Sequencing your Chops

Whatsup everyone,

I have a couple questions and just want some opinions basically..

Well the way I chop my samples and sequence them is I find something I like then trim the start/end points so that when I put it in loop mode its a seamless loop, then I go in and chop it into equal length so I can replay everything. I then set all the samples to the same mute group so they cut eachother off but I ALSO set each individual samples Poly setting to 1 so that when I press the same pad twice it cuts itself off as well.

I've gotten decent results with this, but a lot of the time the samples seem very robotic, not a lot of soul and my options are pretty limited. I've tried setting the samples to only the mute group, but even this doesn't really yield the best results.

What is your guys way of chopping so that it keeps a good flow sonically?

chop in larger chunks.

also mess with the attack and decay or your chops. if you are playing close to the same tempo the original song is at that you are sampling then simply adjust the decay and dont even bother creating a mute group, let each chop bleed into each other.

also dont think looping is wrong. most of the best beats in history are loops. KEEP IT SIMPLE!

I'm not sure what you mean and I'm just a novice.
But if you mean that your loop sounds choppy try Step Edit mode, in MPC1k it's Mode + Pad14. You can edit your sample start point precisely, so you will get a seamless flow.

If you hear 'seams' in your loop you need to speed up the main tempo of the sequence a little bit.

chop smaller (chop at each transient), play with duration/looping modes if your mpc has them, turn off TC and edit deep...

sounds like the op is chopping by numbers u gotta funky

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chop little parts u want, dont chop a sample into an even lets say 16 parts because then ur not chopping using ur ears and that makes chops not sound right. sumtimes i let certain samples overlap each other, u dont have to have every pad cancel each and every other out. dont chop samples the same way everytime, each sample could be chopped in different ways, it depends on what sound u want to emphasize in the chop.

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