Instead of creating a new thread, I thought I just place this info here, which may or may not be useful.....
Since my MPC 2500 left me for another woman (don't worry..shes going through a phase and will be back my the end of the week
), I have started spending time with my MPC 3000. Looking through the MPC 3000 manual (which I never really done before), there is some info on swing that I that I'd post here......
From the MPC 3000 manual:
• The Swing% field:
This field only appears if the Note Value field is set to either 1/16- or
1/8-notes. The swing feature is a variation of timing correction.
Whereas normal timing correction moves your notes to perfect 1/16-
or 1/8-note intervals, the swing feature moves your notes to swingtiming
intervals. The amount of swing is measured as a percentage
of time given to the first note in each pair of 1/16- or 1/8-notes. The
range of values is from 50% to 75%. For example:
• A swing setting of 50% gives perfectly even timing with no
swing effect; the first and second notes of each pair of 1/16-
or 1/8-notes have equal (50%) timing.
• A swing setting of 66% indicates a technically perfect
swing; the first note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes has a
timing value of twice that of the second note, giving the
effect of 1/16- or 1/8-note triplets where the middle note of
each triplet is silent.
• A swing setting of 75% is the highest swing setting; the
first note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes has a timing value
of three times that of the second note. This creates a very
exaggerated swing timing.
A very important use of the swing feature is to add a human rhythm
feel to the timing of your music. Here are a couple of useful settings
to experiment with:
• Note Value = 1/16, Swing = 54%, Tempo = 100 BPM:
While not enough swing for a true swing feel, this small
amount of swing timing removes the stiffness from perfect 1/
16-note timing and is especially useful on drum sequences
using 1/16-note hi-hats.
• Note Value = 1/16, Swing = 62%, Tempo = 100 BPM:
This creates an 1/16-note swing feel that could be described
as more relaxed than a perfect triplet swing (66%).
