Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By gordongecko23 Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:56 pm
anyone know some good records to get those deep timbaland sounding bass kicks. i am not trying to cop his or anyones style i am just curious. i sample a lot of funk and the bass kicks are not that deep which is fine except i want a little new flavor in my life.
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By beets Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:51 pm
Perhaps filtering out some kicks or turning down the "tune"
SHIFT + 6 + (select which drum program) + PARAMS = You're there ;)
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By mpcpro Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:45 pm
Same thing beets said then take a snare sample-tune it down-filter it-and layer it under the bass sample.Image
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By Prah_860_ Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:41 am
great knowledge on EQ settings
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By DSTRUCT Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:40 pm
are you saying to mix a snare and a bass drum to get a deeper sounding bass drum???? thats some crazy shit. never thought about that.
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By mpcpro Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:42 pm
dstruction wrote:are you saying to mix a snare and a bass drum to get a deeper sounding bass drum???? thats some crazy ****. never thought about that.


Yeah man. If you tune/filter a snare sample it will give you a bass drum that sounds wide and a bit distorted that sounds good when laid over the top of a true bass sample which can sound a bit to dry.

By gordongecko23 Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:03 pm
that was a good little idea. i tried that last night. i tuned it down, put some decay on it and turned the volume down a tad on so not too overpower everything and mixed it with the original bass drum, which i had already filtered and doubled. the end result was that it bumped pretty hard. quite exciting, wish i was trying something else new instead of sitting at work. thanks for the good tips.
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By Prah_860_ Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:43 pm
mpcpro wrote:
dstruction wrote:are you saying to mix a snare and a bass drum to get a deeper sounding bass drum???? thats some crazy ****. never thought about that.


Yeah man. If you tune/filter a snare sample it will give you a bass drum that sounds wide and a bit distorted that sounds good when laid over the top of a true bass sample which can sound a bit to dry.


wow......i just did that the other night.....came out pretty tight
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By GeoffShoulders Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:08 pm
beets wrote:Perhaps filtering out some kicks or turning down the "tune"
SHIFT + 6 + (select which drum program) + PARAMS = You're there ;)


I also like to boost the Resonance a little bit in the screen above. Can fatten it up a bit.
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By sensewondah Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:33 pm
yea all of the above do wonders for flat sounding kicks. boosting up the res gives it some punch

By Heartbeat Tue May 08, 2007 11:39 am
dstruction wrote:are you saying to mix a snare and a bass drum to get a deeper sounding bass drum???? thats some crazy ****. never thought about that.


you can layer whateven you want.
just play around with some sample/synths and mix it all up.