Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By dviaje Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:11 am
Ive always enjoyed changing speeds of my favorite songs, even before DJin and all that. MY question is this
On the MPC
Lets say if I have a sample that originally had a tempo of 75
If i change the tempo +2 ....whats the new tempo?
For every octave raised or lowered roughly whats the change in tempo

This has been boggling my mind for some time now. thanx
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By nogginj Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:48 am
I could be wrong, but I think it's:

Code: Select allTEMPO * 2^( x / 120)


Where x is the amount of change you made in the mpc.

Since there are 120 tuning steps in an mpc to reach one octave, and one octave is the base tempo * 2.

So 75 tuned up +2:
75 * 2 ^ (2/120) = 75.87

or did you mean +20 (which would be 2 semitones):
75 * 2 ^ (20/120) = 84.18

I tried this once before and totally screwed it up, so that might be wrong, but it looks right to me.

Edit: one other caveat is this is for a 2kxl, do the new ones work the same way?
By mark.b Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:16 pm
I think what he wants to know is, what happens if you change the pitch on your turntable by +2.
I dont know it but you could try it out.

1. sample a loop at normal pitch into your MPC
2. change sample-pitch in MPC by 2 semitones (+20)
3. play loop in MPC and try to find correct speed on turntable

easy