Reading Time: 3 minutesEven with a website called “samplenerd” I realise this could be the most nerdy article yet… let’s go! In the samplenerd.com article The Art of the Process I went to the expense and trouble of recording using samples from floppy disks. Copying the whole of the FMS library to disk then swopping them out to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe ability to appreciate individual sample collections is something samplenerd.com is rather proud of. With that in mind, I humbly present to you the Akira collection featured on the KORG M1/R program cards. Graduated in 1984 from Kunitachi Music college with a bachelor of arts in music composition. Born in Tokyo in 1960 he has […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesAny regular readers to the posts at samplenerd.com will know that I’m a fan of preservation. So much history of artists and their music is often attached to their instruments. From the modified Fender Squire that Bruce Springsteen still has over 40 years later, to the Red Special guitar belonging to Queen’s Brian May. We […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesYear: 2008 Score: Tyler Bates Verdict: The 2008 remake. Action and horror come together for this zombie fare. Using quick scene cuts, and atmospheric music, so far so unoriginal. We watch as American kids trying to ‘get it on’ find their town under siege by Zombies and American forces. A surprising but fairly brief appearance […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesI think KORG’s longevity in the space of musical instrument manufacturer has endowed their VST’s with a comprehensiveness. And a quality which is sometimes lacking in makers newer to the scene. I reviewed the KORG Triton VST last year and indeed it won the samplenerd.com VST of the year 2023! Here at samplenerd.com I have […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the age of the instant, Samplenerd revisits the practices of yesteryear! In the age of instantaneousness I wanted to revisit the practices of my forebears and create a track using the method of yesteryear. Why bother? Well, two reasons actually… 1. I wanted to experience the working process of those recording from samplers back […]