tips for reducing polyphony

Cap_Ill wrote:I'm bumping this because i've recently pulled the MPC out of a 2 year hibernation and have run into this issue twice. I was seriously getting pissed off and could not remember what the hell i was doing wrong. I had checked all the poly/mono/mute group settings 100 times and kept thinking i had accidentally recorded some sort of program change or mute track live on accident and couldn't figure out where the little bastard was hidden.

Through the wonderful "search" feature on MPC forums i was able to regain my sanity!

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JJOSXL now has non-destructive changing of each sample in a program to play either Left, Right, Stereo or L + R

JJOSXL now has non-destructive changing of each sample in a program to play either Left, Right, Stereo or L + R

that's one of the best features from jjxl.
i always use it on stereo drum samples cause you can get 2 complete different sounds from each sample. works great for hihat variations when you use L + R as 2 different samples.

i not often run out of polyphonie but thats also a good way to reduce voices.

I never ran into this problem back when i was actively using the MPC regularly. But it seems like lately i'll put together a drum program and i'll record 5-6 tracks with each percussion/drum sound on its own track. Then i record a midi sequence on the microkorg and edit the sound while playing back the track until i get the synth sounding like i want it. Then i record the microkorg back in as a mono sample and put it on a pad so i can sample more sounds from the microkorg and layer them together.

As soon as i record that 2-4 bar syth sequence in to the MPC as a mono sample and try to play it back in the sequencer it starts cutting out.

My solution to the problem last night was to just sample my drum pattern back in mains and put the whole drum pattern on a pad.

I even went through and made all of my sounds mono thinking that would reduce polyphony. But maybe i'm not understanding it correctly.

any suggestions? or should i just keep resampling back in through the mains to keep the polyphony manageable?

Sovereign wrote:

mesaone wrote:

Sovereign wrote:There is no such thing as a natural stereo sound, in order for a sound to naturally be stereo it would have to eminate from two points of origin.
Stereo is a man made creation in the sound field so I am always confused when people sample everything in stereo.

sorry for the thread hijack, OT

unless you are deaf in one ear, EVERY sound is naturally in stereo. It's about the listening environment, and the fact that you have 2 ears. Yes, technically every SINGLE sound in the world is monophonic. But 2 ears gives you access to the aural depth you need to process your surroundings, just like 2 eyes gives you the depth perception you need. Plus, in real life, you will never be in such an environment as to isolate any one SINGLE sound.

most of us are working with near-field monitors, where reverberation isnt an issue. so for music, especially headphones, monophonic sound is possible, but not natural sounding.

Sound eminated from the point of creation and we are talking about captured sound.
Man created stereo in attempt to better hear things the way his mind associates things.
This is also the reason we have people who are good at engineering and those who constantly ask why they can't get good results.
Say what you want but it still comes down to sampled or recorded sounds, do it in mono unless they have already been processed to be stereo in such a way that you will lose something by going mono.

EQ, Reverds, Delays, etc were all created to help you get things to sound a certain way when micing techniques can't get the desired results.

IMHO we have two ears. So everything is in stereo, even if it is a mono source. I use mono for drums and bass, and to keep polyphony down. Stereo for everything else.