Sampling (music)
REPRODUCTION OF SHORT EXTRACTS FROM A MUSICAL WORK
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In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, sounds or entire bars of music, and may be layered, equalized, sped up or slowed down, repitched, looped, or otherwise manipulated.