having a hard time chopping up drum samples

having a ruff time chopping up drums. is there any technique to it or is it just practice thats gonna help me

Mark11001 wrote:having a ruff time chopping up drums. is there any technique to it or is it just practice thats gonna help me

1. Yes its practice, practice, practice
2. AS a matter of coarse there are techniques. It depends on the sound you are after how to chop. Search the forum and you will find threads about it


peace

+1 to that ^^^

If you're really struggling, check out a program called Recycle. It's a pretty efficient way of chopping up any audio source. It's pretty invaluable to my workflow, particularly when rushing to get ideas down when the moment takes me.

I love recycle. To me, it is better at choppin samples. You can eq, stretch,fade, and extract justthe slices you want. Tou can then master your samples, remove his,hum,pop. Some of the cats on here are masters of the class. Keep it real and im sure someone will plug you with the foundation.

I've recently made the transition to recycle. Its easy in the MPC as well, its just a matter of practicing.

check out youtube for some tutorials!

good looks everyone

i like relying only on my mpc as much as possible.

i usually loop the drumbreak first. for example, ill loop a drumbreak thats 2 measures of 4/4.

from there ,

a. ill keep the loop if i like it
b. chop it in 1/2 bars
c. chop it in 1/4 bars
d. chop it in 1/8 bars <-- my preferred method
e. chop single shots. <--- i can never get this right when im sequencing


in options a-d all you have to do is just trigger which bar you want at what time

just put in your time like everyone else... you gotta start somewhere. no one can just pick up a pencil without taking the time to learn to write... it's a process, man... keep going at it.

Yeah you gotta put your work in, but just remember that chopping the sample is just the beginning. There's a reason they put those filters, envelopes, etc. in the box. Use them.