'Ey! So I thought this would be fun. Basically, make a musical piece using a sound sample. This will also help improve sample-mixing skills.
Rules:
• Only one sample may be used!
• Sample can be from anything: a song, sound effect, movie, etc.
• Original sample must not be more than 5 seconds long!
• No other instruments (software or real), vocals, or SFX may be used.
• HOWEVER, any effect plugin, provided it doesn't generate any (significant; a little, like crackling, is ok) noise of its own, may be used.
• Any form of basic audio editing (pitch shifting, reversal, timestretching, filters, etc.) is allowed as well, provided the only source audio is the original sample.
• Post your sample used along with whatever you make with it.
TIP to help you get started: Timestretching a sample and then chopping it and adding effects to it can lead to many (and often very interesting) results.
Not really gonna be judging anything, this is just for fun, but keep in mind that the shorter the sample, the more impressive it'll be. ;)
If you don't have any good samples, here's some good places to get some:
SampleRadar:
http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/tech/free-music-samples-download-loops-hits-and-multis-217833 - Tons and TONS of samples from many genres.
FreeSound.org:
http://freesound.org - Just browse around here to find interesting sounds.
ccMixer:
http://ccmixter.org/view/media/samples/browse - Similar to (although less extensive than) FreeSound.
Your own music collection: This is a fun way to attempt the challenge, as the sample will often contain several instruments and maybe vocals.
Anyway, go! Make a neat noise-thing!