Sampling continues to play a big part in all current forms of club and classic Hip-Hop production, and with the resurgence of hardware/software based counterparts of the classic sampling kit of vintage samplers (notably Maschine and the MPC Rennaissance), a whole new generation of sampling is on its way.
As a part of this re-kindled interest in sampling, many younger producers are also looking for sampling techniques to emulate the sound of early classics and get the sound of the "golden era" of Dance and Hip-Hop.
While many new samplers come with the option to switch to a "vintage" mode, simply doing this is only a step in the direction of achieving this sound. One of the main reasons for this is down to modern gear itself and how it effects the whole production process. We work with very little limitation from our gear these days, and while that seems great, it's actually the limitation early producers faced that contributed to the sound we associate with early classic Hip Hop and House. Let's go a little deeper...
