TheMadHatter wrote:I know there are several ways of gathering samples. Sample cds, recording your own, albums, downloading off internet. Ive seen there are several sites offering sample packs for $$. What is the best way for someone when then just receive their mpc to collect samples?
Whatever way you see fit my friend.
You can get some RCA to 1/4" cables or adapters from Radio Shack and sample from anything with RCA's or a headphone jack. (TV, XBox, iPod, radio etc.). That would only set you back a few bucks and some imagination.
The tradition of the MPC and other samplers is generally sampling from vinyl records, and it generally gives a better and "warmer sound" than loading WAV's into your MPC by CF Card if it's a newer model. But right now that's probably the easiest way to use MPC right away. Don't neglect the sampler aspect for too long though, you'll really learn your machine and have a blast doing it.
Some front on sample packs, but there's a lot of quality out there. No it's not the same as catching a new sample of vinyl or composing from scratch, but I chop those and tweak and re-arrange them same as any other sample, good sounds are good sounds.
Check out Big Fish Audio's Label catalog page
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http://www.bigfishaudio.com/catalogView ... ran=511972They have demos you can hear (only you know what you think is dope), and usually some small zips of some demo sounds you can preview.
Also check here -
http://www.rhythm-lab.com/Cyberworm (the site owner) has tons of free stuff up there. In the right of the page go to breakbeats, download some (or all of those
). These are all the famous breaks used for years in hip hop and related genres. You could use these to practice chopping on the MPC, and then move on to recording your own stuff into the MPC.
BTW - 16-bit 44.1khz WAVS are what you want. (Everything I linked you to is that format.) Personally I feel mp3's are too thin sounding to be used, but some high bit rate ones are OK sometimes.
Good luck and have fun man.
, very good quality stuff.
