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Hey fellow note-spinners:

I need some advice. I’m about to udertake a piece for solo bass and “boombox.” The idea is to take short samples from 80’s era (and before, I suppose) pop songs and use them as a point of departure through manipulation and editing into loops and other funky rhythmic re-interpretations. I’ve been using a shareware program named Audacity in my experiments in preparation for this project, but I would like to find a program where I can make short snippets that I can then manipulate within a sequencer. Anyone out there have any experience with stuff like this? Thanks in advance, oh great hive mind.