Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By Ikon Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:49 am
µjust a quick question, when you record a bass line on your mpc, do you choose the note on pad or the polyphony mono??

I heard about the mute group too but which one for you sounds the best? it'd be the same with other instruments too


thanks
By Emilie Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:05 pm
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By Lampdog Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:13 pm
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By markmorgan10 Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:55 pm
Ikon wrote:µjust a quick question, when you record a bass line on your mpc, do you choose the note on pad or the polyphony mono??

I heard about the mute group too but which one for you sounds the best? it'd be the same with other instruments too


thanks


I'd experiment with the stuff - however in the meantime

NOTE ON - means your sample will play as long as you hold the pad/key down.
MONO - means that your sample will cut off any other samples (in the same program)currently playing.

The 2 are not exclusive.

As a rule of thumb - when recording basslines I would have the samples set to mono - otherwise it just sounds muddy. And thinking about it - you'd probably want NOTE ON as well, unless each note was the same duration (like a 4 to the bar walking bassline or something)

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