by Tash8 » Dec 14th, '08, 09:10
sampling is when you chop some instrumental parts, can be both drums and melodies, and chop them up and then rearrange them, speed them up, slow them down... and make them sound different
the real definition is:
"In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program on a digital computer. Sampling is also possible with tape loops or with vinyl records on a phonograph."