Sampling
Everything published on Viyolens under Sampling — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
The Complete Guide to Akai Sampler
Akai samplers power modern music production. This guide covers features, genres, and choosing the right sampler for your creative work.
The Complete Guide to Boom Bap
Discover boom bap, the foundational hip-hop production style. Learn about sampling, classic producers and how this golden-era aesthetic continues influencing modern music.
Serato Sample: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Serato Sample brings intuitive sampler capabilities to your DAW or Serato DJ setup. This buying guide covers practical workflows, integration with your setup, and comparison to alternative samplers to...
Mpc One for Beginners: A Complete Guide
It looks intimidating the first time you switch it on. Here's the beginner's route in, minus the overwhelm.
Audio Sampler: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Choosing the right audio sampler doesn't require a degree in engineering. This buying guide covers specs that matter, price tiers, and the pitfalls that waste money.
The Best DAWs for Hip Hop Production, Compared
Hip hop production demands specific DAW features: powerful sampling, tight quantisation, and intuitive drum sequencing. This guide compares the top choices and explains how to pick the best DAW for hi...
Akai Mpc Sample for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Just unboxed an MPC Sample? Here's the same five-step sequence every project follows, explained slowly and clearly from first recording to first beat.
The Complete Guide to Sampler Drum Pad
Sampler drum pads trigger pre-recorded sounds through pressure-sensitive interfaces, essential tools for beat makers, producers, and live performers. Understand pad types, features, and workflows.
Spectrasonics Keyscape: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Considering Spectrasonics Keyscape? Here's everything you need to decide if this vintage keyboard library is the right investment for your workflow.
Common Akai Mpc Sample Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of slip-ups trip up nearly everyone new to the MPC Sample. Here's what to watch for, and the easy habits that fix each one.
Common Mpc Sample Mistakes to Avoid
Most MPC Sample problems aren't a hardware fault — they're a handful of habits. Here's what trips people up, and the quick fix for each.
Groovebox Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Sound generation, a sequencer and hands-on control, all in one box. Here's what a groovebox actually is and how it differs from the gear around it.
Everything You Need to Know About Sample Plugins
Sampler plugins turn recordings into playable instruments. Discover time-stretching, sample slicing, granular synthesis and the best sampler tools for your production workflow.
Mpc Akai 2000 Xl for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Got your first Akai MPC2000 XL? Learn how to set it up, program your first beats, sample sounds, and avoid beginner mistakes in beat-making.
One Shot Samples for Beginners: A Complete Guide
One-shot samples are individual, unlooped sounds you layer to build custom arrangements. Learn how to find them, use them, and avoid the common mistakes.
The Complete Guide to Digital Drum Pads
Digital drum pads enable drummers and producers to trigger samples and control synthesisers with precision and expressiveness, offering unparalleled creative flexibility in both studio and live contex...
Kontakt Library: A Complete Guide
Kontakt libraries transform Native Instruments Kontakt into an unlimited instrument playground. Learn which libraries to buy, how to build your collection, and why professionals rely on Kontakt sampli...
Akai Mpc for Beginners: A Complete Guide
An Akai MPC can look intimidating, but the workflow underneath is genuinely learnable. Here's a gentle, in-order path through your first sessions.
How to Set Up and Use Ableton Move
Charged, updated and properly linked to Live — here's the setup ritual worth running before Ableton Move ever touches a real session.
The Complete Guide to Roland Sampler 404
The Roland sampler 404 is a legendary portable sampling device that has shaped hip-hop production and electronic music for over two decades through hands-on creative control.
Groovebox: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Choosing a groovebox is about matching a workflow, not chasing the longest spec sheet. Here's the calm, step-by-step way to decide.
A Guide to Akai Mpc
Since 1988 the Akai MPC has gone from a boxy 12-bit sampler to a full standalone production system. Here's the story and the technology behind it.
Roland Samplers for Beginners: A Complete Guide
New to sampling? Roland samplers are more approachable than you think. This guide covers first-session basics, building loops, and creating music with confidence.
Ableton Move for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Freezing in front of Ableton Move's pads and modes? Here's the beginner-friendly mental model and the early wins that make it click.
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Ableton Move
Portable Ableton Move hardware for fast beatmaking, sketching ideas and hands-on electronic composition.
Akai Mpc
The akai mpc is a classic beat-making and sampling platform used for hands-on production, sequencing and live creativity...
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Akai Mpc Sample
The akai mpc sample is a portable sampler for fast chopping, beat-making and hands-on music creation.
DAW for Hip Hop
A DAW for hip hop helps producers build beats, chop samples, record vocals and mix tracks in one workflow.
Groovebox
All-in-one production tools for beat-making, sequencing and hands-on electronic performance.
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Kontakt Library
Sample-based instrument collections for KONTAKT, covering orchestral, cinematic and specialist sounds.
One Shot Samples
one shot samples are short audio hits for beats, hooks, drops and fast creative music production.
Sampler Plugin
Sampler plugins turn audio into playable instruments for chopping, mapping and reshaping sounds inside your DAW.