Perfect Loops

Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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Perfect Loops

By mrlive2ride07 Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:59 am
Once again i have to start off by saying Ive read and searched the forum so I have a little bit of info to start with. So heres the question when loopin Im using Recycle 2.1 How do you loop in 2,4 or 8 Bars i mean looping isnt an exact science sometime you loop it and its longer or shorter than the length you want. Is this Where I need to learn more about TimeStretching and chopping. What Im trying to do in essence is say heres my loop fit it into the correct number of bars either longer or shorter whats the best method and a little instruction would help. Thank in advance!
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By Lampdog Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:15 am
Best method would be to experiment on your own, practice on your own with whatever samples you choose.

Different samples require different you to do different things when looping.

To me, looping is not a scripted event/process.
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By mrlive2ride07 Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:28 am
Ok I guess the knowledge of tial and error is the best knowledge of all!!!
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By Lampdog Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:36 am
That too but I'm saying, different samples need different loops points. There's no one perfect method to that one imo homie.
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By mrlive2ride07 Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:45 am
so say i have a 4 bar sequence and a 3.5 or 3 bar loop where its looping perfect how do i fit it in the sequence stretch it in recycle first or am i in the wrong track?
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By elevatedsoul Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:29 am
May be you could try counting the beats in the loop. If it's 4 or 8, it's pretty straight forward: 4 beats=bar ... 8 = 2. If it's like 5, 6, 10, or some weird number, then you need to get creative. Start chopping your loop up ... re-configure it. It's like a jig saw puzzle, ya know? Try to figure out on your own how to make it work.

Some peeps on this site swear by chopping your samples down to the note ... ie 1 sample = 1 note.
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By Lampdog Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:34 am
Chopping to one note is just so you can make your own melody and/or tiemstretch further than the normal 10%-15% to make some loops fit/work. I think live2ride wants a loop. It IS like a puzzle though. Prepare to spend some time perfecting your own methods for you own choice(s) of samples.

By EKNOC Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:34 pm
Alos be creative and different. Instead of fixing the 3 bar loop........make ya beat around it...........make ya MC switch up his flow. It doesn't always have to be 2, 4, 8, etc. bar loops. Nor does it always have to be 4/4 time signature. Anyway just my thoughts, have fun homie.
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By mrlive2ride07 Sat Mar 31, 2007 7:12 pm
interesting input im going to try to use all the info and come up with the best solution. Any more input is welcomed
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By dopedee Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:44 pm
BPM

BEATS PER MINUTE ... its key. :shock:
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By Lampdog Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:45 pm
I'm old school, I go by ear, my chop, I don't even remember looking up any bmp's to follow in any loops I had going.
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By dopedee Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:08 pm
haha why would you look it up???... maybe tap it out for an idea..

not sure if that has anything to do with being old school or not.. might be more about being on beat ...
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By BlackImpact Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:30 am
That TapTempo button is wierd for me.... It doesn't work right.
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By nanoloop Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:35 am
if im looping a 1 bar wav, ill always leave a lil over hang (1 seconds silence) cause the mpc clicks i tend not to get into the habit of looping bars , as your restricted to the one tempo and as soon as you change it everything is fuked.
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