The Best MPC Sequencing Tip Ever!

i started doin this years ago when i read it on here and been ever since

it makes a huge difference

if you can't hear it, u suck

it's hard at first training yourself to the timing with the faster metronome but once you get it down ur all good

DON'T PLAY TO THE CLICKS HOW YOU NORMALLY DO YOU

don't you fools understand that?

turn on the mpc's and try it

click click click click
kick snare kick snare

click click click click click click click click
kick snare kick snare

Finally joined the club yesterday, eventhough I knew this trick already. Hate myself now I didn't try it before.

tonyscarbones wrote:click click click click click click click click
kick snare kick snare

you mean

click click click click click click click click
kick------snare-----kick------snare------

I've been using this for a while now. I've heard this technique should be used for an SP-12/00 cause you'll have a sicker swing with double tempo and I started using it with my 60 as well. Also, it's easier for me to do anything with the metronome faster when the quantizing is off.

Ice Water Metallic wrote:I've been using this for a while now. I've heard this technique should be used for an SP-12/00 cause you'll have a sicker swing with double tempo and I started using it with my 60 as well. Also, it's easier for me to do anything with the metronome faster when the quantizing is off.

Actually on the SP the only swing you get is on 8th notes. When I first got my SP and found this out I instantly thought of double templo to turn that 8th swing into 16th swing.

So on the SP you HAVE to go double tempo if you want any swing.

DJ ALX wrote:

tonyscarbones wrote:click click click click click click click click
kick snare kick snare

you mean

click click click click click click click click
kick------snare-----kick------snare------

yea i typed it but this cheezy forum don't pick up spaces i guess

hello

may i ask just one thing? how to double the tempo in the mpc?
if you use it synced to a project in a computer you can't control the tempo because is set to external

Double your tempo in your DAW try it out.


If you already have a sequence in
your daw try half time and then double your tempo.

What if you're going at 180 bpms?

didn't know ... thanks

At the risk of sounding stupid could you please explain this again?

I am not really getting the concept.

So i have a sample now at 100 bpm. I double to 200 bpm and sequence in MPC.

Now here lies the confusion. I then record my 200 bpm sequence into my DAW and revert back to 100bpm?

sorry for being thick. Am a newbie at this MPC stuff.

Thanks

picaso24 wrote:At the risk of sounding stupid could you please explain this again?

I am not really getting the concept.

So i have a sample now at 100 bpm. I double to 200 bpm and sequence in MPC.

Now here lies the confusion. I then record my 200 bpm sequence into my DAW and revert back to 100bpm?

sorry for being thick. Am a newbie at this MPC stuff.

Thanks

I replied to your thread too, but just to clarify...

In an MPC, each bar can have 96 different notes (if you're not quantizing your notes, if you quantize this drops down to 16 I think). If you double the BPM, two bars will now be the same length as one bar, meaning that you'll now have 192 possible note positions for the same amount of time. This will give you greater 'sequencer resolution', meaning you have more control over where your beats go. Record your beat as you would at the original BPM - in the MPC sequencer this will technically make your one bar beat two bars, so when you record down to your DAW, set the BPM back to the original speed for an accurate representation of bar structure.

Alright so if you Double Time your programming and increase the resolution by double timing, this eliminates the need for timing correct or altering your resolution by selecting 1/8 note...Well I have no idea of what Im trying to ask but I know what Im trying to say...Now if I double time and I change the Time Signature to a different time signature what would be the cause of the effect of doing so? Im trying to make R&B beats and Dirty South beats and I know that Double Timing is best suited for the Dirty South Genre...but when I change the Resolution of the sequencer by double timing what happens when I change the timing correct to 1/16 or 1/32 note? I confused myself asking this question but Im just trying to have an understanding of Time Signatures...

someone put it well earlier.

it's like 2 images viewed at different zooms. they LOOK like they're the same size, but image B is higher resolution so there's more room "in between"

think of a ruler. imagine that it doesn't have any markings for any increments smaller than an inch. if you wanted to measure anything, imagine you'd have to round to the closest inch.

now picture another ruler, this one with inches and half inches designated.

resolution.