Ghost Notes

Hey, what are Ghost Notes and hoe can I program them on the 2000xl?Thanks

talking about drums,ghost notes are notes played pianissimo,mainly on the snare drum...the interest of these notes is that they give more "groove" to your drum pattern......to put it on your MPC,you just have to put at the right place(especially at the end of a bar),and very softly,using the step edit mode.......hope i be clear enough,but remember that i'm a frenchman,and english is hard for me....Peace.

ghost notes mean to me, when say you playin sounds at a very
low velocity. Almost inaudible. But it fills up the song nice. So it dosnt sound choppy. Use the chop feature at full veloctiy to play the chops. After those are recorded (sequenced on the mpc) play little differnt chops with full velocity off and very low. Its a cool practice.

What do you cats do when you produce...do you use your own style? I've had my MPC for about a month and haven't even used it yet just saving up buying stuff to add on too it too get a full effect

^ the most important part is to get that time in, all you really need is a cheap midi controller, and some sounds or a source of sounds and your on your way

When someone tells me they have ghost notes i would have thought they are reffering to midi notes that you can assign to a different sound. I think this way becuase a ghost track refers to a sequence that is just midi and information to be triggered by and external source. I need to look into this.

Ron wrote:When someone tells me they have ghost notes i would have thought they are reffering to midi notes that you can assign to a different sound. I think this way becuase a ghost track refers to a sequence that is just midi and information to be triggered by and external source. I need to look into this.

WRONG....!!!!

Ghost notes are quiet drum hits used to accent parts of a beat to give it more grove, or to just make one beat hit harder...!!!

yeah but also with samples. I turn timing off and play the pad with ex. the main sample very very lightly

Madness wrote:

Ron wrote:When someone tells me they have ghost notes i would have thought they are reffering to midi notes that you can assign to a different sound. I think this way becuase a ghost track refers to a sequence that is just midi and information to be triggered by and external source. I need to look into this.

WRONG....!!!!

Ghost notes are quiet drum hits used to accent parts of a beat to give it more grove, or to just make one beat hit harder...!!!

You both are right: midi ghost notes=midi slop lurking in your sequences (and can include aftertouch messages and other unintentional stuff lurking in the pages).
Ghost notes for a drum are slight taps on the snare or kick or hi-hat used to accent the beat, as stated above.

midi ghost notes are unwanted
ghost hits are, as they add more depth and percusive drive.

descartes wrote:

Madness wrote:

Ron wrote:When someone tells me they have ghost notes i would have thought they are reffering to midi notes that you can assign to a different sound. I think this way becuase a ghost track refers to a sequence that is just midi and information to be triggered by and external source. I need to look into this.

WRONG....!!!!

Ghost notes are quiet drum hits used to accent parts of a beat to give it more grove, or to just make one beat hit harder...!!!

You both are right: midi ghost notes=midi slop lurking in your sequences (and can include aftertouch messages and other unintentional stuff lurking in the pages).
Ghost notes for a drum are slight taps on the snare or kick or hi-hat used to accent the beat, as stated above.

midi ghost notes are unwanted
ghost hits are, as they add more depth and percusive drive.

good to know

thematterlp wrote:What do you cats do when you produce...do you use your own style? I've had my MPC for about a month and haven't even used it yet just saving up buying stuff to add on too it too get a full effect

That doesnt sound like your to excited about it. you should learn tha mpc while you dont have other stuff to learn. that other stuff wont make the mpc spit a hot track. use it. I want to mpcnap it and give it a good home.

keep workin on it. It gets easier