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I see no one shared this site here. https://samplette.io/ is a great way of finding some random samples on YouTube and it allows you to search parameters (year of release, genre, views etc.).
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Hope you find it useful
I kinda hate shit like this. It's cool actually have a connection or relationship to what you're sampling, even if it's just going to a local record store and picking some vinyl at random. There's at least a story or experience behind the music, AI finding it for you is about as unpersonal as it gets. Just my thoughts
You are a clown dude....you think that buying a record from a bargain bin gives your music some mystique as opposed to downloading a record from some random blogspot....what is the difference?
Unless you are writing and composing the music yourself don't give anyone your shpiel about "story behind the music" you picked it out of the cheap bin and got lucky, that's your story
And I am also part of the 1% (you claim) of people that is living somewhere , where there isn't a record store. I honestly would have to get on a plane or boat if I want to buy one record, and even if I got lucky online with some local sellers, in small places people don't have eclectic tastes , so you get the lamest most vanilla records. The Internet is a brilliant resource for many people without the access the average American has. If I download a record from some site and I fuck with it I'm gonna find out about that band/artist, no different to reading a record sleeve. fuck all the mystique mumbo jumbo guys like this try to push, you sound like the type that would have hated the phonograph because it wasn't a real musician playing in front of you.....in the end is the stuff you make worth listening to / of value to yourself ? All that matters
You're 7 months late but that's not even what I said. Are you always this aggressive? To complete strangers? Or just online?
Also fyi cuz you seem like you're very young (I hope) samples can have much richer history than "I found it in a bin". Look no further than Eminem's Just Dont Give A Fuck sample. I enjoy stories like this and find them interesting. I'm not sure what the digital equivalent would be
I could be young it's relative to your age
For me there is absolutely no difference in downloading en masse from some random blog and trawling through it until I find something I like, then finding out more about the artist from there. If anything the process is expedited. No different to you flicking through a box of em.
It just feels disingenuous to tell people they need to be connected to the record in this manner. Any musician would laugh at that attitude. Like you? That picked the record because you like the color of the cover, and chopped up the song to remove any and all context, are trying to talk about connection to the music? Learn an instrument and write something from the heart if you want to talk about being connected to the music. Otherwise , just find what you can where you can and chop shit up like the rest of us
Nah I came here because I'm looking for some sampling spots obviously, Google recommended me it.
And I know its late, i seen you reply to a late comment before here. What you said just irks me man like you really don't know how people are living? A 99 cent record is pocket change to you , it might be a weeks worth of food for someone in another place. People should get it however they can
Reading your lengthy edit I'm not sure what you're so may about, from what you say this comment doesn't even apply to you
Where on earth do you live tho that has internet, production gear but no vinyl records? Genuinely curious
I live in [redacted] . Fine Internet and of course i have a computer, but there is not a single record shop where I live. Any one that existed would have closed down as soon as stuff went digital years ago.
And I'm not even mad man I'm just writing this in the hopes that if someone stumbles upon this thread like I did that they'll read these comments as well as yours. Nobody needs to spend money they don't have on the vainglorious idea of being "connected to the music".
Find whatever you can and do what you can with it, if it's as easy as you clicking the link above and finding a dope sample, so be it. The cooked meal and the enjoyment of the process is what counts, not what manner you procured the ingredients.
"There is not a single record ship where I live"
Rock Shop Ozz Tenerife
No Fun Records
33 Revoluciones
Vinyl Factory
REGRESO AL PASADO
Lambada Record Bar
Blous Music
Sonora Discos
Jumping Man
Hey Boy Hey Girl
El Cinematógrafo
Ok... 😂
Bro have you not seen the so obvious decline of lp 😭 mf there's like 0 record stores that have crates (only recent albums that get pressed) or they outta business. You can stick to your vinyl records, but to imply that there is no story behind finding a record online is sooo gay.
"Soooo gay" what are you a 13 year old boy from 2009?
I'm sorry you live in a bumfuck town that has more dollar generals and meth labs than record stores. In any real city you can find a dozen record stores, real record stores not Target, which you described. Even Goodwill's in a real city are littered with $1 vinyls. It just takes leaving the house and taking your eyes away from a screen for at least an hour tho which I know scares alot of people who use reddit. I can see why they'd rather have a robot serve them up custom curated samples collections catered specifically to their tastes in the comfort of their own home instead of physically diving into a crate of the unknown in the outside world. Lots of stories come from that; mostly ones that begin and end with "YouTube suggested it"
Btw I'm not even a producer, just understand there's such thing as lazy uninspired sampling
I agree to some point. There is something special in finding vinyl in store or at least buying it from discogs. But still there are many beatmakers that dont have money or even live in small places all around the world that dont have record stores so only way of finding new music is on youtube, discogs etc. For that kind of people this could be useful
Idk, hypothetically I think that's a very small group of people who live in corn fields and can't afford 99 records from their local goodwill. Most Americans live in/near cities, I imagine the majority of producers do too
Even the brokest of us can go on YouTube and find millions of records, film scores, theme songs from our fav cartoon etc. I'm not against the idea of using the internet or modern conveniences, I grew up with the internet and there was still a sense of discovery finding music and building my tastes online
This doesn't feel like something for the poor or remote. It just feels like another example of everything getting less and less personal (not to get too deep). I was listening to Tyler The Creator speak on this phenomena in style/fashion with targeted ads choosing our wardrobes, kind of removing the journey and personal connection from what you buy, a computer basically picked it for you knowing you would like it.
I know this is old, but have you considered that non-Americans exist? In my country it’s definitely not as easy as “just going to the local goodwill”
Where do you live that vinyl records don't exist?
I don't have disposable income to spend on records
There is 1 store with records nearby and none of them have the sort of songs I'd like to sample
I don't have the time nor the resources to go elsewhere
It's easier to find samples via the internet if you're looking for a specific style/artists who have already been sampled
I make it personal by what I do with it. Even when I've bought things to sample, I felt the exact same connection I did when I cracked open JDownloader and browsed YouTube Music for hours.
I was talking about splice/sample libraries not sampling records digitally
not necessarily, you have to know what filters and genres to apply to get what you are looking for, is like having a digital store that just gives the music for free lmao, you still gotta search and know what you want
This is an extremely low bar for anyone calling themself a producer
I respect your opinion, and do whatever you want ofcourse! Personally I think you should open yourself up to Samplette, because it is AMAZING for finding records (and genres) which you have never listened to or heard about. Music is about expanding what you already know, and I think it is a bit delusional to think that your library cannot use new songs to discover and sample. But that's just me :)
Awesome share, thanks!
Great share. Thanks. Will definitely be using this.
Thanks!!
Thanks for this! The first song that loaded sounds like a classic gem of a song from the 70s. Holy shit, excited to see what's next. This isn't even a shill. Am I the only one who has never heard this before? Listen to "Hangman" by P2O5 and tell me it's not a gem.
glad you found something. Just listened to that song and its some heavy german prog rock! I like it
Well 2 hours down the ol rabbit hole safe to say I have a whole playlist now with some amazing tunes under 500 views and released between 1980-2000 lol thanks for sharing brother.
Oh wow, just got the Earl sweatshirt shattered dreams sample lol. Great find though, I’ll definitely be using this!
Super dope!
36 hours later
god…im so hungry…must continue sampling…
This seems dope but I hope it doesn’t ruin the fun for sampling by researching and exploring music yourself.
At least for me it wont. But it is a good starting point when you are searching for samples
I can agree, especially if someone is starting and wanting to figure out what kind of genre they want to sample
As a producer aiming for faster beat turnarounds and tighter workflows, this is a Godsend! Exploration is still possible but now without the hazard of accidentally falling down a rabbit hole of 80s synth pop I never end up using anyway.
it won't
Interesting, is there an easy way to download the samples once found on the site?
Yes, some of legit ways would be blogspots or Soulseek. Slsk is a p2p software and is a great way to get high quality samples.
Nice tool, but isn't it illegal to sample these?
It’s illegal to sell unauthorized music. You, I, and everyone else can sample whatever we want and have a blast while doing it. Sampling is not illegal.
So I can use them for personal purpose but I'm not allowed to put the music I make with these on spotify and such?
correct
agreed + i live in the smallest ov southern small towns so samplette is a blessing for me, since the only record stores that are near me are excruciatingly tame. i made whole beattapes off of samplette lol
If I use a sample from simplette.io on a track I’m releasing, would I get in trouble?
yeah
you might