Timing and Groove control?!?!?!?

Yo peoples,

Can i just ask is there something i am missing when making a FUNK loop on the mpc2000. The timing settings 1/8,1/16,1/32 etc just pull everything in square taking that funk groove away. Is there like a groove control setting .. is is my method just plain wrong!

if you press open window on the timing settings you can change the swing of the notes. I think that's your only groove control, but I'm not sure cause I have an XL.

ok thanks for that... so what do you have your timing set at, say to make a nice laid back pete rock beat? 1/16?

At the main screen hilight TIMING and hit OPEN WINDOW.

Play with the TIMING, SWING and EARLIER/LATER settings. You will find your groove in there somewhere.

I mainly record in 1/16(3) and 1/32(3) in case you were wondering.

why dont you make a laid back slackness beat. turn of the quantise if you are confident you got the timing down pat. other than that a swing value of around 60% should laze it up a bit.

I agree with nanoloop - the best way to get a groove sounding like you want is to turn off quantise and just play it - if you screw up, just 'UNDO SEQ' and do it again. It's not that hard to build a drum groove - like most things, it just takes practice, patience and perseverence

MPC-Tutor wrote: It's not that hard to build a drum groove - like most things, it just takes practice, patience and perseverence

Hell yeah. I started doin this like a few days ago and it is diffucult at first, but my timing is gettin tighter every day. It sounds so much more rythmic and syncopated.

Hey thanks alot guys, your right. I need to make slackness beats. i'm gonna get my head down

i think most hip hop producers have become very adept in hitting in beats- like drums it will take practice but once you've got the skills it will become second nature.....for straighter dance styles i often have quantize on the solid rhythmic elements and off for the percussions etc...

greg