What is Sampling?
Also called: sample
Sampling is taking a portion of an existing recording, such as a drum break, a vocal phrase or a chord, and reusing it in a new piece of music. The borrowed piece is called a sample.
Samples are often chopped, looped, pitched, time stretched and layered until they become a new part. Producers also sample their own recordings, field recordings and royalty free sample packs.
Sampling a commercial recording uses two copyrights: the recording itself and the underlying composition. Releasing a song with an uncleared sample can lead to claims, takedowns and lost income, even for very short samples.
Stem separation can isolate a drum break or a bass line from a full song, which gives cleaner material to work with, but it does not change the rights situation.
Put it to work
Isolate drums, bass or vocals from a song to sample them.
Stem Isolator