2k classic auto-chop

i've heard nothing but hating on this "hidden" function on the 2k. the complaint seems to be that you can't finely adjust start and end parameters for each section of the chopped sample. That's because technically, the sample hasn't been chopped. with this function, you have 16 evenly spaced start points all derived from your one, long sample. I have had success with taking that sample into trim mode and adjusting the beginning marker, thereby offsetting all of the start points in the "auto-chop."

this technique is useful in 2 ways for me: one is that it can give you ideas of where you want to zone edit your sample that you might not have otherwise thought of. so for those who insist of having super tight chops on every little thing, you might want to try it out.
two, with the right sample you can just do the auto-chop and rock with some funky ass chops like that. if you have good rhythm and understand syncopation, you can flip samples in mere seconds.

here's how it works:
go into "programs" menu, select your sample and go into "parameters"
set the sample to "mono" or "note off"
select "decay" field and hit "open window"
set "start" to 100, and set "level" to 0
go to main screen and hit "16 levels" and set your sample to "velocity"

now, instead of the sample starting at the beginning with a different volume on all pads, your sample will start at full volume but from different points throughout the pads.

here is where this really gets fun:
if you do this to more than one sample and mute assign each one to cut the other off, you can orchestrate the two samples into one pattern without worrying about overlap.
of course, you could even do 3 samples in one pattern. Or, you could make your sharp precise chops like you want to, but throw it on auto-chop anyway and see if you can get some funk out of it.

yeah I really like doing this. it's worth a shot sometimes you get something good out of it, pure inspiration without much of the work

The spacing isn't even though, it's exponential.

If it works for you: great. For me it doesn't. sure it can be fun to play with it (BTW you should also play with the velo to start parameter. It doesn't need to bee set to 100) but there is to much waste of time, unforseeable results, loosing the ability of velocity as amp modulation source, the need of using a sample that is nearly 5 seconds in order to get the most out of it and be able to reach sample startpoints near the end othe sample.
All that make this feature a hassle to work with IMO. But its cool to hear that you like it and can get good results out of it. Thats the "making something out of it" "find a way to work with it" thinking. A HipHop thing IMO

peace

it's just one of many ways to use the right sample

Thanks for the info. I never knew this about the 2k. I gotta try it out for myself.

I normally adjust the volume of a sample in the mixer window anyway because it throws me off when the volume at which i edit my sample is different from it's volume in the sequencer once it's been tracked. what i'm saying is i had your issue regardless when doing individual track volume changes.