Category: News
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Since 1984 🫖
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo mark the 50th article here at samplenerd.com we have something of a departure. So, have your polished tea spoons at the ready… 2024 marked forty years since the release of the Bobby O version of West End Girls in 1984! To commemorate forty years in the biz the Pets are releasing…
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Magic -{ colour
Reading Time: 3 minutesA US. sample collection from a NY 90’s music producer involved in the industry of that era. How cool is this? We have here a very legit disk library. OK it might look scrawled and messy to you, but to samplenerd this collection is as authentic as it gets! Now, you might…
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The samplenerd.com 2024 awards! 🏆
Reading Time: 4 minutesFirstly, Happy New Year and thank you to the responders to last year’s samplenerd.com 2023 awards! Here we are again, The samplenerd.com awards humbly seeks to reward its winners with that little bit of extra recognition. Let’s get to it! The six categories: Plugin boutique.com 🌐 Plugin vendor websites can be…
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The (transferable) storage evolution of the EII [P1]
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…
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AKIRA ISHIGURU
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…
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Day of the Dead – Samplenerd’s soundtrack series!
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…
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Virtual synth [ real complexity ]
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…
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The Art Of The Process
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…
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Synth soundtracks – the OFFICIAL SampleNerd lowdown: part VI
Reading Time: 5 minutesWelcome to Synth soundtracks – the OFFICIAL SampleNerd lowdown: part VI This is the SampleNerd.com catalogue of the best synthesizer soundtracks listed as being amongst the best of the genre. According to Redbull.com; movieweb.com and MusicRadar.com. Let’s go! Videodrome Videodrome Year: 1983 Score: Howard Shore We’re almost there; the last leg of this…
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Finished is better than perfect.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLet’s kick off this article with an old joke: What’s the difference between a composer and a large pizza? A pizza can feed a family. Ah! To finish a work, the short-lived utopia of the artist! We’ve all been there, or are there now. A hard drive choc-full of unfinished tunes. Perhaps…
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Fast Nerd ⏩ Finds!
Reading Time: 2 minutesOK, it’s been awhile since the last Fast Nerd ⏩ Finds! But here we are! Released in 1984 E-MU’s Drumulator was a predecessor to its more famous stablemate the SP1200. EVEN THOUGH THE DRUMULATOR IS NOT QUITE AS FAMOUS AS THE E-MU SP1200, THIS ORIGINAL 8 BIT GEM STILL MANAGED TO FIND ITS…
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Synth soundtracks – the OFFICIAL SampleNerd lowdown: part V
Reading Time: 7 minutesWelcome to Synth soundtracks – the OFFICIAL SampleNerd lowdown: part V. This is the SampleNerd.com catalogue of the best synthesizer soundtracks listed as being amongst the best of the genre. According to Redbull.com; movieweb.com and MusicRadar.com. Let’s go! Starman Year: 1984 Score: Jack Nitzsche Verdict: Underrated both as a movie and a soundtrack.…
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