the neverending collecting samples and synths and presets..
why do we always want more? i have collected so many sounds since 2006 both on dvd, blue ray sample libraries and hard drives.. music always changes year after year.. but sometimes the samples i have i never used them and still i want more samples all the time filling the hard drive with more

do you recognize this?

 

We're all hamsters in one way or another
... I don't need it but I want it!

 

I can never have enough drum breaks.

 

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people are still finding hardware units which have not been sampled and archived at best quality. Recording tech is constantly getting better, and so does the audio quality of "high fidelity samples". New samples may reflect what is being used in whatever contemporary music better than old ones. Checking them out can give you insight to what other people are doing. And of course, they are high bandwidth using if shared.

 

I don't want more samples, I just want the samples no one else wants.

To paraphrase a discussion I had with a friend recently about "secret weapon" tracks to play in a DJ set: "The secret weapons are not the tunes nobody else knows, but the ones no one else dares to play."

So yeah, virtual crate digging for oddities is still fun after years.

 

It's hard to differentiate what we "need" from what we "want" when it comes to making art, because - as much as some people refuse to admit it - we aren't machines, and we are moved by inspiration. I'd bet that a good portion of artists collect samples, hardware, vinyl, etc not because they need it but because they want it, but they want it in order to find motivation and inspiration to make art so in a way... they actually need it! Then yeah, if collecting samples is something that motivates you to actually make music, there's no problem, go on and collect coins, soda cans or whatever if that helps, no one is the same, art works in mysterious ways.

 

People like to collect things: stamps, matchboxes, chocolate boxes, soaps, vases, shoes, old toys,... also vinyl, cassettes, CDs,... why can't we collect samples? vst?

 

I don't collect samples (or any data), I collect storage.

 

What are samples to you?

A. If you simply consider them tools get to your objective, then you don't always want more.
B. On the other hand if you consider those a collection, is only natural that you gonna want to complete it.
C. Both. In this case you also gonna want to complete your collection.

 

Now, let's imagine how those "field recording, found sounds" poor souls struggle with the (from novice to expert gear, and) storage space needed for their collection of (samples) sounds...

 

Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

 

vengeance samples are good! but i like also best service and other samples.

 

Yes, yes and yes. I like sampling FLAC albums these days, as well as MULTiTRACk samples, by hand using Audition. Gimme, gimme...i need, i need!

 

Maybe, or you could just get then on demand, which is not that hard either.
I guess they're both working methods.

I once considered downloading a sample pack. but to me is just not worth it, neither financially, neither in terms of space.
i do like you and download samples as i need it. But usually i'm trying to record/create my own samples, which has been working best for me. Unfortunately i've lost all my 20 unique samples library along with my SSD last week.
Yes, my samples are all one-shot drum hits or foley/fx.

 

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In my case i love using percussion loops and drum breaks. It's harder to build a convincing percussion tone with MIDI, way harder than drumkits, for example. I just let pros be the pros, and i want the maximum of pro percussionists on my table when i'm creating.

 

A good idea imo is to audition all you already have before getting new