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Making Music Using CBMP Resources
2.1 Making Music From Samples
Of the production tasks discussed throughout this book, sampling, in particular, is perhaps the most commonly misunderstood activity. When the topic of sampling is mentioned in the news (and, especially within scholarly writing on the subject), it tends to only be discussed in terms of its legal and social implications. Since there is currently a scarcity of research regarding the ways that sampling is used in music production, in this section I demonstrate how music makers actually use sampling to make music. To do so, I cover a number of sample-based music-making techniques, and I unpack the musical implications for each one. In other words, I explain sampling as a musical ...
