Born in Yorkshire, Paul Sample (17th February 1947 – 27th January 2026), who lived in Shropshire, worked as an illustrator for over 30 years, training at both Bradford College of Art and Central ...

With electronic musicians the world over living under some form lockdown in recent weeks, we thought it the perfect time to task them with something a little different – the Sample Challenge. We gave ...

A one-shot sample is any sample that plays through its length once, and then stops. As a result of this, they tend not to be time-stretched, because they’re usually played at their original tempos.

Earlier this year Splice launched a new mobile app called CoSo that used AI to build what it calls "Stacks" collections of samples that are supposed to work well together. Slowly but surely elements ...