EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Herbert Boland wrote:
> In the case you get permission but they charge you (a large sum) for it,
> it can be of interest to rebuild a sample from scratch. There are
> studios specialising in recreating pieces of few seconds of specific
> recordings that are used in songs or commercials. I read about it in
> Sound on sound some time ago, an interview with a couple of UK based
> producers. It is very tedious and labour-intensive, but if done right,
> people can't tell the difference. It was interesting to read how they do
> it.

Yeah, that's happening a lot. Two friends of mine are a bit into that sort of thing.
A while ago they were asked to redo the backing track of Boney M's "Sunny" for some DJs to remix it with access to individual tracks
and parts, and it's been that good that they were running into legal problems. They were indeed accused of having stolen the
original material, so someone came over to see the individual tracks they have recorded.

On a side note: I found it interestingly enough that most of the material has been recorded and produced in a bedroom studio, using
a completely outdated Celeron 466 based Windows machine. Just the polishing (and partial premixing) has been done in a real studio.

Regards,
Sascha