Encyclopedia > Audio sampling

Article Content

Sampling (music)

Redirected from Audio sampling

In music, sampling refers to the act of taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument in a new recording. This is done with a sampler, which can either be a piece of hardware, or a computer program on a digital computer. Similar to sampling is the technique of creating loops[?] of magnetic tape with a reel to reel tape machine.

Featured Article

Flapper

... had their origins in the Gibson girls[?] of the 1890s. Named for the drawings of Charles Dana Gibson[?], these women maintained their femininity despite ...