... question why it is important to isolate and discuss the process of sampling. First,evidence suggests that the gathering and manipulation of samples is one of the most time-consuming (and thus, ... electronic music genres,no doubt largely due to rap producers’ pioneering uses of the sampler in the 1980s and 1990s. Rose writes,‘prior to rap, the most desirable use of the sample was to mask the ... over the dissolution of these boundaries.In opposition to claims that digital music toolsfoster ‘automation’ and remove ‘human agency’ from the studio, many electronic musicians instead use theseinstruments...