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  • July 16, 2012 at 6:02 pm #1007859
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Get a cheap audio software (or freeware). I started with Garage Band on my Mac, since it was free. There are also a lot of loops already in there to give you an idea.
    If I wanted to make a loop from a track or captured stuff through a mike etc. I simple drag the mp3 into Garage Band and start cutting around on it.
    You can also search for some easy tutorials on youtube search for “editing songs in garage band” to get the basic idea.

    Hope that helps, if you have further questions along the road, feel free to ask. Also tell us where you ended up (I play currently with Ableton… but not the easiest software to begin with…)

    July 16, 2012 at 6:21 pm #1007868
    twicx
    Member

    @Broomptish
    I saw the SA tutorials, but as far as i can remeber, one was for Logic and the other was possibly ProTools or maybe FLStudio. I’m on ableton, but even still, that’s not the main problem. Both tutorial sets on SA don’t deal with samples. I’m guessing it’s possibly down to copyright or something.

    @Terry_42
    As i mentioned there, I’m on ableton. I’ve an idea of how the French House guys do it, in chopping out tiny bits of 70s/80s disco tracks and then making them into samples, but I’m more looking for techniques on how to go about finding good 70s/80s disco tracks. And, if there’s anything else I should look out for along the way, like with timing or pitch.

    FWIW, the first track I did is on SC. my friendface is http://www.facebook.com/twixmusic and the soundcloud is http://www.soundcloud.com/twicx . It doesn’t have samples in it, and was thrown together in about 3 hours. But the effort is there :p

    EDIT:
    Oh….. 🙁
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    July 16, 2012 at 6:22 pm #1007870
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    There are some very nice 70s and 80s disco channels on iTunes radio channels…

    July 16, 2012 at 6:26 pm #1007873
    twicx
    Member

    I feel obliged to say here that I’m an avid hater of Mac, but ya know, haters gonna hate. Ravers gonna rave etc etc. I’ll find a way of checking it out. I’m going to be heading over to my buddy’s house later, and his dad has a monsterous vinyl collection. He’s also supercool about letting us flick through it, so I might have a bit of a rummage. 😉

    July 16, 2012 at 6:36 pm #1007876
    Broomptish
    Participant

    Yes just checked the French house is for reason and cubase the disco loops is ableton though, one of the most useful ones so far I’ve found on it. Though tbh not done many yet, though I have done the drum and bass for logic and applied it to ableton no problem, most daws are very similar. Except those trackers they are so alien lol

    July 16, 2012 at 7:03 pm #1007887
    twicx
    Member

    Just watched the intro to disco loops. THIS x 1000000000! That’s exactly what I’m looking for!! And a fellow Ableton fan to give the info only makes it sweeter. 😉

    So from what I gather, a french-disco-house type song breaks down roughly to this:
    1. Disco Loop (or multiple disco loops)
    2. Emphasised Bass Line
    3. Overlaid banging drum track
    4. Add modernism where necessary
    5. ?????
    6. PROFIT!!!

    Or something along those lines? I’m looking forward to giving this a go. Unfortunately, the dog needs a walk first. 😉

    July 17, 2012 at 3:16 am #1007911
    TheReturn
    Member

    My best advice is to start buying disco records!

    Thats where all the good stuff is. Much of which hasn’t been made digitally available. You will find much more exciting hidden loops if you check the album tracks rather than the singles.

    If you don’t think you can do that, then starting looking at compilations. I’m not going to tell you which ones, but I will point you to some labels that do them really well.

    Strut Records
    BBE
    PPU/Superior Elevation
    Numero
    Sessions
    Z Records
    Prelude
    West End
    Street Sounds
    P&P
    Claremont 56

    Also, make sure you listen to a lot of french house, nu disco, Detroit and Chicago house as well as hip hop to see what has already been sampled. Of course you can sample it again, but you should try and do it a different way with a different part of the song or whatever

    July 17, 2012 at 10:34 am #1007922
    twicx
    Member

    Cool! That’s a big help. I’ll be in town tomorrow, and there’s 3 or 4 vintage vinyl shops that do some great deals like 3 for €10 etc. I’m sure I’ll pick up a few. As Jack White said, your turntable’s not dead.

    July 23, 2012 at 6:08 pm #1008442
    adamus007p
    Participant

    check dj samples from here, you will find a lot of good quality music samples.

    July 23, 2012 at 6:42 pm #1008446
    Michael Lawrence
    Participant

    i would also look at samples on loopmasters.com they have an extensive bank of samples. For acapellas you may want to check out acapellas4U….I dont know if you could find alot of french house acapellas there however it is a create place to get vocal samples!

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