Poll: Do you dig the JJOS Bitcrusher?

hey fellow mpc users,

i am curious to know what you guys think of the bitcrusher (the one in the trim -> edit menu). imho it´s the shit. i use it on all my drums and i really like it. sounds a lot like my old s950.

if it boosts the highs too much, apply a lpf filter and set the cutoff to e.g. 90 for instant funk!

I used to own an s-950 but I sold it a few years ago. The Bit Crusher on the JJ OS sounds good. I've used it several times since it became available. It doesn't sound much like an s-950, but it comes close enough for me not to need any other samplers.

Not sure if I'd go as far as calling it the bomb but I do use it every now and then and for the most part it sounds pretty good. I wish we had a non-destructive way to use the bit crusher in program mode so we could mess with it as a sequence is running and so we don't have to commit to the sound.

**** wrote:if it boosts the highs too much, apply a lpf filter and set the cutoff to e.g. 90 for instant funk!

I also wish we had sweepable frequencies in lows, mids and highs to boost or cut; is this possible? We already have LP and HP filters so why not a sweepable eq? Hmmm...feature request

you could just use ur Qlink sliders, set to cut off and go..
thats what I do, works a treat, especially with resonance on another Qlink

I forgot it was there to be honest cause I tend to only apply effects in the computer. It's a worthwhile function either way, but it would be much better in the effects section.

i save fx for DAW but i like that it's there
it's the only bit crusher i know that is offline, which is cool cuz it means your bitcrushing gets tuned/filtered w/ your sample after you apply it. it becomes "bit crust"

i use it every now and then

I often use it, but what i love the most about it is not the bit crusher part, but that the sample rate can be changed. Makes things sound KriZpy!

im gonna have to check this out!!

eimer wrote:I often use it, but what i love the most about it is not the bit crusher part, but that the sample rate can be changed. Makes things sound KriZpy!

of course. i always set it to 22 khz and 12 bit.

I'm planning on a whole beat crushed to 8 bit. Other than that I haven't used it much really...
Maybe I should..

The Bit Crusher and the Ring Modulator together do some wicked things to vocal samples I record with a mic, if anyone's looking to experiment further.

B.A. wrote:Not sure if I'd go as far as calling it the bomb but I do use it every now and then and for the most part it sounds pretty good. I wish we had a non-destructive way to use the bit crusher in program mode so we could mess with it as a sequence is running and so we don't have to commit to the sound.

i really like this idea. make the mpc offical bitcrushing monster.

I hear a lot of tracks that have automated bit crusher effects.

Sample rate on qlink 1 and bit depth on qlink 2 anyone??