When I first got into sample based music making, I kept coming back to the same question: what's the best way to flip a sample? Some producers swear by chopping. Others re-pitch and transpose everything. Some build entire tracks from loops, while others spend hours resampling and layering sounds until the original source is almost unrecognizable. I recently ranked every sampling technique I regularly use, expecting to discover a clear winner. Instead, I came away with a compl

Is there still a place for the Roland P-6 as a sampler in 2026?

Before a recent trip to Hawaii, I made a decision that felt a little risky. Instead of packing one of my samplers, I brought only my iPad and challenged myself to make an entire track using field recordings from the island. Every drum, every melodic sound, and every texture would have to come from something I recorded myself. At first, it felt like I was leaving behind the tools I normally rely on. By the end of the project, though, I realized I hadn't limited my creativit