Sampling Like J Dilla | A Guide To Sample Chops... 

I utilize all areas of a sample to pick and choose different variations.

When you use real vinyl and old school samplers its a lot more intuitive to do these dilla style quirks. You have to do it all with your hands so you think of things differently.

The J Dilla Moog Programming Dilla frequently programmed the Moog Synth in a special way to get his iconic bass sounds. It is generally known that he would use square and triangle wave oscillators; a typical starting point for his bass would be as follows: * OSC 1 - triangle at 32” * OSC 2 - square at 16” * OSC 3 - square at 16” He would usually detune OSC 2 & 3 very slightly to get that signature off-key sound and get a little extra resonance. The other setting would be as follows: * FILTER cutoff approx. 95% * Emphasis (resonance) 0-10% * Attack: 0 * Decay: 60% * Sustain: 35-40% * LOUDNESS attack: 0-10% * Decay: 60% * Sustain: 60% (NOTE these percentages are based on where the dial is positioned, from left to right)

Congratulations! There aren't a lot of good chopping tutorials and this could be one of the best on RU-vid!

Love how you turned that sample chop into your own! It definitely inspires me to try something like that

I've been wanting to improve my sample game for the longest time now. This video explains how to add that extra flavour so well, thanks again Will

This is exactly what I was looking for. If you do a search for ‘chopping samples,’ you’ll just get a list of stuff that are all tutorials for different software. This is a bit more insightful.

Loved this one, The King of beats mix tapes are so great, really loved them

Love your selection of sample...i always look for samples that have a certain emotion.

One of your best videos by far very informative thank you Will!

wow again! man, you content is gold

I'm glad I found this.

Love this video, I'll try to apply this to a next track 🎵

Amazing techniques! thanks for sharing your sampling wizardry

Thank you so much for all the tips, your content is always interesting and well explained, it's a pleasure to learn with your vids :)

Outstanding Will, thank you once again for the inspiration. I was feeling stuck on a track, came to your channel as a bit of a "pallete cleanser", and now I'm ready to go again. 👍

Many thanks 🙏🏻

Very informative and inspiring gonna get to working chopping now

Dope video..thanks for sharing the tips

The distrokid thing BLEW MY MIND.

Amazing! 🤙🏼

all vibes created here, and great insights. also dug the cool ableton graphic during the promotion bit

Super helpful and inspiring video. Just what i needed to point me in the right direction learning how to make beats. Instantly subscribed. Thank you, Sir!

incredible -- loved this!

This was an easy sub, great video

Your videos are just so informative :)

Nice videos. Thanks Will. in an ocean of tutorial videos on yt this is succinct and Really useful! big ups

Will Hatton AND Dilla??? Made my day.

Yo that was an epic video thanks G

Thanks so much for this you gained my sub. You’re a great teacher

Subscribed , great vid

Bruh, how did I miss this video??? Always droppin the knowledge... thanks for this.

Dope video dude 💪🏽🔥👑💯‼️

Best surprise when I open RU-vid in the morning. I love your videos. For sampling I'm using the Maschine+ or Ableton's Simpler. For sampling drums I mostly use the Maschine because I'm more creative with it. Especially when I want to create more unusual patterns. The rest happens in Ableton. I'm addicted to this DAW.

that last technique was sick! gotta try that one. thanks!

Damn that was a great video.

very nice video!!

great vid, im not much of a sampling artist but still alot to take away from this thanks!

Amazing info!...and BEAUTIFUL Mac Miller tattoo ❤ r.i.p.

What have I stumbled upon today? YOU ARE AWESOME!

A little late to the party but you're video showed up on my feed at the best of times. I mostly make beats on my mpc one and something I've been struggling with is connecting with my instrument. Like you said my sample chops felt formulaic and uninspired. You've given me things to think about. Just subscribed and looking forward to watching your content.

Bro - WTF 😮 your Mac Miller tattoo at 8:21 is 🤯🔥 plus I’ve been doing a lot of Jay Dee research lately. I just found your channel with this post and as a bedroom producer and music enthusiast alike, I can’t wait to explore all of your past posts and your music! Cheers 🙌🏽

Thank you!!! Climax is my ssshhhhhhhhiiitttt lol

happy J Dilla Day a timeless legend.

cool stuff

The chops on the second sample were incredible 🙏

oh damn i remember watching this but im gonna watch it again cuz im a real one🙏

Wow blowin my mind tutorial. +1 subs

Great video!!! Thanks a million! Stressed Out (feat. Faith Evens) on A Tribe Called Quest’s album Beats, Rhymes & Life.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

(sorry for my english I hope you'll get the idea) I was already thankful for your last video but man that's crazy, exactly the kind of content i'm looking at, I have a trumpet sample to flip, so when I saw your video in my recommandations I was like DON'T DO SH*T BEFORE WATCHING THIS VIDEO, so again, THANK YOU

Pure quality, you should release last lofi track….

would love to see how you find out the chords you've added

hard

Mans world. Dilla flipt that

Ace!! +sub.

haha this is how i always chopped my samples. i never knew any other way haha.

This was very cool... May I ask, where would one start if starting in this "world" from scratch? Your video sparked an interest, so thank you!

Great video, this got me subscribe! Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge. Quick question about Ableton live use: how do you trigger slices in simpler with your laptop keyboard? It's very easy to use with Push but when I'm traveling and all I have is my laptop, I'd like to be able to use it as easily as you show it here. I haven't been able to figure it out yet.

This is easily the best Ableton sampling video. Just a quick question: do you always warp on Complex pro when chopping on simpler?

That was a well-put-together video! Thank you for your comments and for mentioning the common mistakes! I liked the beat until you put your own touch to it, to be honest. I know it was an example, but in my opinion, it took away the soul of the sample and detracted from the J Dilla sound. I'd love to see a tutorial on how J Dilla flips thes samples for Alien Family and adds swings to the beats! Thank you!

Alright, I've been searching youtube to find out how to chop samples and create new samples via the kicks and snares. You did a great job but then you said "halftime" and confused the hell out of me. Do you think you can do a video of explaining this kick/snare Dilla technique?

Nice Vid, what's the software you're using??

I’m really contemplating ableton for the simpler 🤣🤣

Can you post the loops?

skills, have you ever used logic? it looks like the flex in abelton and alot of the other tools look easier to use? I started one track on abelton back in college and noticed it sounded chunkier from the get go? big ups for the content x

Do you use samples from vinyl in your music commercially?

hey can any1 explain to me how they created that setup and what software he is using? can I do this on flstudio? any help will be nice I'm new to this! thank you

Confused how you're slicing up the sampled in the 'warp' section or whatever it's named. Are you using abletons sampler?

People want to have 20 chops who don’t even know how to find the best single 8 bar loop

We all need to start playing real instruments again.

is this just me or does someone else find it so much more difficult to chop small parts of a sample (specific kicks, snares, hihats etc) in fl than what it looks like in this video on ableton? does anyone have any tips to the microchopping technique in fl?

How do you keep the tempo of your track without affecting the sample your working on in your simpler. When I change the tempo of my track the track import in the simpler is changing pace also. I dont know if my question is clear but. Anyways thanks for the video

Cookin Soul is dope but putting him in the same sentence as 9th and Dilla.... wtf?!? There’s levels to this bro. I’m sorry, he isn’t even close to them. They aren’t even comparable. Smh

I think you are really speaking for yourself Brother. How we all individually handle our samples defines our individuality. That's what makes us .. us. I've listened to your material in the past and your sound is basic and generic, and that's cool, I still have love for you as a brother, just not your music. The only way any of this works for us is that we are different than the rest of the heard, not just different but this difference is reflected in all the views and subs your material might get. Work flow improvements, how deep your pockets are, the equipment you can afford, plugins, none of that really matters. What matters is your personal journey, the parts of your life that has inspired you to the point where you are today. Lot of people don't understand that. For some this could be - food stamps. eviction, violence, incarceration, having a single parent or no parent, the streets, abuse: mental, physical or even sadly, sexual, being broke, hungry, angry. lost love, the loss of a loved one, depression, chemical dependence, and for others it could mean, love, the birth of a new child, the love and appreciate of music and or musicians, bands, parties, vacations, trips, happiness, the love and nurture of a parent(s), success, personal goals met, being fearless. It could also mean many other things, life events, or a combination of the two groups I just mentioned. this is were music really comes from. How has your life bleed into your music? There are a lot of videos on what buttons to push, and your video is yet another one of these endless videos on the subject but the videos that has the potential to help all of us make better tracks comes from within.

so your just using the drums attached to the sample? youre not adding any of your own?

You have to break conventional ideas about what you would do. catch a vibe

why do you do that? for f,,, numbers? DO YOU

im sorry, but this beat sounds like every single corporate "lofi" beat out there

Putting the sample in time is the opposite of the Dilla ethos.

Love the way you broke down your thought processes in this video Will. I struggled for ages to come with nice creative workflows. I've actually just dropped a vid where I show my sample chopping workflow including Live 'real-time' slicing using a max for live add on by AZ Labs> Have you tried going down the live chopping route man? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xvh_5e8-UJ0.html&t

my friend who makes music who has asperger's syndrome think in his warped deluded mind that all music needs to be bang on time if he went in to someone home studio to do music with them and the parts were off time he would be let me sort it for you and when it comes to adjusting anything simple that most people can do in a couple of seconds with a mouse click he take his time with and makes a real song and dance out of it its annoying

Chop loop is not so creative , using stab chord and one shot beat and note make you able to more mess arround with your favorite record, but it's a long process and need patience , it's more rewarding too...

Want a new idea? Find an old one and vamp. For instance, strip the chords to brief hits to punctuate the end of a rhythmic phrase. Or, let any melodic parts be reduced to sparse but regular blips and let the drums kick most of the beat. Leave those old soul records to collect dust in the crates because nobody listened to most of that crap anyway. Use them sparingly so your beat doesn't sound like the average porn groove.

Lol. Paying distrokid to REMOVE copyright claims from your channel. It’s like y’all will never get it.

Nice chops you have your own style, but reminds me nothing of J DIlla.

and autochop is ruing yall creativity believe me

You cant replicate dilla because yall dont want the same limitations as him…yall got all the sampling time in the world and better hardware and still cant compare and most people sampling choices is trash

Great video man. Found your insights incredibly helpful! So many fav dilla tracks: 2u4u The look of love Didn't cha know The Red

This is why I started learning synthesis. Sampling was becoming too monotonous for me. I even tried making my own samples. 🫤Modular has been a breath of fresh air. Thanks for the video and inspiration.

Supercool Will!😍 I found out not long ago that if you Press crtl+cmd+U (not sure what to press on PC) you can choose the amount of quantization you want to have, ti preserve a bit of that Human swing🤌