Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By Malignant-Aura Mon May 18, 2009 5:40 pm
I was wondering if it would ever be possible to change the sample rates on the 500, I had a crazy idea of wanting that 12 bit magic sound come from the 500, and also be able to switch to higher qualities whenever I wanted to.

Just an idea but how many others have thought about this?
Share your thoughts and insights here.

Thanks
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By fac Mon May 18, 2009 8:14 pm
There's a trick I've read about but never tested myself: sample at a very low volume, so only the least significant bits are used, and then normalize the sample to bring the volume up. Voila! Instant low-resolution. Of course, you will also bring up the noise floor when normalizing, but the crunch should be there.

If you want to be more "precise", just keep in mind that each bit gives you 6 db of headroom, so the peaks should be at around -24 db during sampling to approximate 12-bit quality.
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By Menco Wed May 20, 2009 4:44 pm
with the word real i didn't mean like fake or real in that way.

I posted somewhere that mpc's aren't 'real' samplers.

By that I meant that the mpc's don't have the same functions just like keymapping, like the rack samplers they used for multisampling. The same samplers they used to slice beats with before akai made the chopshop and other slice tools.
The samplers that were built in times no one designed it to make beats, but to sample sounds to make multisample programs.

Not in a way that the mpc is fake. And only the rack samplers are real samplers.

I tryed to explain the diffrence between a NNXT sampler and a REX loop player to express myself in reason terms

Hope u'll finally understand me now.
By Malignant-Aura Wed May 20, 2009 4:48 pm
Menco wrote:with the word real i didn't mean like fake or real in that way.

I posted somewhere that mpc's aren't 'real' samplers.

By that I meant that the mpc's don't have the same functions just like keymapping, like the rack samplers they used for multisampling. The same samplers they used to slice beats with before akai made the chopshop and other slice tools.
The samplers that were built in times no one designed it to make beats, but to sample sounds to make multisample programs.

Not in a way that the mpc is fake. And only the rack samplers are real samplers.

I tryed to explain the diffrence between a NNXT sampler and a REX loop player to express myself in reason terms

Hope u'll finally understand me now.


Still
Who cares about the other sh!t I just want to make music.
Sample Based MUSIC
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By Menco Wed May 20, 2009 4:56 pm
I don't care either what kind of sampler I work with. I would be one of the last one's who would say something like:Oh, that sh!t is made on a computer, he is not real.

I tryed to help somebody and people start tripping over something I wrote that wasn't even in context with the main subject.
By Malignant-Aura Wed May 20, 2009 10:44 pm
Menco wrote:I don't care either what kind of sampler I work with. I would be one of the last one's who would say something like:Oh, that sh!t is made on a computer, he is not real.

I tryed to help somebody and people start tripping over something I wrote that wasn't even in context with the main subject.


Nah lol just threw it in for laughs man all in good fun.
Most of your posts are very helpful indeed brother.

At the end of the day, it's all about banging on them pads!!!!