By
cyrus
Sat May 29, 2004 12:27 am
this is what i do with the vinyl situation above. First ill find the vinyl. Turn on my mpc2000xl. Load up an existing drum program. Get a simple pattern going. Then ill search the vinyl for samples i like (whether they match the drums or not) but usually ill keep the drums on so i can kind of test out some samples on the vinyl. Ya know, cue them up, and cut them in. "cut them in" is a dj term, anyways it means play the turn table over another beat, in this case, my mpc drum pattern.
When im ready to sample the sound, i make sure both the volume knob and Rec knob are turned all the way down. So that i dont get wierd feed back and pop my speakers. Next i go to sample screen. get the levels right, by playing the record and adjusting the rec, and volume knobs. Next i cue up the record. Hit sample and let the vinyl go.
Then i go about my chopping.
*****SAVE: save the program with the samples after i make a beat with them. Ill go to trim, and try to get rid of the excess space i dont need on some of my samples. But ALWAYS try to keep the largest amount of phrase you sample, even if you only use a small part of it. This way you can always referance back to it and if the beat you make needs some more adjustments.
Then i save the program and sequence. First i go to load, and create a new directory (folder) name it the name of the song i just made. Then i open it, then i save the program and sounds, and the sequence file. before i save i make sure to make the names the same as the folder-in case i have more than one program loaded i can tell what is what.
NExt i may do a test load. I.e. before i turn the mpc off, i will reload my saved program, just to make sure i got everything before my work is lost.
When its all done, i take the zip out, then i go to my computer, pop it in, then drag the folder that has the sounds, program and seq. to my mpcbackup folder. finished.
GOOD POINTS: 1. I know you said that you dont want to have to re look at the vinyl agian after you get the samples. well first thing, if this is the case, make sure you make a note, of what the name of the records are. Put these notes with your song name, etc. that way say you make a bangin beat, and you sell it, but it turns out you need to make sure samples are cleared, well your gonna need the record. Or you make a beat, but want a sound you remembered with that record, but for some reason didnt sample it, and you need the name of the record!!!!!!!
2. revist those records, because your ideas of good samples change constantly. This is why i dont mind keeping records on hand and not "archiving them" so to speak. Yeah i know if i wont be inspired by the record, i dont look at it, but sometimes a revist is your best friend. "whoa, i cant beleive i didnt see that before".
3. Make 1 program just for various samples. Instead of building a "drum kit" with samples. Build a master sample program kit. Go through one day and just sample like crazy, but dont make beats (unless it just has to be done) try to keep as much as the original sample. BUt be sure to take note of the record and the sample!!!! cause ive done this and wanted more of the first part of the sample, but didnt get it first time trough and forgot what record it was so the sample was usless!!!!! if you do this program thing, besure to flip the samples later and dont forget to, sometimes when all you have is the sample you dont think of the sample in the context "this is a chunk from a song" you dont want to straight up gank the song, but this can happen id you dont hear the whole song and later go to the sample and forget to flip it. ya know?
4. just remember that when you sample, your idea of the sample can change, and you may want to flip it better later.
5. format the disk to your computer. im not sure what anyone else recomends. but most of the time the computer wont read the disk if its mpc format, but the mpc will read a pc disk. I m not sure if im doing something wrong, but formated on the mpc i always **** shit up.
6.if you want to edit your sounds on the computer, you will have to manually save each sample one by one as .WAV format. , then put them on the zip, then into the computer. or get a converter program like chicken system, that can read .snd.
7. some people sample into the computer, then edit it, then put it on zip disk and load it in the mpc. works nice, but you have to have a good sound card otherwise its pointless. check out the new emu sampling system if you liek this idea
bTW i know im ramblin but just thought id give you some ideas.
peace!!!!
U can adjust the contrast of the 1k screen by pressin shift + turnin the data knob! 
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