How To Chop Up Drum Breaks Video With Download

mr_debauch wrote:I checked this out the other day and didn't get around to commenting..


this is the type of video to check if you are learning the XL. very handy too if you are considering maybe picking up an XL too... and also, it's great offering the same break to download so that people can try and do what you are showing.


Props for taking the time and putting in the effort.

thats what i was going for a tutorial with a download this is not offered on any video that ive seen in the past 5 years.

T.R.O.Y. 718 wrote:great vid man...

i gotta xl as well and i couldnt agree more about the sound quality of the mpc as compared to computers. noticed that drum breaks just sound so much thicker and fuller when chopped in the mpc rather then a daw...i cant really explain why, it JUST DOES! i much prefer the mpc over any daw (i do use fl from time to time, i find it really quick to chop and flip samples).

i also agree about the vinyl...props for keepin it one hundred percent HIP HOP. just straight up vinyl samples and drum breaks, thats all u need.

anyway, some good tips in this video, keep doin ya thing mAn!!!

this is real talk, thanks fam. You summed up everything for me in one post

but you know, I think some people are catching on though... even though it wasn't done in a tutorial close up on the screen like you did... some people have started doing that.


Most videos dont show the screen up close where you can really see what is written and being displayed.

No doubt.

The thing I really like about software is the fact that all it drum sounds/breaks are only a mouse click away.

With the mpc I either sample a break, chop, and play. Or I gotta dig through all my zips to look for the right snare/kicks/hats/etc. It's not really a big deal though...

Vinyl/mpc FOR LIFE...hopefully in the next few years vinyl and sampling will make a comeback in hip hop, enough of these cheap synthetic sounding "crunk" "trap" beats...for real!

Not saying sampling isn't alive, in the true hip hop community sampling is just as strong as ever...I meant in a more main stream sense.

T.R.O.Y. 718 wrote:No doubt.

The thing I really like about software is the fact that all it drum sounds/breaks are only a mouse click away.

With the mpc I either sample a break, chop, and play. Or I gotta dig through all my zips to look for the right snare/kicks/hats/etc. It's not really a big deal though...

Vinyl/mpc FOR LIFE...hopefully in the next few years vinyl and sampling will make a comeback in hip hop, enough of these cheap synthetic sounding "crunk" "trap" beats...for real!

YES thats right fam.

Whats really convenient for me is that i have the 16 GB cf card. So all of my breaks are on the card. I also rip my breaks to computer for back up.

T.R.O.Y. 718 wrote:Not saying sampling isn't alive, in the true hip hop community sampling is just as strong as ever...I meant in a more main stream sense.

ya i hear you and its really sad. The youth nowadays grew up on some crunk shit.
you should really check out fellow toronto producers such as marco polo and a new addition to dj premiers label as a producer is MoSS. And also Frank Dukes is a really good producer as well. They keep the vinyl diging alive

props on the vid. straight hiphop.

Dubs Banger wrote:

T.R.O.Y. 718 wrote:No doubt.

The thing I really like about software is the fact that all it drum sounds/breaks are only a mouse click away.

With the mpc I either sample a break, chop, and play. Or I gotta dig through all my zips to look for the right snare/kicks/hats/etc. It's not really a big deal though...

Vinyl/mpc FOR LIFE...hopefully in the next few years vinyl and sampling will make a comeback in hip hop, enough of these cheap synthetic sounding "crunk" "trap" beats...for real!

YES thats right fam.

Whats really convenient for me is that i have the 16 GB cf card. So all of my breaks are on the card. I also rip my breaks to computer for back up.

That is one nice thing about the 2500, you can just link up via usb and drag samples over to your harddrive or cf card. its funny tho, other than a few jjos features, 2xl still killin it with the latest mpcs.

vid was good tho. i learned something new. I always chopped the hats and used 16 levels to get velocity in my hihat patterns (still will), but never thought about splitting the channels. the way you showed, you can get both velocity differances and slightly differant tones, adding a whole bunch of variation in your hats. combine that with 16 level velocity and you got some tools to really add tons of variation in just the hihats to get that bounce.

this technique could be useful on snares too. to add some variation to your snares. you know, dilla style, where every so often theres slight variation in snare hit to accent the beat

^^^^^ Thinking the same thing

"That is one nice thing about the 2500, you can just link up via usb and drag samples over to your harddrive or cf card. its funny tho, other than a few jjos features, 2xl still killin it with the latest mpcs."

wow that is dope, i had no clue the 2500 could do that (but i knew it had a usb cord). when my mpc 2kxl dies im gonna try to cop a 2500 in good shape, they seem like the benz' of mpc's...ive heard nothing but ill stuff about the 2500.

and yeah dubs, ive been all over marco polo. i found out about him cuz he was f'n with ayatollah back in the day (ayatolh is crazy ill, reppin queens, dudes has some amazing stuff). Marco polo has some nice stuff with the boot camp clik.; that cd hes got out with rustee juxx is dope!!!

and ive heard of moss, i didnt know hes rollin with preem though...imma look more into him!

it's all about sound shaping and layering to get your own unique drums sounds, no matter what you use.

good work on the video!

Marco Polo is dope on the 2000XL, Moss kills it on the old 2000 classic and Frank Dukes gets busy on the 2500.

sampling from records will never die.

"""sampling from records will never die."""

AMEN!! ill be sampling records until im 70!!

Nice vid, props, str8 HH.. you want to look into replacing that screen soon though, it broke my heart to see them lines