Yamaha SY99 Sample Disks

what to do with your analog sample and hold once you've gone digital

Wilf Smarties kicks off our regular look at new sample CD releases.

We look at internal sampling packages for all the top micros in this definitive round up

Drumtrax 1 Sample Tape

If you're looking to expand your sampler's vocabulary of drum sounds or your D50 library, Patchworks' Drumtrax sample tape and PA Decoder's D50 Rom Volume III should be worth checking out - start here.

Wilf Smarties takes another new sample CD for a spin.

keyboarding Crusader with words of wisdom

Sample sultan Wilf Smarties reports on the latest sample CDs.

Groove guru Wile Smarties reports on the latest sample CDs.

Resident 'DJ' Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Despite the technological revolution that has changed the way almost everything else in music is produced, you still need a singer to record vocals — or do you? David Hughes looks at a sample CD that opens the door to a new way of laying down backing vocals.

Groove guru Wilf Smarties reports on the sample CD scene.

David Hughes lends an ear to three well-priced CDs full of synthesizer and drum machine samples.

Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Wilf Smarties gives a new batch of CDs a spin.

Sample CD

Breakin' down the beat

Sampling: Is it legal? Is it art? Tim Goodyer raises some of the issues that will shape tomorrow's music.