<p><i>Digital Sampling</i> is the first book about the design and use of sampling technologies that have shaped the sounds of popular music since the 1980s.</p> <p>Written in two parts, <i>Digital Sampling</i> begins with an exploration of the Fairlight CMI and how artists like Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel used it to sample the sounds of everyday life. It also focuses on E-mu Systems and the use of its keyboards and drum machines in hip-hop. The second part follows users across a range of musical worlds, including US/UK garage, indie folk music, and electronic music made from the sounds of sewers, war zones, and crematoriums.</p> <p>Using material from interviews and concepts from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), <i>Digital Sampling</i> provides a new and alternative approach to the study of sampling and is crucial reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including music technology, media, communication, and cultural studies.</p>

Details

• Author: Paul Harkins
• Publisher: Routledge
• Published: 2020
• Edition: 1
• Pages: 195
• Format: Paperback
• Language: en

ISBN: 9780815381648