Samples are for lazy producers who make generic rubbish. Nothing beats real analogue. The swing, the sync not quite right, the sounds changing without much tweaking. Sounds much nicer than the same old boring perfect sample place in the perfect spot so it all sounds so clinical the groove is dead.
Oh the joke is that modern producers are stuck in the box & focus on being generic so they get a record deal which actually means nothing now-a-days anyway .
Come to one of my gigs. Mistakes are made, sometimes the midi fails and the sync gets screwed up. The melodies and tweaking is 100% live. There is not a single samples or computer near me. It's even better than my mates come along and we do a live jam with modular in top of the drums & x0x.
Computers beyond being a recording, mixing & mastering device are IMO the ruin of all musicz