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bt,m.i.k.e,lolo,john oo fleming,airbase are keeping it all alive with thier work...fact |
I guarantee that all those producers have used samples. They may still make a lot of their own, but they have all used other people's samples....fact
I can't wait to hear this song of yours you'll be making using samples. If it's not up to the standard of, say, a "muppet" like Activa (I've recognised Vengeance samples in his work), then what will that make you? What is less than a "muppet"?
You come across as extremely ignorant. You could just say "sometimes I hear a song which sounds like a bunch of presets and ready-made samples thrown together, and it sounds very generic", and in all likelihood we would all agree with that. I know I would, there are plenty of "cookie cutter trance songs" out there which are highly unoriginal.
But there are also many, many songs which use samples, which are highly original. Most likely, much more original than your songs in which you don't use samples. Originality comes from many things, of which creating your own samples is a very small part. You seem to over-estimate the importance of creating your own samples. Realise that this is your own personal viewpoint, and that it will cause you to label almost all of your favourite producers as "muppets".
None of us are saying it's a bad thing to create your own samples - absolutely not. There are many different ways to achieve the end result, and variety is a good thing. As I said in an earlier post, some people may draw in all their volume automation rather than using compressors, and their music may sound very slightly different because of that. If the person wants to do that, that's their choice. If you want to create your own samples, that's your choice.
But please, don't try to convince a community of producers that this small aspect of production, creating your own samples, is the be-all and end-all of originality. Because it just plain isn't.
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