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Sampling
Sampling is the use of recorded sound as musical material in a new context.
Level relevance: introduced at Nat 4; tagged for every later level where the same concept remains useful.
Explanation
Sampling involves taking recorded audio and reusing it in a project. A sample might be a single drum hit, a vocal phrase, a sound effect, or a longer musical loop. In production, samples can be trimmed, pitched, stretched, layered, and triggered from MIDI. Sampling is powerful, but the source material must be used legally and musically.
Topics
SamplingAudioCreative production
Curriculum statussupporting vocabulary
Review statusdraft
Related terms
MIDI
MIDI is performance and control data that tells devices what to play, rather than storing recorded sound.
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