Help - Kanye styled vocal sampling techniques (Motown Records)

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Hey Whats Up Everyone?

Not much here... got my mind on producing as usual.... and as usual, trying to figure out ways to expand my knowledge of techniques.

Right now I am think of sampling, Kanye style.... I mean I know how to sample but whats the best way to sample a vocal sample from say a 1950's soul track? it has light background music (like most) - meaning the sample isnt acapella....
how does one go about chipmunking it yet getting it perfectly in sync with digital drum loops, and rest of ur production that's set at digitally precise tempos, etc.?

timestretch? pitch shift? i only have access to acid 5, fl5, soundforge8?
whats exactly the diffrence and whats best for keeping on beat so melodies dont clash (from sample being mixed with rest of my loop based production?

know what im trying to ask help in tryng to do?

i cant judge my own request for help, but think i am writing this **** in an understandable manner.... ?

Looking forward to some help from yall experienced personally in sampling for hiphop productions.... and handy with easy techniques to do it kanye style, in terms of the vocal samples...does he time stretch or pitch shift? whats the diff?

Until next time,
DJ Sinema

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ill probably let the fame get to my head...

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Search the forums this question has been asked 4 trillion..times. I'm not trying to be smart either, I'm serious if you search the forum you'll find your answer.
 
if your using fl studio place sample in the audio channel section in the playlist then select detect tempo that should give you the initial tempo
to achieve to voice open up the channel settings then turn the pitch up in the section that says time stretching (not the one on the top next to the volume) turn it up till you reach the ideal sound +400 would be ideal but it's what ever works for you, if you want speed it up just move the knob right next to the pitch towards the left until you reach the desired speed up

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The best way to go about sampling is to Take 1 and 1 bar out of the song your sampling and timestreach them into the same tempo..Timestreaching is NOT the same as pitching.when you got all your samples at the same tempo put it in your sampler..NN-XT,NN-19 if you use reason,go to the piano roll and hitt a straigh c note that will play the sample in its original pitch as you move it up or down the scale it will increase or decrease in pitch and tempo..then find the tempo of the sample..make a loop and replay it adjusting the tempo on you track until its in time with the sample
 
if u pitch up when you time stretch. or just pitch up you do realize that the drums usually don't interfere cus they're pitched up too high.
 
i hate when people refer to speeding up vocal samples as "the kanye style" as if, he pioneered the technique or made it famous. people have been doing that since the dawn of digital sampling in hip hop almost 20 years ago
 
you have to match the song your samplings tempo with your beat tempo. To get that chipmunk voice you have to find a slow sample and speed it up to the beats tempo you are trying to make. This is why kanye samples a hell of a lot of slow jams from the 70's, cause they all give that chipmunk sound at the end.
 
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