Chopped and screwed techniques

Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
 Reply Share on Facebook
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By Lampdog Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:41 am
Man, be original, please. No matter even if it's a small bit original, please be yourself and come up with something.
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By inflict3 Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:42 am
**** around with pitch shift and time stretch
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By Borat Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:29 pm
If you want to record your own voice, just pitch up your beat once it's finished, record your voice to the beat and then pitch everything down.
It's the same process for other samples, you just need to find samples that are faster than the bpm of your beat and pitch it down.
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By konc3pt Wed Jan 09, 2013 4:54 pm
if you using jjos you can achieve some cool results by assigning effects to qlinks
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By Mike Boogie Wed Jan 09, 2013 5:14 pm
Chopping & screwing on commercial records are done mostly in the DAW. Normally, chopping the vocals in grid mode of ProTools and using pitch shift on the parts it is needed on...

That's the grown man way!

Since your question comes off as a little um... what's the word... uninformed, you may want to look into a VST called Artillery. (I may have spelled it wrong)
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By tapedeck Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:26 pm
if it helps, chopped and screwed was originally done with two copies of the same record (the chop) recorded to sped up cassette tape (the screw).

interpret that how you want digitally to recreate it.

and dont yall forget where the term 'screw' really comes from - if you aint screw then yer just slowing it down. :mrgreen:

r.i.p.
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By Ill-Green Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:33 pm
tapedeck wrote:if it helps, chopped and screwed was originally done with two copies of the same record (the chop) recorded to sped up cassette tape (the screw).

interpret that how you want digitally to recreate it.

and dont yall forget where the term 'screw' really comes from - if you aint screw then yer just slowing it down. :mrgreen:

r.i.p.

:D :D :D Yup yup, he widit he widit!

Chopped and Screwed was a dj technique with two turntables, and later was mimiced by beatsmiths on their beat machines.

I was gonna mention to grab some cdj's to do that. The scratching kind.

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By Unfolding Machines Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:53 am
Oi Krook, Tapedeck's on the money.
tapedeck wrote:if it helps, chopped and screwed was originally done with two copies of the same record (the chop) recorded to sped up cassette tape (the screw).

interpret that how you want digitally to recreate it.

and dont yall forget where the term 'screw' really comes from - if you aint screw then yer just slowing it down. :mrgreen:

r.i.p.

There's nothing wrong asking questions like yours when you're brand new to sampling. Who the **** are we to judge you? Learn as many techniques as you can, then you'll be able be able to break new ground.

BTW doing the inverse of what does Krit in that track is gonna get you into Lord Quas territory. Was it done before Madlib? Sure was, even if the method was different the result was similar. Can you make it new & fresh? That's up to your imagination & our reaction.

Right now I'm messing around with an idea for a beat using similar techniques to chop & screw to get a totally different outcome. Don't want to share the ideas right here. PM me if you want to find out one more opinion on mixed techniques making original/different sounds.
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By CHOPFYT Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:26 pm
tapedeck wrote:if it helps, chopped and screwed was originally done with two copies of the same record (the chop) recorded to sped up cassette tape (the screw).

interpret that how you want digitally to recreate it.

and dont yall forget where the term 'screw' really comes from - if you aint screw then yer just slowing it down. :mrgreen:

r.i.p.


i always thought chopped and screwed sh*t was just a whole track pitched down (this seems to be the case for more recent 'chopped and screwed/purple' mixtapes and album variations) and the 'chopped' bit came from the way the vocal is sliced

thanks for the knowledge

@Krook ignore the nay sayers this sh*t was built off the back of other peoples sounds learn all you can and apply what works for you :mrgreen:
User avatar

Re: Chopped and screwed techniques

By nod records Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:55 am
here's 2 videos showing you how to do it in pro tools. i agree, if you're gonna do it, def put your own touch on it. you can chop and screw in a daw or mpc if you want to, but the og way is with 2 turntables, pitching the records down, then flippin doubles (one table has the same song a few seconds later than the other table) and you use the crossfader to switch back and forth on certain points you want to flip.



 Reply
Return to Production Techniques