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ppadru1 wrote:I know for a fact that Breakbot doesn't sample other tracks. He is a musician first and plays the music, but then "samples himself" as if it were another song. He chops up his own chord progressions and basslines, which makes it sound really gritty:

Here's a new track of his to be released soon. I think it demonstrates this:



Sam
UltraJv wrote:Heres how one track was made with samples by Liam Howlett - its a skill to do this :


I just see him doing filter manipulation on a laptop probably with Ableton. There arnt any Keyboard controllers there. Like I said, youve already decided for yourself. No point in going on with this.

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ppadru1 wrote:I know for a fact that Breakbot doesn't sample other tracks. He is a musician first and plays the music, but then "samples himself" as if it were another song. He chops up his own chord progressions and basslines, which makes it sound really gritty:

Here's a new track of his to be released soon. I think it demonstrates this:



Sam
UltraJv wrote:Heres how one track was made with samples by Liam Howlett - its a skill to do this :

at this point, this thread should be locked. i've told you clearly what hes doing, here's just a TASTE of the samples he's using....

(baby i'm yours)



(the piano and bass lick he stole for his remix of Pnau's Baby)


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UltraJv wrote:
ppadru1 wrote:I think he just samples himself. He plays regular VSTs, then bounces them to audio, then chops them up. Any thoughts?
my thoughts are that certain people ask questions on KVR but theyve already decided what the answer is and then they ignore everyone who suggests otherwise.
this quote i love :)

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The bass he uses in pnau baby remix is that a synth made bass or a sample? I wanna make some kinda of slapbass but I never seem to get close to it

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I actually talked to him once, and he said that he uses the Real Bass Refill for reason!
Brouwers wrote:The bass he uses in pnau baby remix is that a synth made bass or a sample? I wanna make some kinda of slapbass but I never seem to get close to it

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Interview

http://www.djmag.com/node/35879

Listening to his album, it sounds very much in the box VST sound - rather than funk samples... A bit bland, thin and sterile.... :?

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