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24 Nov, 9 tweets, 1 min read

Yaaaay sample library sorting

Is anybody still layering kicks these days or is the sample game so tight these days you don't need to?

Canned applauses are great. They're getting a use.

Why I would need 65 variations of clock ticks I have no idea...

I used to love horror movie samples and murder scenes, but I think I lost a lot of that stuff 😕

I don't imagine these washing machine / tumbledriers will be getting much use. 🚽

Things I definitely don't need any more of, any Black Friday: samples. Other than "samples about things"™ which I think I've just branded as a thing.

@TiffanyHoran

On that note, the wonderful @TiffanyHoran has just sent me a really cool voice snippet of something that is DEFINITELY getting used in a future production or two, or three... Depending on how it evolves.

Anyway, that's enough listening to weird noises for one night.

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