What is a digital music sample?
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program on a digital computer. Sampling is also possible with tape loops or with vinyl records on a phonograph. Sampling goes back to the Beatles and Pink Floyd, who used fragments of other songs. Modern-day sampling started in the South Bronx, where party D.J.’s in the 1970s would find a favorite chunk of music and blend two duplicate records to play that section over and over. Often “samples” consist of taking an artist’s music and using it to build a new tune, for instance the use of the drum introduction from Led Zeppelin’s “When the Levee Breaks” in songs by the Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mike Oldfield, Rob Dougan and Erasure. Other artists who has taken advantage of the art of sampling are Jay-Z sampling from Johnny Pate, Kanye West sampling from
