How  to Sample Music

Overview

Curious about the world of music production? Learn the basics of sampling in this hands-on workshop.

You learn how to find, chop, manipulate, and creatively flip sounds into your own beats. This workshop covers beat-making, using samples, understanding MIDI and using audio effects.

You are encouraged to capture sounds (e.g as voice notes on your phone) which reflect personal experiences and environments which you feel are meaningful to implement as source material. Bring your laptop, curiosity, and gain a new perspective by creating your first sampled track!

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What to bring:   

• Laptop (preferably Apple Macbook) and charger
• Please install: Ableton (trial or lite versions are fine)  
• Headphones  
• Pen and notebook

Why you should participate

This short course is perfect for you, if you are a beginner who is curious about beat-making, hip-hop, electronic music, and creative production techniques. No advanced skills are required.

Meet your host

Max Mella is an Italian German non-binary artist, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, based in Berlin and London.  

Mella is one of the two artists in the duo, Bluebox. They have released music on Roya (an independent record label on Warp Records), receiving support from both BBC Radio 1 and Worldwide FM.

Drawing from experience in Berlin and London they approach production through a genre-fluid lens, fusing elements from such as: Electronica, Ambient, Hip Hop and more into both their creative and teaching practices.

Their creative journey has led to numerous collaborations and productions with artists such as Davide Shorty, Sans Soucis, Aphty Khéa, as well as their role as a music production lecturer at Hochschule Macromedia in Berlin.

Schedule

• 17:45 Gathering
• 18:00 Workshop
• 21:30 Wrap-up

Tickets

• 75 € – Event (incl. Museum Entry)
• 60 € – Fotografiska Members​     ​
• 119 € - Event (incl. Membership) *

*This bundle includes an event ticket and a one-year Fotografiska Membership (Member tier). After your purchase, our team will contact you to activate your membership.

Please note that photos, videos, and audio recordings will be taken during the event and may be used for marketing and communication purposes, including social media, website, press, and printed materials. By attending the event, you consent to the possible use and publication of such recordings.

If you do not wish to appear in any recordings, please speak to our team or the host on site.