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By Ema Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:36 am
Ive been playing around with the time stretch but any time i change it by more than 5/10bpm the quality is terrible espeecially if i change the pitch then. The quality is good when i samples it in btw. Is there any way of improving this or would timestreching on the computer be a better idea. Thanx in advance
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By ph0cus Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:15 pm
i use timestretch in cubase and it does the same, so maybe its just better to slice the sample up instead of stretching?
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By Smoove03 Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:33 pm
yea i agree. maybe it is better to chop them up. i was reading the 5k manual and it was saying that if you're gonna use timestretch, make sure your sample is as close to the bpm you want it to be then use the stretch. cause if you stretch it too much, it wont sound too good

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By odeed Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:06 pm
im not sure what mpc you are using but in the 4000 and the 2000xl you can change how you stretchit/compress it.in the 4000 you have the preset and can adjust it from speech to dance to percusision.so make sure you adjust it acordingly.i have compressed stuff from 95 bpm's up to 135 bpm's useing the dance 3c preset and it sounded perfect.

the 2000xl has the same thing although i cant remember what its called anymore.
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By ph0cus Sat Apr 01, 2006 7:01 pm
this is why its best to sample from vinyl, so u can sample at the right speed (or somewhere close)
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By Krux Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:19 am
ph0cus wrote:this is why its best to sample from vinyl, so u can sample at the right speed (or somewhere close)

But the purpose of timestretch is to make the sample longer without changing the pitch.
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By ph0cus Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:49 am
oh yeh, i forgot that, i only ever use it to make loops fit tempo, i never thought about pitch as its normaly drums that i use it on.
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By Ema Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:23 pm
Thanx a million guys,

odeed wrote:im not sure what mpc you are using but in the 4000 and the 2000xl you can change how you stretchit/compress it.in the 4000 you have the preset and can adjust it from speech to dance to percusision.so make sure you adjust it acordingly.i have compressed stuff from 95 bpm's up to 135 bpm's useing the dance 3c preset and it sounded perfect.

the 2000xl has the same thing although i cant remember what its called anymore.


Im using the 1k, ill look into if theres anything similar on the 1k
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By Jacpot Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:42 pm
I love woman producers. Yall are so sexy even if your not too sexy
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By distortedtekno Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:25 pm
Jacpot wrote:I love woman producers. Yall are so sexy even if your not too sexy

we need some pics (topless preferred... must be over 21 yrs old) of these female producers in order to determine that. :wink: j/k
By pad-ophiliac Sun Apr 02, 2006 6:57 pm
Ema wrote:Thanx a million guys,

odeed wrote:im not sure what mpc you are using but in the 4000 and the 2000xl you can change how you stretchit/compress it.in the 4000 you have the preset and can adjust it from speech to dance to percusision.so make sure you adjust it acordingly.i have compressed stuff from 95 bpm's up to 135 bpm's useing the dance 3c preset and it sounded perfect.

the 2000xl has the same thing although i cant remember what its called anymore.


Im using the 1k, ill look into if theres anything similar on the 1k


the 1k has many presets too, also adjustments in lower right of screen.
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By Ema Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:48 pm
Thanx Pad im bout to mess round with the editing features now.
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By Ema Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:48 pm
distortedtekno wrote:
Jacpot wrote:I love woman producers. Yall are so sexy even if your not too sexy

we need some pics (topless preferred... must be over 21 yrs old) of these female producers in order to determine that. :wink: j/k



Haha 16, and No
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By distortedtekno Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:31 pm
:shock:

yeah i'll pass. :lol: