mikkemikke wrote:JVC wrote:For instance, if you want to loop a drum break which is just one bar (like Amen break), rather than looping one sample, break the sample up to a few samples (chopping the sample) and assign the chopped samples to pads, and then sequence them in one bar sequence.
Question: Why would you chop the Amen break up in pieces? You could just chop it so it fits one bar and trigger it everytime on the first beat. Or am I not getting what you mean?
yes, you're not getting it.
if you dont chop it, then you can only play it back from the beginning, at the same speed, and you have to wait for it to finish all the way through every time.
if you chop it up, you can rearrange it, you can (to an extent) change the tempo, and you can stop it at any of those chops.
the whole point of this thread is why chopping is a good idea, and how not chopping it leads to the problems described.
you can of course NOT chop it and just trigger it every time, but it just leaves you with less flexibility.