Digital Sampling av Paul Harkins

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<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,