tempo problems

waatt up everyone i need help i always have this problem with sampling i can never figure out the original tempo of the sample is there any technique or anyway you guys discovered that work

Well, it'd really bad ass if you included what ways that have failed you/your trial and errors.

Forget the tempo, keep up or die.

Ill-Green wrote:Forget the tempo, keep up or die.

OR take a closer look to your MPC: there should be a TAP TEMPO button somewhere... sure it can help.

Funkydrops wrote:

Ill-Green wrote:Forget the tempo, keep up or die.

OR take a closer look to your MPC: there should be a TAP TEMPO button somewhere... sure it can help.

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Start with tap tempo to get yourself close, then sequence the loop, make sure the sequence length is equal to how many bars your sample is, then adjust the tempo with the data wheel until it loops smoothly.

dont match the sample tempo you will be only stealing loops that way man

If I had to, u might want to get a software bpm, the tap tempo will work if u use it right, but i think its more important to find a good tempo for the sequence yr creating. I usually start at like 85-105 depending on how fast I think it will be. I start playing pads until I get something I like then record it. If the recording ends before I've hit all the pads i want, then i slow it down, if there are spaces or I ended before the sequence I make it slower.

Another trick I saw (and maybe theres something on youtube) is to get yr phrase looped perfectly. If you know how many bars it is u can drop it in a sequence of the same length. Play it. If the sequence BPM is faster than the Loop, the loop will cut off, if its slower, there will be time left over, so adjust accordingly.