musical notes and the MPC

ok two questions..


i got an MPC sample disk with basslines on it, what note is the bassline when the pitch is at "0"? is there some sort of standard??


how much do you have to change the pitch by to change note?? is it every +/- 10?


thanks

Db75 wrote:i got an MPC sample disk with basslines on it, what note is the bassline when the pitch is at "0"? is there some sort of standard??
thanks

errrrrr how could we possibly know? the note is what it is, it could be anything, an A or an E or maybe even a Dis. Ask the person who played the note/recorded it/sold you the disk.

there is no universal standard, so no, it could be anything.

if you want to know for sure, bust out you cheap casio and see what note on it is closest.

musical intervals (what we hear as melody) are relative, so it doesn't matter whether you have a C or D as much as it matters what the note is doing....

just use your ears...start with a note, if it sounds too low, try the next one up...

The pitch might also be in the WAV file name, of course - post some names here if you think that could be the case. (A3, Bb2, G1, etc.)

Hints on using musical samples: set the sample type to Note On, so it plays only for as long as you hold the pad down. You might also be able to loop part of it if it's too short (see manual)

IMHO it's good policy to make the pad's MIDI note match the actual pitch - in case you want to use the same pad to trigger a MIDI sound module and get the same note. This is a much bigger topic I go into in the "multisampling" section of the FAQ (link below)...

stereoroid wrote:IMHO it's good policy to make the pad's MIDI note match the actual pitch - in case you want to use the same pad to trigger a MIDI sound module and get the same note. This is a much bigger topic I go into in the "multisampling" section of the FAQ (link below)...

good point.

there's a "G" in the filename, if that means anything.


but say it's a "G" or whatever, would tuning it down by 10 make it an "F"??

thanks for the replies

it would make it a F#

so what would make it an F? -20? -15?

-20 makes it an F




notice that there is no note between B and C or E and F. all the others have a sharp/flat note between them. and 10 steps on an mpc equals one half step (a half step is the difference between C and c# for example) on the scale.

there's alot of information out there about this stuff....try googling basic music theory, or major scale, or whatnot

heres a link you might like http://www.musictheory.net/lessons.html