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Articles 14: Sampling
Sampling - looping, tips, techniques, copyright... Libraries below... see also Synthesis and Instruments: Drums
Alternative Music Fonts (by Brian Smithers - Electronic Musician - Sep 2000)
Beat by Beat: The Distinctive Spectrums of Loop-Based Production (by Maureen Droney - Mix - Nov 2001)
Creating Realistic Sample-Based Orchestral Arrangements, Part 1 (by Dave Stewart - SOS - Dec 1999)
Creating Realistic Sample-Based Orchestral Arrangements, Part 2 (by Dave Stewart - SOS - Jan 2000)
Creative Sampling (by Nicholas Rowland - SOS - Dec 1998)
Digital Audio - Sampling Rates (Turtle Beach 2004)
Downloadable Samples and Online Sampling Resources (by Paul Sellers - SOS - Feb 2000)
Downloadable Sounds (by Jennifer Hruska - Electronic Musician - May 2000)
Getting Loaded (by Nick Batzdorf - Electronic Musician - Dec 2002)
Getting the Most from Your Sample CDs and CD-ROMs (by Paul Farrer - Sound on Sound - Sep 1997)
Going Soft: Soft Samplers for Live Music (by Sam Inglis - SOS - Feb 2002)

Groove Shoppin' (by Marty Cutler & Erik Hawkins - Electronic Musician - Sep 2002)
How to Build a Bank of SoundFonts (by Rich the Tweak - tweakheadz.com - 1999)
In the Clear (by Michael A. Aczon - Electronic Musician - Mar 2002)
Loop-a-palooza! (by Todd Souvignier - Electronic Musician - Jun 2002)
Making the Most out of Loops with ACID (by Stephen Sherrard - music-and-technology.com - 2002)
Practical Phrase Sampling for Modern Music Production, Part 1 (by Oli Bell - SOS - Apr 2001)
Practical Phrase Sampling for Modern Music Production, Part 2 (by Oli Bell - SOS - May 2001)
Practical Phrase Sampling for Modern Music Production, Part 3 (by Oli Bell - SOS - Jun 2001)
Production Music Libraries (by David John Farinellea - Mix - Sep 2001)
Sample This! Sampler Buyers Guide (by  Derek Johnson and Debbie Poyser - Sound On Sound - Oct 1999)

Sampled Sound Processing (by Peter Elsea - University of California, Santa Cruz - 1996)
Sampler Basics: The Drumloop (AnalogX - 2000)
Sampling Basics, Part 1 (by Paul White - Sound On Sound - Jan 1996)
Sampling Basics, Part 2 (by Paul White - Sound On Sound - Feb 1996)
Sampling Basics, Part 3 (by Paul White - Sound On Sound - Mar 1996)
Sampling from Scratch: The Basics of Sampling (by Paul White - Sound On Sound - Sep 1997)
Secrets of Making Great Sounding Samples (by Rich the Tweakmeister - Tweakheadz)
Soft Sampling (by Dennis Miller and Geary Yelton - Electronic Musician - Oct 2001)
Sound Effects Libraries (by Gary Eskow - Mix - Apr 2001)
Splittin' Image, The (by Daniel Fisher - Electronic Musician - May 2000)

Ultimate Bass Library (by Rob Shrock - Electronic Musician - Dec 2002)
Using Your Hardware Sampler Creatively (by Rich the Tweak - Tweakheadz.com - 2002)
Sample Resources
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