i ve had the mpc 2000 xl for about 3 to 4 months now and have made some good tracks and used by some well know people in houston and dallas that have cds i have never sampled a beat before and want every now an then. this is what i know all ready know how to get the sample loop it and zone it slice it to pads. i had read my book and lots of other stuff but they just dont come out right know how to get the bpm but i guess what im asking is the sample beat really made in song mode or in the sequence mode please help thanks
i am mainly a software guy and instead of time stretching with the mpc i make the sample a wave file, load into acid, change the tempo (takes 2 seconds to do in acid), save the file and load that wave file back into the mpc. i know the purest do thier time stretching with the mpc but by the time i do it with the mpc i would have lost the inspiration for the beat. that is why i use software for time stretching, it is faster.
i hope this helps.