So if I'm correct...a lot of you are usin' different plugins for your samples, to alter the sound, after you've chopped them? I mainly use FL Studio and Acid Pro...as far as software...in FL I chop and cut samples in Edison...I'll start with tryin' to find nice loop for my "main" sound....mostly I play with the pitch of course, some time stretch...and I'll use that mainly throughout the beat...then I'll cut different pieces I like from that loop, and layer them together for the chorus...and with those pieces I've come up with...I'll throw them in seperately and at different times over that loop, where the "verse" portion of the beat would be...so I mainly use filters (HP,LP, etc) to try and get the sounds I want outta my samples...but sometimes they dont always do what you want to hear...any FL users around by chance? :/