Hey 500 users - was browsing this forum and found this thread and thought the following (might) be of interest to you guys. Don't know if you are familiar with Stereoroid.com or not - but it's a page with great FAQ and tips and tricks for the MPC 1000 - but it has a good trick for use with the 1000/Recycle that I'm sure can be implemented on the 500 as well - It takes a bit of time to set up - but enables you to play back recycled loops in the mpc, and enable you to shift the tempo etc of the loop in pseudo realtime timestreatch. Like I say - the following example is for the 1000 - but i'm sure it can be utilised in the 500 - if so - enjoy!
This example also tells you how to split a Recycle file into its constituent parts as Contra asked.
Following taken from :
http://stereoroid.com/music/mpc1000/faq/
How can I use Steinberg/Propellerhead Recycle to chop samples for use in the MPC1000?
Recycle 2 can save in Akai sample format (*.AKP): on PC, the mpc1000.com Editor can load AKP format and assign the samples to pads automatically. You can then save the Program and samples, then transfer them and the Recycle MIDI file to the MPC1000. (After you load the MIDI file into a sequence, assign the loaded Program to Track 1 or that sequence, on the Main page.)
The following is another method that works for the author:
1. I’m using Recycle 2 on PC, and I’ve selected a standard name to use for sending chopped beats to the MPC1000: export as “recycled”. This means that Recycle saves the WAVs as “recycled 001.wav”, “recycled 002.wav”, “recycled 003.wav”, and so on. It also saves a standard MIDI file, “recycled.mid”. All that goes in one folder.
2. Recycle saves the MIDI file it so it plays the chopped bits in the right order at the right time and tempo. The MIDI range it uses starts at 36 and goes up. So, to have the chopped pieces play back in order, we want the samples on MIDI notes 36 & up, in order. (Note that it doesn’t actually matter what Pads we use, as long as the right sample is on the right MIDI note - but it’s convenient if you can get the Pads in the right order too - to play the chopped bits by hand.
3. That meant creating a PGM that met those requirements: it has the pads set to use MIDI notes 36-98 in order from A01-D15. (D16 is where I assigned note 35, which is no use to us here, Recycle doesn’t use it.) Then I assigned “recycled 001<=, “recycled 002<=, “recycled 003<=… all the way to “recycled 063<= on pad D15.
4. Sounds laborious, right? Well, I don’t want to do it again, which is why I’ve standardized on the name “recycled” for WAVs I want to chop this way. If you want to take advantage, I’ve put the PGM up for download. To use it:
1. save recycled.PGM to a folder.
2. export your chopped WAVs and the MIDI file to the same folder, as “recycled” (as described above - 63 maximum). (Get the name wrong, the samples will not be assigned to pads automatically.)
3. send it to the MPC, load the whole folder (PGM and samples) automatically.
4. you still have to load the MIDI file manually, and assign it to a Sequence of your choice.
5. If all goes well, you can then go to the Main screen, select the sequence you used for the MIDI file, select the “recycled” PGM for Track 1, and … hit Play.
6. To rename the samples, use the MPC1000’s own methods, or one of the external editors (see Q1): that way, renaming a sample does not break the pad assignments. (You will need to rename all samples if you plan to use more than one Recycled sample set in a song - sample names must be unique.)
hope this is of help to you?
