Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By tosfalma Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:40 pm
(or anything that has a wide frequency spectrum, not just a kick for example)

so if you sample an instrumental, and transpose it a few notes up or down,
what happens to the frequency spectrum?
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By b.read Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:10 pm
You mean like, just a regular ole loop?
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By TheUnfuckwithable Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:46 pm
tosfalma wrote:if you sample an instrumental, and transpose it a few notes up or down,
what happens to the frequency spectrum?


it gets brighter if you tune it up and muffled if you tune it down.

use an eq or your mpc´s filters to compensate for that.
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By tapedeck Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:10 pm
the frequency spectrum literally shifts the exact same way and amount that you transpose.

it is a 1:1 translation though, that's why it sounds weird, because that is not very natural.
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By -niN Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:40 pm
yeeeah.. nisssse.
It does get a little rumbly in the bottom if you pitch it down far though.. depends on the sample of course... Let's say it's a '74 Jazz quartet sampled off a vinyl record.. And all four are goin' crazy (as these types tend to do..) ...
You know what I'm talkin'bout... :mrgreen: