Is it true that you should sample drums in mono?

I always sample drums in stereo but I hear you should sample them in mono is this the case? It is said I am wasting memory!

i say as long as you have 32 mb's and you sample correctly then you should be ok. i have 32 mb's and i never change my sample to mono there always set to stereo and ive never ran out of space or mb's what do you save them on floppys or zip, i use the 250 zip and i just changed the zip about 2 months ago the first one i bought when i got the zip almost three years ago... i would say no if you doo it right

yeah i use the stock floppy =(

I want a zip drive though to save samples these floppies are a pain in the ARSE!

I do not bother with stereo for drums. Drum sounds are generally not long or complex enough for panning effects of the original sampled material. Whatever PAN setting is needed on drums can be done right on the MPC.

Also, panning mono is a lot easier to do with mono samples than stereo for a couple reasons. Non-linear volume adjust when panning stereo samples: To re-pan a stereo sample that is already panned in the stereo field will give difference effects when panning one side over the other. This is due to the differet levels (pan) between the left and right channels. A sample that has low left volume (i.e. already panned right) will be harder to pan to the left. Outboard complexity: When using the individual outputs, stereo samples will take up 2 outputs. Having twice the number of outputs for a single sample results in twice as many thnings to handle for simple adjustments like 2 trims, 2 pans and 2 aux sends if you want to send it effects.

sound quality/aesthetics differ between mono and stereo as well-use your ear...and use your 32mb.

Generally i use stereo, however if i want to cram a whole heap into one sample then i'd use mono, definately. Often some samples i get {from vinyl} one channel will be perfect and the other may have imperfections, yet they are both the exact same - **** that, pick yo channel and save it.
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There's no need to sample drums in stereo, in fact, most things can be sampled in mono and stereo effects added later and/or internal panning applied within the MPC.

Thanks everyone for your input!

yeah, I sample all my drums in mono, pan them center ecept for the cymbal and the hats, I pan them slightly and the toms, basically just pan it the way a drum kit it set up.

I grab all my samples stereo then convert tho, that way if there is a big difference in the stereo sample I can see it and decide if I want to keep it stereo or go mono.

Dr.Foo wrote:yeah, I sample all my drums in mono, pan them center ecept for the cymbal and the hats, I pan them slightly and the toms, basically just pan it the way a drum kit it set up.

I grab all my samples stereo then convert tho, that way if there is a big difference in the stereo sample I can see it and decide if I want to keep it stereo or go mono.

me 2

mono samples generally have much more PUNCH
especially when compressed properly via outboard compressors
like alesis , DBX etc..

can i convert stereo samples to mono? i mean all left information merged with the right soundinformation in one new samples?
if i want to sample mono, i always have to choose the right or the left channel.

ABENDs806 wrote:can i convert stereo samples to mono? i mean all left information merged with the right soundinformation in one new samples?
if i want to sample mono, i always have to choose the right or the left channel.

the only way you can do that is hook up the left and right channel to one input.....it won't be the same but it will be stereo.....the mpc only knows what you feed it!