Converting to mono on 3K

I might have missed something. need to convert some drums to mono for the 8 out mixdown and cant find the function.

To rename, copy, or delete a sound, convert a stereo sound to mono,
or delete all sounds, select option 7 from the PROGRAM/SOUNDS
menu.

The following screen will appear:

_________________________________________
====== Rename, Copy, Delete Sound ======
Select sound:Sound_name



================================
<Play> <Rename> <Copy> <Delete>
_________________________________________


Press the <Delete> and you will see:

(If the sound is stereo)

_____________________________________________
============= Delete Sound =============
Select sound:Sound_name (ST)

Mode:DELETE LEFT SIDE (CONVERT MONO)


===================================
<Do it> <Del ALL SNDS!>
_____________________________________________


Pick the side to delete so that your sound becomes mono.

<Do it> to continue with your selection.

Good luck.

Rohan.

woah thats cutty. thanks rohan.

No prob...

ha, i like how the response looks like the screen, cool as fuk. you the man ro. 1!

wow i didnt know this was an option on the 3k..

anyone use stereo drums for anything ?

erkl wrote:anyone use stereo drums for anything ?

maybe panning or something.

I do, like this:

A mono drum layered with stereo ambience.

IE: A stereo reveb tail on one pad simul triggered from the mono drum containing pad.

Rohan.

hmm never done that...

Try this then.

Record a dry kick through a reverb unit and track the fully wet or effected sound into your MPC.

Insert silence to taste at the front of the this sample.

Assign it to a pad on your MPC.

Now assign the original dry sample to another pad and set it to trigger the other pad also.

In this case example.

The mix balance between the two pads will determine the wet effect/dry original sample ratio.

The amount of silence inserted in front of your effected sample could be considered as pre-delay.

The envelope decay on the effected sample could be considered as the reverb decay.

If you have an MPC3000 the the amount of filter cut off applied to the effected sample could be considered as a kind of high frequency damping.

The good bit about doing things like this is that you can sequence the reverb tale to be somewhere else in time that makes sense for where ever your head creativity space is at.

Peace.

Rohan.

ill try that, altho i dont use reverb on my kicks much,
it doesnt phase ?

It's never too much of a problem if you're prepared to take care with the process.

I don't use reverb much on my kicks either.

Having said that.

Some times a bit of ambience on other sounds is a pleasing effect depending on what your're trying to achieve.

Good luck.

Rohan.