Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
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By 90'sHip_Hop_Head Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:57 pm
Ok lets say I sample about 4 seconds of a break from a record and I go into trim mode on the my 2000xl...How do I get the kick drum out of that 4 second break individually and assign that individual instrument to a pad?

I would like to wash and repeat with the snare and hi hat as well.


P.S. I sold a xl a while ago and recently got another one...I have been on mpc-forums for a while as you can see and I know you guys are probably like "he should know how to do this by now"...But when I use to make beats I used library drums.
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By mp3 Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:01 pm
Yeah u gotta put your own work in homie.

Unless you paying...
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By Lampdog Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:09 pm
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:I know you guys are probably like "he should know how to do this by now"

That was the FIRST thing that came to mind :lol: TRIM mode is in the manual, so is assigning to pads.

Download the latest MPC 2000XL OS for units with MCD (Memory Card Drives) ONLY Version 1.20
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/MPC2KXL1_2.zip
Download the latest MPC 2000XL OS for units with Floppy or Zip drives Version 1.14
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/mpc2x114.zip
Download MPC 2000XL Manual
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/MPC2KXLV1.0Manual.ZIP
Download the Latest MPC 2000 OS Version 1.72
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/2_mpc2kv172.zip
Download MPC 2000 Manual
http://www.forat.com/Downloads/MPC2000E.zip
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By Lampdog Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:44 pm
You'll be fine, it's not hard as you think and you'll kick yourself later
for stressing over something so simple. :lol:
By Jean Claude Trans Am Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:02 pm
damn1000 wrote:
Jean Claude Trans Am wrote:Just copy the sample about 3 times and trim the kick, truncate and then move onto the next one until you got a kick snare and hihat


This. Or use "extract" which will create a new sample of the highlighted area.

Yea this would definitely be quicker