E-book "Beat making on the MPC 5000" --> Chop Shop

Hi everyone,

first of all LOTS of Thanks to Andy Avgousti, the author of the above mentioned e-book, it´s a fantastic piece of work!!! I would be completely lost and helpless without this book.

I have a very specific and detailed question concerning chapter 023 "Chopping Drum Loops Part 1" hoping that someone can help me out

The e-books 1-bar example "Simple.Wav" (see page 220) was also chopped into 4 parts by me and then converted into the Sliced Samples programme. It was done exactly the same way as explained in the book on page 224 (Convert to: Sliced Samples, Release:100, Create new program: Yes).

But when I compare the e-book´s result with my result, my four slices don´t end so smoothly and with a nice decay although the release was set to 100.

Is there something that I missed?

I would be very grateful for some advice.


Cheers
Chris

Hi Chris - glad you're finding the book helpful.

I'll have to check that, it may be that I created those chops in OS 1.07 (the book was originally written for OS v1 and I updated it where relevant). It could be that the release function is buggy in OS 2 - or simply a mistake at my end .

I'll have a look tomorrow when I'm in the office.

Hi MPC-Tutor,


I´m appreciating your help and your time

Don´t hurry and take your time.


Greetings
Chris

Sorry about that I haven't forgotten , I've had a few unexpected things happen, mainly a burst central heating pipe under a very inaccessible floor

I've added it to the top of my to-do for Friday morning!

It definitely sounds like there is less release on the chops I created today in OS 2 - why this is I don't know, but I'll chop them all again and update all the files in the ebook download asap!

OK...Thanks a lot for your research.

That sounds like in real life, I suppose:

The newest and most expensive version/machine doesn´t necessarily always be the best in daily use


Keep on with your nice work for all of us beat junkies!

Cheers
Chris

I've updated the files for 23 and 24, and changed the text in the book to reflect the fact that 'Release' doesn't seem to function correctly in OS 2. Another bug to add to Akai's list!

Wow!!!

One would think that they should test all the functions before releasing some new stuff. That´s really annoying

At least I can feel a little bit releived because I thought I was just too stupid to understand the whole process of chopping single drum hits. But your answer taught me that such a well respected company can also make mistakes. Although it´s still very strange that you could even start a "bug list".

What´s your advice?

The last weeks I was dedicating myself to get my own drum kit together (digging for vinyl, studying chopping/layering/...). But that Release option would be a very helpful (or even indispensable???) tool.

Is there another way of substituting the lack of this by tricking/cheating with other parameters or is it possible to install the older version on my MPC and if it were...wouldn´t that sound crazy?

Thanks again for your help and your time