Cassius - "1999"

If you grew up in the 90s just like me you'll probably know this song because of an MTV commercial. But beside that, this is a HUGE track by Cassius (and you have to know them, whenever you grew up). Donna Summer's singing "sometimes" from her early 80s hit "If it hurts just a little" gets pitched high and filtered - Add a 4/4 groove and the bomb is served.

Here you are the steps to get your OWN exclusive copy of "1999" sample and smash your house parties:

check the BPM: 127

go @3:19 circa and select the 8-bar loop.

Adjust the start and the end of the sample and warp it.

Use the "Re-Pitch" mode and you'll suddenly recognize the sample as it's included in "1999"!!

Now let's add some filters, eqing and compressors. But FIRST make sure to turn the stereo file to mono using the Utility (Width: 0%)

Cut some low and hi frequencies with EQ Eight (let's say 200 hz for the low pass and 10 khz for the hi pass) and add some compression.

Now comes the fun part: add the Autofilter and play with cutting the hi frequencies the same way Cassius did.




You may add some chorus and distorsion to make it sound more similar to the original one. But at this point you can do basically whatever with your OWN exclusive copy of Donna Summer's "If it hurts just a little", as sampled by our French friends.