sample vs sampling

sample

noun
  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

sampling

noun
  • 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. 

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