Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By split692 Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:44 am
Hey
im tryin to remix a queen song but when i put the drums to it especially when i hold note tap and a drum sound to make it repeat quickly its out of time is the way of putting it in time by stretching it ??
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By BB SOUND Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:18 pm
I would use ableton 4.04 to beat the track out then expeort the parts i need into the mpc with the proper tempo. remixing is a whole differnt ball game that cant be done on just the mpc alone. you can use timestrecth but that may take a while.. but explain in detail how you are trying to remix

By split692 Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:44 pm
Im tryin to remix the track to make it sound like hiphop but the main proplem is the timeing how much is the software ableton 4.04 ??? Thanks for your help

By split692 Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:22 pm
yea y is that not right 2 do??
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By BB SOUND Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:29 pm
I never said it wasint right, I just asked if thats what your doing.
timestretching in the mpc is kool if you want to tme stretch a 4 bar loop but a whole track? good luck. thats I have to say. I never time stretch on the mpc , only if i really really have to but software is really fast.

By split692 Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:06 pm
cheerz for the help
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By featherboy Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:52 pm
What I would do is neatly chop up the bits of the song you want to work with into four-bar or smaller sections, either on the MPC or with a computer editor. Drop those into Live so they are all given the same tempo & you can do a basic arrangement of them. Then get them back in the MPC.

If the free demo version of Ableton Live 4 has the same restriction as the free demo of Live 3, where you can use every function & feature but cannot save the results .......... don't forget you can sample your timestretched Live track with the MPC .......... it saves a lot of money!!!