of DJ Danger Mouse, and his remix of rapper Jay-Zs Black Album with music from the Beatles White Album. Now that the album has been blocked by EMI, it has become one of the most sought after music downloads on the Net. One site dares to publish the full… Read More Controversial Grey Album Mixes Beatles with Rap

February 16, 2004January 13, 2007Leave a comment

The Mellotron Book

Frank Samagaio Back before samplers made the scene in the 80’s, the Mellotron ruled as a source of “lifelike” playback of prerecorded sounds. The Mellotron Book takes you back to the early days of sampling, and explores the unique qualities of this strange instrument. The Mellotron is a keyboard that basically has a tape player… Read More The Mellotron Book

December 4, 2003January 9, 2007Leave a comment

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