@oderiviere I feel like samples only seem soulless when compared to live music. But they've grown to take on their own musical character, they've become their own instrument that fills similar niches to different effects.
@pyramidserum you hit the nail with that ORAS example. At first I was a little skeptical - "It's not really calling the sample, just the same instrument and motif" but then I heard that bitcrushed trumpet peak its head in and i felt endorphins