Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By pezzone Wed May 15, 2013 7:32 pm
Wassup y'all,

On Kev Brown's beat commentary he explains how to use velocity to create chorus / fade out effect on certain samples by tapping the same sound gradually at lower velocities, anyone using this trick?

I'd like to know if you guys tried it out and if you have tips.

Peace
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By Harmoncj Wed May 15, 2013 8:58 pm
I didn't see the doc but I can guess it has something do with setting the overlap to poly, add some velocity-->pitch. It ought to be pretty convincing with a piano sound for example.
By m56p87 Thu May 16, 2013 4:55 pm
If you a more chorus like effect try putting the same sample on two different pads and striking them at the same time. You'll never get it perfect so there will always be a delay on one, more slight than double tapping the same pad.
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By tapedeck Thu May 16, 2013 4:57 pm
m56p87 wrote:If you a more chorus like effect try putting the same sample on two different pads and striking them at the same time. You'll never get it perfect so there will always be a delay on one, more slight than double tapping the same pad.

to increase this effect, detune one of the pads very slightly.

come to think of it, you could likely get a pretty weird chorus by simulting a pad to two others containing the same sample, tune one pad up +1 and the other down -1.
experiment with those values.
By m56p87 Thu May 16, 2013 5:11 pm
tapedeck wrote:
m56p87 wrote:If you a more chorus like effect try putting the same sample on two different pads and striking them at the same time. You'll never get it perfect so there will always be a delay on one, more slight than double tapping the same pad.

to increase this effect, detune one of the pads very slightly.

come to think of it, you could likely get a pretty weird chorus by simulting a pad to two others containing the same sample, tune one pad up +1 and the other down -1.
experiment with those values.


Yes this would be better than my suggestion. You'd get the same result every time which would probably be most beneficial.
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By tapedeck Thu May 16, 2013 5:32 pm
m56p87 wrote:
tapedeck wrote:come to think of it, you could likely get a pretty weird chorus by simulting a pad to two others containing the same sample, tune one pad up +1 and the other down -1.
experiment with those values.


Yes this would be better than my suggestion. You'd get the same result every time which would probably be most beneficial.

probably not though since the machine is not exactly sample accurate on playback...the flange effect might change, but the chorus effect might mask it.
By m56p87 Thu May 16, 2013 5:40 pm
Forgot about those inaccuracies, been binging on modern sequencers for too long. But in this respect it while its still not perfect timing, much better than a humans attempt at the same. A long sample would probably just sound like a modulated chorus/flanger