By ryssen
Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:03 am
JesseHolmz wrote:but when is the way the sample sounds affected? let's say i sample something with my MPC, then i transfer that sample and chop it up, maybe open it in Reason and add a bassline, and then export it back to the MPC. is it going to sound drastically different now?
That is what you could find out by extensive trying as described above. As I see it, if there really is such a difference as you experience, the specific character of the MPC, if there is one, might be introduced in one or more of three stages:
1. The MPC inputs, the A/D converters, although working well within the the range of human hearing and hifi standards introduce some specific color/grit/punch/whatever.
2. The MPC outputs, same as the inputs, going from digital to analog adds charachter, maybe emphasizing the charachter introduced on the inputs.
3. The internal data handling of the MPC could have an effect and add a special sound. The most basic rules of how a program handles a sample when it comes to levels, perhaps most important is how the envelopes work.
All these possibilities could be tried, if you follow the tests I listed earlier and keep neat notes on the result you might conclude which stage/stages introduce the character of sound you are after. Out of that you could set up a suitable workflow giving you a punchy result.
The specific MPC sound that you experience could be that the MPC handles transients in different way than your audio interface, that it´s converters slightly boost lower freqs. It could also be that you on the MPC tend to work more/less with sample tweaking or by default switch on the master effects while working, or simply that your comparisons have not been accurately level matched.