What's the point of region and bpm chop mode

If they don't follow the grid?

Example: perfect four bar loop with correct tempo entered.

Shouldn't the regions be based off of the tempo and grid? They aren't. Doesn't make sense.

Same with bpm mode.. surely if I set it to chop every beat it will right? Nope.

Callled Akai and asked them and the guy said he just manually chops because that doesn't really work... awesome. I don't mind manually chopping but am confused as to why even implement the chop features if they don't work

BPM and region mode just divide your loop into 'x' number of equal sections irrespective of the timing of the loop itself, so unless the loop is sampled from a source that was originally strictly quantised, you're going to have to manually adjust the regions to fit within the beats. There's nothing wrong with that particular chopping feature, it does exactly what it's supposed to (it was the standard chopping option for the previous few legacy MPCs).

The MPC has a ridiculous number of chopping options these days, but you have to pick the right one for the job.

MPC-Tutor wrote:BPM and region mode just divide your loop into 'x' number of equal sections irrespective of the timing of the loop itself, so unless the loop is sampled from a source that was originally strictly quantised, you're going to have to manually adjust the regions to fit within the beats. There's nothing wrong with that particular chopping feature, it does exactly what it's supposed to (it was the standard chopping option for the previous few legacy MPCs).

The MPC has a ridiculous number of chopping options these days, but you have to pick the right one for the job.

Yeah no :/ that doesn't make sense.

Even if it is perfectly quantized it's not on grid...

also if you read the manual bpm is not working as intended - it says you enter the tempo the beats and bars and sub divions you want and it creates slices based on the tempo

Can confirm that x2 or /2 tempo does not help either

I'm not seeing any problem with BPM and Region chopping. What exactly are you trying to do with the loop? Chop it into x number of equally spaced regions? If so, it's working as expected for me. Please provide a step-by-step breakdown so I can recreate.

I import a sample

I create a perfect loop of 4 bars

I insert the correct tempo

I go to chop mode - bpm enter 4 beats per bar 4 bars and any slice size... nothing is cut in a way that reflects the tempo or loop

Same thing for regional

In theory what it says in the manual is I will get quarter note chops if I enter 1/4 and 4 4 on bpm mode which would make sense or 16 on region but neither gives me chops that are accruate to the sample.

It's simple math and yes it should cut evenly (or very close) with the beats

I'm not the only one who noticed this many people have on other forums