Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Mc_doubleA Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:15 am
Hello all, Im 16 years old and stuff yea.... I just wanna know if i take a sample and divide the sampled time by 16 would that be like Good chopping? Just a question thank you.
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By peterpiper Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:30 am
No cause most of the music isnt played as accurate as timing on a computer. The best advice that I can give. Train your ear. Dont use calculator or display. The calc and the eye (display) cant tell you if it sounds good. Only your ear can do this. Get the feeling for the pad response when cutting samples. You will learn when the startpoint is tight and the endpoint is correct.

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By Mc_doubleA Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:43 am
hey im not trying to say im a genius or anything but dividing the sample time by 16 is the way MPC's Auto chop is if you think about it, Cause i was watching videos of people chopping and lets say the sample chop is 187433 you divide that by 16 you get 11714.5625 n you take that first time n put on first pad and you keep adding 11714.5625 for each zone thats how i think Auto chop works on the XL n stuff. just correct me if im wrong no need for arguement.
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By mr_debauch Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:58 am
Mc_doubleA wrote:hey im not trying to say im a genius or anything but dividing the sample time by 16 is the way MPC's Auto chop is if you think about it, Cause i was watching videos of people chopping and lets say the sample chop is 187433 you divide that by 16 you get 11714.5625 n you take that first time n put on first pad and you keep adding 11714.5625 for each zone thats how i think Auto chop works on the XL n stuff. just correct me if im wrong no need for arguement.



yeah and it comes out sounding wack..
By Mc_doubleA Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:02 am
mr_debauch wrote:
Mc_doubleA wrote:hey im not trying to say im a genius or anything but dividing the sample time by 16 is the way MPC's Auto chop is if you think about it, Cause i was watching videos of people chopping and lets say the sample chop is 187433 you divide that by 16 you get 11714.5625 n you take that first time n put on first pad and you keep adding 11714.5625 for each zone thats how i think Auto chop works on the XL n stuff. just correct me if im wrong no need for arguement.



yeah and it comes out sounding wack..


im just new to chopping how would i just 16 pad manual chop?
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By mr_debauch Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:16 am
Mc_doubleA wrote:
mr_debauch wrote:
Mc_doubleA wrote:hey im not trying to say im a genius or anything but dividing the sample time by 16 is the way MPC's Auto chop is if you think about it, Cause i was watching videos of people chopping and lets say the sample chop is 187433 you divide that by 16 you get 11714.5625 n you take that first time n put on first pad and you keep adding 11714.5625 for each zone thats how i think Auto chop works on the XL n stuff. just correct me if im wrong no need for arguement.



yeah and it comes out sounding wack..


im just new to chopping how would i just 16 pad manual chop?


well for the xl.. dont use that 16 feature for every occasion.

in normal trim mode on the trim tab... just highlight the part you want and push edit. then either make it a new sound (if you want to use other parts of that sample) OR you can push the thing you first see that deletes the non-highlighted sections of the sound clip.

then you go into program from the main screen and put the bits onto pads.
By lightsleeper Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:36 pm
Im kinda new to production I know that it helped me to train my ears to find a chop i liked and was on beat then you can measure the other chops to be similar sizes, but ultimately the numbers cant make it sound right only you can , but the numbers might help you figure out how to chop by ear
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By jonestown massacre Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:54 pm
Train your brain to count to 4 in time. Sample a 2 bar loop (1234 2234). Make sure its a PERFECT LOOP as far as timing. Go into zone mode and chop to 16 pads. Now your sample is chopped into perfect 1/8th notes...


You figure out the rest.
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By Lampdog Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:53 pm
Mc_doubleA wrote:hey im not trying to say im a genius or anything but dividing the sample time by 16 is the way MPC's Auto chop is if you think about it, Cause i was watching videos of people chopping and lets say the sample chop is 187433 you divide that by 16 you get 11714.5625 n you take that first time n put on first pad and you keep adding 11714.5625 for each zone thats how i think Auto chop works on the XL n stuff. just correct me if im wrong no need for arguement.

Stop with calculations and use your ears.

That's your first step.
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By Fung45 Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:02 am
You're right with the calculations that is how you would chop it in to equal parts and that's how auto-chop works. Use your ears instead and chop on hits, it doesn't matter what timing they hit at in the original song. You can also decide if you want different sized pieces for example a short horn and a long vocal with a hihat at the end from the same sample.
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By Lampdog Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:50 am
Yep, nothing like good ole *percise* chopping to grow hair on your chest. lol.
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By mr_debauch Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:37 am
I know some crack dealers who would love an autochop feature on their scales.. haha.. and a calculator for when you are putting cut into soft. :mrgreen:
By Mc_doubleA Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:30 am
jonestown massacre wrote:Train your brain to count to 4 in time. Sample a 2 bar loop (1234 2234). Make sure its a PERFECT LOOP as far as timing. Go into zone mode and chop to 16 pads. Now your sample is chopped into perfect 1/8th notes...


You figure out the rest.

im using a 2000 not XL so i can chop Automatic
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By djanimalstyle Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:30 pm
What i do is take 2 bars at a time since the 2000xl is limited to 16 zones if you take 2 bars then chop into 16 zones it (should) work out to being a quarter note per zone hopefully this helps