Is it frowned upon to use loops in your productions?
Hey guys…I’m wondering if it is a little newbie to use synth or drum loops in track production. Do other producers notice when you use a loop??? Or is it all fine and dandy if you do?
PS- I mean loops that you don’t produce yourself!
It depends but i would make ur own, its easy
Sampling and using loops is the core of dance music.
If it sounds great, use it.
Yes it is definitely frowned upon.
Sampling does not equal using loops.
Oh and, are you trolling? Theres something that is to be proud of about making a track and knowing you did everything on it- using loops is a way of pretending you do that to uneducated people. Why would you even want to do that? 
Clyde Stubblefield’s drum loops have been used hundreds of times over in so many tracks. Hip-hop and turntablism wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for stealing peoples loops. I agree that it is more genuine if you create your own, but for you to say there is a definite right or wrong way to create art is pretty ignorant
Sampling loops is different than derping over to a torrented vengeance sample pack or similar.
Being creative with loops is also different.
I totally agree with that. sample something fresh and you’ll be fine.
At the same time he said he is a “newbie” so for the sake of learning keep it simple, even if that means copping someone else sounds for awhile
I’m a newbie producer and I don’t use loops.
Using loops in such a way that your track sounds like a bunch of unmodified loops pasted together is generally frowned upon.. by other producer wankers who can recognize that’s what you’ve done. This is 1/1000th of the potential audience for your track. The actual audience can’t tell that’s what you’ve done.. and don’t care.
thanks a lot for the feedback guys. gives me something to think about!
Just make sure if you use it, you make it your own sample.
In other words, transform it and work it into your own sound.
Stanza made a good point about this in the latest issue of Computer Music.
He makes the point of using loops for when ‘sketching’ your idea. For instance you have made a really phat bass line but can’t make it stick with a drum pattern sketch you made, use drum loops to get a feeling of what pattern you need to make to help it sit better in the mix (kind of a tool to get the creative juices flowing).
Sampling is a different matter, I ALWAYS manipulate the original sound so that it bares no resemblance to the original. Always fun to turn off the inserts and listen to what monstrous changes you have made to that original sound! 