A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
To make or show something similar to a sample.
To take or to test a sample or samples of.
To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
Electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.
A sample.
The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.