Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By Dr. Lecter Mon May 03, 2004 8:59 pm
How many of you are in love (or they just get sick of!) the followin numbers? -240,480,720,192,3840,7680,15360 ? These numbers are an everyday standard for me and they really make things easier for me,for adjusting durations and better sequencing in general.It's a FETISH!

By Altopiano Tue May 04, 2004 1:22 am
haha! dr. - your sick!! 480,720,3840,7680,15360 are great numbers! 8191, 56% and 20 aswell! but wtf are you doin with -240 and 192?

btw: your screen shows an empty seq and an unused track and the links to your beats ain't workin too! :mrgreen: could u please change that?
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By Dr. Lecter Tue May 04, 2004 4:51 pm
Hey Alto,where the hell are you?! 240 is the duration for a 16th note (in 1/16 quantize with 50% swing) and 1920 is the duration for 1/2 bar! By the way,thanks for tellin' me about the link,i've already fix it! Peace (check my beats and send PM for any critics).
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By Blue Haze Tue May 04, 2004 5:24 pm
Dr. Lecter wrote:How many of you are in love (or they just get sick of!) the followin numbers? -240,480,720,192,3840,7680,15360 ? These numbers are an everyday standard for me and they really make things easier for me,for adjusting durations and better sequencing in general.It's a FETISH!


Love those Numbers and Step Edit plus a now field. That Duration and Velocity percentage in Main Page is nice too 25, 50, 75% and so on.
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By BeBop Tue May 04, 2004 5:33 pm
can someone elaborate here...wtf are you talking about

Bop
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By Dr. Lecter Tue May 04, 2004 6:19 pm
BeBop wrote:can someone elaborate here...wtf are you talking about

Bop


We're talkin' about M.P.C (Mathematics of Program Construction)!! 8) BTW if you don't know these numbers,know that,you've been surrounded by them form the first day you bought your MP.Look at the step edit. Peace

By Altopiano Wed May 05, 2004 1:42 pm
BeBop wrote:can someone elaborate here...wtf are you talking about

Bop


hy bebop! its all about numbers and step edit! check your velocity, duration, ... values there! .... or try this: on a 4 bar seq record a short note - try with a sustained note such as a looped string sample, synth module lead sound, drum loop, whateva ... - with single drum hits this is less interesting! go to this note in step edit! highlight duration and insert 15360!!! nice, isn't it? :lol:

oohh! not only step edit! in main page also the window buttons pressed when the cursor is at velocity, duration, transpose .... opens new worlds! and its all about numbers! ... seq edit the same! but be careful - its a fetish!!! :mrgreen:

ps: akai doesn't take any responsability for any sicknesses or unwanted side effects this machine may cause to your health! the use and abuse of it is at each customers own risk! for further instructions please refer to the reference manual and its regular abbendums - and if that doesn't help check www.mpc-forums.com!
Last edited by Altopiano on Wed May 05, 2004 2:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By BeBop Wed May 05, 2004 1:56 pm
yet another kick ass thing about this machine -

Thanks Bro's

Bop
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By Blue Haze Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:53 pm
Some good tips. Gold nuggets
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By dubmunkey Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:00 am
they are talking sample duration i believe....

greg

By Altopiano Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:36 pm
yeah ... mainly duration in 4k terms (though i think that dr. had some backflash to his 2xl times ... 192? ... and i cant remember what i used 20 for right now :roll: ... there s also some internet confusion .... i understood -240 whilst ... dr. s been talkin bout 240 ... also i remember dr. havin another avater back then ...)

yo - but this thread is really old ... one thing hasnt changed though ... dr. ur link to the essence EP again aint workin from here :lol: ... too bad - i checked it out 1 week ago from another link ... congrats to dr. and to all the other participants at the ocasion ... real dope mpc-forums.com session
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By dubmunkey Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:42 pm
192- 1 bar man....

greg

By Altopiano Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:50 pm
ya sure? ... 1920 is half a bar in 4k ... dr. s usin a 4k - me too ... but dr. is also usin a 2xl if i dont mistake ... all the other numbers he put in first post are 4k durations ...

By Altopiano Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:55 pm
... and 192 doesnt really stand for anything in 4k durations ...
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By Blue Haze Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:06 pm
Altopiano wrote:... and 192 doesnt really stand for anything in 4k durations ...


1920 is half a bar and 3840 is a whole bar.


The 4k is 960ppqs whereas the others were 96ppqs.