sampling hard hitting drums

whenever i sample a hard hitting drum into my MPC, it always loses its punch when im playing it back on the pads. it just sounds too dull and too weak. sometimes i try to layer 2 diff. drum sounds on top of each other to make the it haev more of a hit, but sometimes I wish i could sample a drum and maintain its punch as it is. any suggestions?

looking at the MPC tutor sound kits,, it seems that most of the sounds are in wav format for download? which means I would also have to sample this into my MPC...are there any kits that I can get in .snd format, on zip disk where i can just go directly into my MPC so I dont have to sample the sounds? thanks

andy

you can transfer the sound to your mpc via the zip drive if you can hook it to your computer or just burn them on a cd and put it into your mp easy man

aes-one wrote:looking at the MPC tutor sound kits,, it seems that most of the sounds are in wav format for download? which means I would also have to sample this into my MPC...are there any kits that I can get in .snd format, on zip disk where i can just go directly into my MPC so I dont have to sample the sounds? thanks

andy

Most of the drum sample packs are actually in SND format - only the ones in the MPC1000 section are in WAV.

Either way, it doesn't matter, the MPC2000/XL will load WAV files - standard 2000 onlly loads them individually, but the XL loads them as part of programs as well.

I have 3-band EQ on my in's and beef up my XL that way. Sounds better with mixer than without.

And whatever you do, always sample straight into the MPC. Even turn your recording gain up. As high as possible if you have to, becuz when you sample into pc, then run the sound into the mpc, your not gettin THE MPC SOUND,your gettin some generic "soundblaster" version of the sound! TRUST ME, the MPC'S sampler sounds like no other. Also when sampling, take the sampler OFF the "wait for sound" feature, and just hit record, then start, than run your sound in. You wanna allow that little second or two, that way you have the whole sound, and depending on how much space you allow to stay there in front of your kick or whatever, determines the thickness. Youll feel it when you hit the pad.

THE MIXER THING IS A GREAT IDEA AS WELL.
TRUNX

dont record using threshold...... put it on -oo

good advice.

I wouldnt say that the MPC2000 has a sampler like no other. The ASR10's sampler is of a superior caliber IMO.

2 totally different machines.

I think what SEAL means is that the ASR10 has a different sound and feel to it's sampling all together, and it has more professional sampler features, the MPC is a drum sampler so it has alot of features left out... not bashing the MPC cause I use it myself, but the ASR10 has a cushiony thick sound... damn I still want one, too cheap to buy another sampler tho

Toecutter wrote:I think what SEAL means is that the ASR10 has a different sound and feel to it's sampling all together, and it has more professional sampler features, the MPC is a drum sampler so it has alot of features left out... not bashing the MPC cause I use it myself, but the ASR10 has a cushiony thick sound... damn I still want one, too cheap to buy another sampler tho

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