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By shinobi Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:06 pm
I programmed some percusions in the MPC and I want to apply some delay on them. I know how that is done...just am not being able to make it sync to the bmp no matter I use the bpm sync or not.

How do you guys do when applying the delay effect? How do you make it sync with the rhythm?

Thanks a lot!
By shinobi Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:38 am
I have the sequence written in the MPC. I synced but just a very basic, I mean very basic echo like delay...:( nothing more!
By shinobi Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:57 pm
If you think about quantizing no, it s not the problem I put the notes one by one like in step edit method in order to make sure they are on the beat...the thing is with the delay...the max I get is a basic single delay...very unusable... :(
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By Funkydrops Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:20 pm
Unless you doubled the tempo, mpc1K will work at 96ppq. So delay 1.0 is indeed .96(turn the dial on delay tempo with beat synch to persuade yourself). Half tempo delay is .48 and first triplet is at .32, while second is at .64, easy huh :P ?!?

If you doubled the tempo double the figures also.

The rest is plain math, experiment and see.

Have fun, or all of the above would be useless :wink:
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By Funkydrops Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:19 am
...the next one ranting about people not answering on the forum and/or just suggesting to use the search function will get a HUGE ****.
By shinobi Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:59 am
Man, I read what u wrote... The main thing is that I cannot get interesting delays with the effect.

Maybe I do something wrong.

Can anyone post some audio clips of any hats or something using the Mpc delay?

Thanks to all! Greatly appreciated... it's just we got work too!..:(
Thanks again!
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By Funkydrops Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:16 pm
... maybe i'm not getting the point, but I guess that 'interesting effect' has to do with more than just delay settings.

Play your hats live w/o quantize, then apply the delay: it could help in order to grrove the thing a bit more.

Peace :)
By shinobi Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:14 pm
Funkydrops wrote:... maybe i'm not getting the point, but I guess that 'interesting effect' has to do with more than just delay settings.

Play your hats live w/o quantize, then apply the delay: it could help in order to grrove the thing a bit more.

Peace :)


Ok man..I'll try to do that.

What I meant is that it is just like a very simple basic delay...no 2/3, 3/4...and so on settings...
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By Funkydrops Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:59 pm
ok... if you're looking for 2/3 you mean "Divide Quarter by 3 and Hit on second third" so your setting will be: (.96/3) * 2 = .64

It goes by like this for 3/4: (.96/4) * 3 = .72

As I told you, MPC1K works at 96PPQ (Points Per Quarter note)... the rest is plain math.

The delay can do whatever you want... just apply the rules! And if it still does not gives you enough expression, develop the expression and program it by hand adding the notes manually (after you played the original track with no quantize) this way you'll control the volume, the tune and the eventual shift over the main tempo too...

Peace
By shinobi Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:13 pm
Funkydrops wrote:ok... if you're looking for 2/3 you mean "Divide Quarter by 3 and Hit on second third" so your setting will be: (.96/3) * 2 = .64

It goes by like this for 3/4: (.96/4) * 3 = .72

As I told you, MPC1K works at 96PPQ (Points Per Quarter note)... the rest is plain math.

The delay can do whatever you want... just apply the rules! And if it still does not gives you enough expression, develop the expression and program it by hand adding the notes manually (after you played the original track with no quantize) this way you'll control the volume, the tune and the eventual shift over the main tempo too...

Peace


Thanks man! I'll try that out!;)
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By NearTao Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:17 pm
Funkydrops wrote:...the next one ranting about people not answering on the forum and/or just suggesting to use the search function will get a HUGE ****.


Ah man you ruined it... can I still post RTFM? :)