JOIN ME, POST YOUR TIPS AND TRICK ,TOPIC, USING THE MPC 1000

you will save money by downloading demo software program and sample the sound into the mpc1000 and flip it from there,program like live,reason,soft syth great if your low on funds.

Get an M-audio trigger finger..midi it to the 1000.
The 16 pads on the 1000 can be one bank on a program, while the other 16 pads on the trigger finger can be used to access the other banks. 32 samples that can be controlled by your two hands or another mpc player.

Then as polyphony gets eaten up what ends up happening is your sequence stops playing and blends in the last pushed pads to give it a solo. Stop banging the pads and your original sequence will kick back in.

peace

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close this thread. hehehe

Apolgies if these are common knowledge, I tried a search but found no instances.

1.TEMPOtwist:

within a one or two bar loop put in tempo changes of up to +/- 10 % e.g: 2 bar loop

1.1.01 bpm= 100% 100bpm
1.2.01 105%105bpm
2.0.01 96%96bpm
2.3.01 110%110bpm

put the click on in play and mess around with bpm% values until you're digging just the click alone, which will be giving a funky, messed up human feel- speeding up towards the end of a bar, slowing down mid-bar etc. Put quantise on and throw in your beats.
Because you're just freaking the percentage you can apply any tempo and it will stretch and shrink proportionally. Swing will be affected too. If you apply this technique with double tempo you may want to use smaller percentages. But this tech is open to experimentation with small values or huge ones- to basically find a groove and feel that is totally individual to the programmer.
Sending your now freaked midi sync to an arpeggiator yields cool results too.


2. MPC as a synth
Start up your 1k. Dont load any samples into it. Headphone monitor ONLY (unless you want to blow speakers)
Connect your main output (left or right)into your sample record input. Turn the rec level pot to ALL THE WAY DOWN. rec select (l or R) from the input you have connected to. Turn monitor stereo on. Turn up your rec pot until the mpc is feeding back- different levels will yield different tones. record the tones- varying levels until you've built up a group of tones- add reverb fx pitch etc and re-record. this way it is possible to make tunes with no sample input- if you're feeling zen-like. Dont forget these tones can damage speakers, so be careful in the tone generation stages. try using guitar fx pedals in the feedback path.

God Save the Queen

Yeah man, number 2. is pretty cool

Use different types of sound sources in a track to give a balance of digital and analogue sounds .....

mmj wrote:Apolgies if these are common knowledge, I tried a search but found no instances.

1.TEMPOtwist:

within a one or two bar loop put in tempo changes of up to +/- 10 % e.g: 2 bar loop

1.1.01 bpm= 100% 100bpm
1.2.01 105%105bpm
2.0.01 96%96bpm
2.3.01 110%110bpm

put the click on in play and mess around with bpm% values until you're digging just the click alone, which will be giving a funky, messed up human feel- speeding up towards the end of a bar, slowing down mid-bar etc. Put quantise on and throw in your beats.
Because you're just freaking the percentage you can apply any tempo and it will stretch and shrink proportionally. Swing will be affected too. If you apply this technique with double tempo you may want to use smaller percentages. But this tech is open to experimentation with small values or huge ones- to basically find a groove and feel that is totally individual to the programmer.
Sending your now freaked midi sync to an arpeggiator yields cool results too.


2. MPC as a synth
Start up your 1k. Dont load any samples into it. Headphone monitor ONLY (unless you want to blow speakers)
Connect your main output (left or right)into your sample record input. Turn the rec level pot to ALL THE WAY DOWN. rec select (l or R) from the input you have connected to. Turn monitor stereo on. Turn up your rec pot until the mpc is feeding back- different levels will yield different tones. record the tones- varying levels until you've built up a group of tones- add reverb fx pitch etc and re-record. this way it is possible to make tunes with no sample input- if you're feeling zen-like. Dont forget these tones can damage speakers, so be careful in the tone generation stages. try using guitar fx pedals in the feedback path.

God Save the Queen

These are some great tips. All you 1k heads better listen up.

mmj wrote:1.TEMPOtwist:
2. MPC as a synth
Start up your 1k. Dont

I actually used to do both of these ALOT when I was into my ASR10.
Haven't done either in a while though. Those are PERFECT for the person who believes in MAKING from scratch their own groove templates and sounds.

NOT for the lazy person just looking for pre-made kits and generally not caring about minutes details of creating from scratch.

I like to create from scratch just as you explained, good stuff though, thanks.

try combining No.2 with
http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... iah+glitch for good 1.07 fun. I'm having so much fun I may not upgrade.

God Save Akai

dont drink and drive
say no to drugs

nice tips mmj

mmj wrote:Headphone monitor ONLY (unless you want to blow speakers)

just about that one, i would say "NO headphones" unless you want to blow up your ear drums. (joking, i guess you know what you are doing, but some cats out there might forget to turn the rec volume all the way down...)

the following is not directly a tip for the mpc1k, but join widstyle on how one can make original sounds from scratch and for free.

http://www.e-phonic.com/plugins/drumatic3.php

this is a very good and FREE windows vst instrument for analog-like drum synthetis.
(you can combine it with a free stand alone vst host, have a google to find one of your taste)

with a bit of practice one can make original drum sounds.
(yes sounds can also be made rather than always sampled! )

and if you are a complete newbie on synthetis, study and experiment with the preset a bit and you will quickly learn and end up with cool stuff!

truvc wrote:and if you are a complete newbie on synthetis, study and experiment with the preset a bit and you will quickly learn and end up with cool stuff!

You could also do worse than reading throught these articles:

http://www.samplecraze.com/tutorial.php ... orials.htm

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm

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Spirez wrote:

truvc wrote:and if you are a complete newbie on synthetis, study and experiment with the preset a bit and you will quickly learn and end up with cool stuff!

You could also do worse than reading throught these articles:

http://www.samplecraze.com/tutorial.php ... orials.htm

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm

nice one!
i am gonna read these samplecraze tutorials. and it also seems ok for newbies.

about the sound on sounds articles, i already had a look before, but it is really complex imho (and focus too much on how to reproduce real instrument through synthetis, wich i find a bit irrelevant imho)