Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

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Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By KuhNada29 Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:04 am
Hello, just got this machine. And I'm mainly using the MPC500 for sampling full songs, like soul samples..etc.

I got the basics down on how the trim mode works. Didn't see anything in the manual about it but does MPC500 have a feature where you can set the trim end point the same as trim start ?

For example, I have a .wav song loaded into MPC..takes up probably 30 or 40mb by itself since it is a full song,


When I have my song/sample loaded into memory, and go to trim mode, once I set my start point, can i copy that value to the end point or set the end-point to always the same as the start point in a menu option?.. That way when I go set end point i don't have the jog-wheel all the way from the back-end of the song which is a pretty long number and I usually accidentally fly past the start value and end up **** the whole sample up


That would make chopping on this machine extremely faster.
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Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By Ill-Green Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:10 pm
No, usually I set the start point and go to the end point, set the cursor at the ten thousandth sample and use the jog wheel to get to the start points value. You can move the cursor to all digits in the start and end value by holding SHIFT and then moving the cursor left or right.

Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By ntalec Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:22 pm
Are you actually sampling or just loading wav files that you acquire?
If you are really sampling then you can simply change your method to hitting the start and stop for sampling on the desired area of the song.
This will give you the samples you need or areas that are easier to trim.

Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By mastasteez Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:47 pm
ntalec wrote:Are you actually sampling or just loading wav files that you acquire?
If you are really sampling then you can simply change your method to hitting the start and stop for sampling on the desired area of the song.
This will give you the samples you need or areas that are easier to trim.


This times a a thousand. Will make life easier. In every way possible. Do it.

Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By KuhNada29 Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:50 pm
ntalec wrote:Are you actually sampling or just loading wav files that you acquire?
If you are really sampling then you can simply change your method to hitting the start and stop for sampling on the desired area of the song.
This will give you the samples you need or areas that are easier to trim.


I'm loading .wav files I acquire. I put them on CF-card and load them into MPC, from there i want to chop up the song and assign them to pads as quick as possible. But the very VERY long end point number makes this process tedious.

If only there was a way to default the end point value to be the same as start point or at least just a little bit ahead of the start point, it would make chopping long .wav songs really quick

Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By KuhNada29 Mon Aug 05, 2013 1:18 am
Ok, this is what I did. After setting the start point, in the end point i just type in the same number from start point and jog wheel up a bit. This seems to be the fastest way for the most part
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Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By astromonk108 Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:11 am
man if youre loading files from a computer then just cop ReCycle and chop them BEFORE you load

EDIT: nvm just read your rant about recycle in another thread lol
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Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By Lampdog Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:55 am
KuhNada29 wrote:Ok, this is what I did. After setting the start point, in the end point i just type in the same number from start point and jog wheel up a bit.

People have been doing that forever, it was only a matter of time before you stumbled upon it. Have more patience while learning your mpc, it will pay off and don't fall into that "quickly as possible" bullshit. Take time to learn the thing and you'll move around faster and faster and more precisely as you get comfortable.
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Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By astromonk108 Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:09 pm
I usually dont worry about the end point. I let the end point of my chops over lap but then use mute groups. If I wanna cut the sample short with silence just assign a blank pad to the mute group
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Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By Ill-Green Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:50 am
astromonk108 wrote:I usually dont worry about the end point. I let the end point of my chops over lap but then use mute groups. If I wanna cut the sample short with silence just assign a blank pad to the mute group

Let em know!
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Re: Trim Start and Trim End on MPC500

By inflict3 Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:52 pm
astromonk108 wrote:I usually dont worry about the end point. I let the end point of my chops over lap but then use mute groups. If I wanna cut the sample short with silence just assign a blank pad to the mute group


this is how i do it alot too,. esp with drum loops
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