By oli83
Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:09 am
Totally agree with the post above. I've only had my MPC for about a couple months, and now I listen to music in a whole new light. If you can't find samples to chop, then you just aren't listening. There's samples out there everywhere in every song. To me, there are so many samples that it's almost overwhelming. Some shit you can't work with, but you have to use your imagination.
As far as not being musically inclined, I'm really not either. My first step was to look up drum lessons on youtube. Got some basic drum patterns in my back pack pocket, and then I listened to songs and tried to match the basic kicks on 1 & 3 and snares on 2 & 4. Then you'll start to see different combinations, and you'll start to learn your own.
After that, I just would take 2 bars samples and loop. No chopping, no modifying, just learning some rhythm. Just get good at throwing down a basic drum pattern to sample. Once you got that, then start taking chops in single note increments. Mess around with the order. Find new ways to rearrange the sounds within the 2 bars.
Now I'm at the point where I filter out the highs and lows to find good basslines, and throw beats over the top. On the flip side, you can take vocals or highs, and kill the bass. This is where I'm at, and it didn't take long at all. Once you have these basic principles, it easy to start finding inspirations in alot of songs.
Maybe you've already done all of this, but this is how I'm moving along. Hopefully this helps
As far as not being musically inclined, I'm really not either. My first step was to look up drum lessons on youtube. Got some basic drum patterns in my back pack pocket, and then I listened to songs and tried to match the basic kicks on 1 & 3 and snares on 2 & 4. Then you'll start to see different combinations, and you'll start to learn your own.
After that, I just would take 2 bars samples and loop. No chopping, no modifying, just learning some rhythm. Just get good at throwing down a basic drum pattern to sample. Once you got that, then start taking chops in single note increments. Mess around with the order. Find new ways to rearrange the sounds within the 2 bars.
Now I'm at the point where I filter out the highs and lows to find good basslines, and throw beats over the top. On the flip side, you can take vocals or highs, and kill the bass. This is where I'm at, and it didn't take long at all. Once you have these basic principles, it easy to start finding inspirations in alot of songs.
Maybe you've already done all of this, but this is how I'm moving along. Hopefully this helps