Sampler Quotes

I don't sample. I'm not like one of these guys who concoct some beat on my sampler and just turns it in.

I have an Otari with a Korg T2 Midi synthesizer, a drum machine and a few effects units.

I don't do that much sampling. I create all my own sounds.

I love house music. I love all music.

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.

Yes, sampling has changed not just my way of playing and composing.

When I first started producing, all I had was this little crappy sampler called a S20, which had, like, a minute sample time. I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I just wanted to have a new job. I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job.

I wanted people to know that I was making what I was making just on a sampler, basically.

Orchestras are not used to playing the kind of stuff jazz musicians like to play. It requires a lot of rehearsal and recording time, so it's much easier to do on a synth or sampler. So, we came up with that idea.

The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.