Introduction to Sampling an instrument before you have reached that skill level, then using someone else's instrument shouldn't be an issue. 1.7 Using samplers Samplers are used in a variety of settings and for a variety of reasons. The general categories include music preproduction, production, live performance, composition, and audio for video postproduction. 1.7.1 Preproduction In the music preproduction phase, samplers are a great tool that can help with songwriting and demo creation. During the orchestration process, a single person can have access to every instrument imaginable. Instead of calling in a musician to record different parts for a song, only to rewrite the part later, a songwriter can use a sampled instrument to create the parts that can be changed as often as desired. The parts can also be tested on different instruments with the click of a Definitions and examples