Samplen
Example: De DJ begon het nummer te samplen tijdens het feest.
Definition
"Samplen" in music means to take a portion or snippet of a sound recording and reuse it in a different song or piece of music, often by a DJ or producer. It involves copying and manipulating existing audio to create new compositions or beats.
Etymology
The word "samplen" comes from the English term "sample," which refers to a small part or example of something. In music, it was adopted into Dutch as a verb to describe the practice of taking audio samples for reuse. Did you know? The technique became popular with the rise of hip-hop and electronic music in the late 20th century.
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"Samplen" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - Music - (B1) - set 1", containing 102 commonly used words.
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