Sampling????

[Ruby Red]

i can i get a sample from a song that i've downloaded through i tunes? it when i try to open it in ableton only the folder name exists but it doesn't give me the option to choose the song

[cids]

How do you open it? Are you sure it's a song without DRM?

[Ruby Red]

honestly this whole technology is very new to me. i'm not exactly sure what a drm is.

[cids]

DRM = digital rights management. So songs that can only be played in iTunes. More info from wikipedia:

The iTunes Store, run by Apple Inc., allows users to purchase a track online for $.99 US. The tracks purchased use Apple's FairPlay DRM system. Apple later launched iTunes Plus, which offered higher quality DRM-free tracks for a higher price. On October 17, 2007, iTunes Plus became available at the usual $.99 price, replacing the non-Plus tracks.[13] On January 6, 2009 Apple announced at its Macworld Expo keynote that iTunes music would be available completely DRM free by the end of the month. Videos sold and rented through iTunes, as well as mobile software sold through the iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, continue to use Apple's FairPlay DRM to in inhibit casual piracy.

[Ruby Red]

cool man thanx for the tip!! obviously than these songs are protected than cuz i can't get em. is there a way to check before or after i download them? another question is there any website that i can just get some free acapella tracks for sampling?

[Hoitabuam]

What I've heard(!): Connect the headphone plug to your sondcard in, record it, sample it. DRM does not work with SOUND...

[cids]

At this moment all content in the iTunes-store is DRM-free, and can be used in Ableton Live. For acapellas, try: http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk/.




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