Thursday 26 November 2009

Sampling - a potted history

Knowledge Magazine has got a pretty good article looking at the development of sampling, from its earliest tape-based incarnations at the birth of Musique Concrete, right up to the advent of Ableton Live, when all audio became infinitely flexible putty in our hands.

Read it here.

Sadly there is no mention of MusicObject pin-up girl Delia Derbyshire in the article, so here's a completely gratuitous picture of the wonderful workshopper doing what she did best.

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