12 bit vs 16 bit

I have the mpc 1000 but i want that old school 12 bit sound...is there any way i can sample into the akai s900 and dump the sounds into the 1000

Sample the mpc's outputs into the 900.

Ha, it only seems logical that it will work..might just have to hop on the young e-bay and see whats up with one of those!!

You'll loose sound quality/boom if you sample s900 into the mp1000.
When you pitch down kicks in the 900/950 the bassend you get is very nice.. putting those sounds though the mp1000 ad converters then da converters .... quite a loss
It's the same if you had a sp12/1200 those sound amazing using the outs straight to an analog desk.. there is also random dirt in there that is lost if you sample.

if you're going to resample into the MPC1000 anyway, then i'd say to just do the old trick where you record the sample at a higher speed and then pitch it down in the MPC [to get it back to regular speed but lower quality]... that should give you the same effect if done properly and you won't need to spend any money to accomplish it.

Good point.. You'll at least avoid much of a bass roll off that way... (At least at the ad stage.)

szr wrote:You'll loose sound quality/boom if you sample s900 into the mp1000.
When you pitch down kicks in the 900/950 the bassend you get is very nice.. putting those sounds though the mp1000 ad converters then da converters .... quite a loss
It's the same if you had a sp12/1200 those sound amazing using the outs straight to an analog desk.. there is also random dirt in there that is lost if you sample.

This. You could use the MPC1000 just as a sequencer and use the S900/950 as the sampler, hooked up via MIDI. This way you get to utilise the 8 outs of the S900/950 and you'll keep that boom!

The S950 sounds doooooooooope! It's really nice especially when you sample 33rpm wax at 45rpm+8 and pitch it back down. This is something you can do in your MPC1000 anyway, touching on what crossings said. Also, as Lampdog said, experiment, sample the same break a couple of different ways, just play around and see what you like best.

Personally, I'd recommend an S-Series sampler anyway, it's cool **** around with different frequency bands on the S950, you really can shape sounds amazingly and that's not even touching on time stretching and shiz like that!

I guess, if you can achieve the sound you want with a 1000, then keep your cash, but if you've experimented somewhat and want to try something new, cop an S900, it just depends on whether you have the dough.

I apologise for the long winded post haha.

Peace.

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I agree a full 100%.

Sampling everything back into the s900/950 will also give an extra thouch to your samples, but keeping everything inside the s900 will give you the best results.

You will indeed loose some ooomph when sampling back into the mpc. Also the filtering and envelopes on that machine gives the samples that typical sound.

Like the other guys said: just grab one and experiment.

Jjos1 offers bit conversion....that's what I use

M.STAX wrote:Jjos1 offers bit conversion....that's what I use

i was hoping someone pointed this out. also you can adjust bit rate and sample rate there, not just bit.

this above method, from jjos, as well as the up pitch and down pitch sample method will bring good results.

thanks for all the support yall!! im probably gonna wind up makin the jjos switch soon anyways so that bit conversion should come in handy. Im just OBSESSED with that gritty circa1995-type sound. im really torn between gettin that s950 tho!

JJOS will allow you to emulate that 90's sound. The s950 converters just gives you that 90's sound. To me the workflow with that machine also plays a huge part on how things will sound in the end.

Doesn't the 1000 have BIT GRUNGER?