Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By AWW_NAWW Fri Jan 21, 2005 9:06 pm
I know just reinstall Ive heard it works for some.
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By DaSoof Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:15 am
ohh ok
thanx
ill do dat 2moro morning

By Paul Oakenfold Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:30 pm
Biggest dumb ass I ever saw. Do you even know what an MPC is?
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By DaSoof Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:03 pm
Paul Oakenfold wrote:Biggest dumb ass I ever saw. Do you even know what an MPC is?

shut the fuc up man
iam not no rich boy whose daddy boght him a mpc for his high grades.

if u can use it then y u here? dumb nerd.

By renegadebliss Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:06 pm
DaSoof wrote:not mono
whats poly?

nothing has been done to it
all i did was load the samples, phase the snare, create a lil sequencer and play it back.

i tell u what, how can i convert my beat into a wav? i can upload it so people can hav a listen.



Hmm... Can you tell us if you are applying a QFX to the sample itself
in the "Sample" page?

Or are you applying FX via the "Effects" and "Mixer" page?


If you apply FX via the "Effects" and "Mixer" page, then I don't hear
what you are indicating. The "tail" of the reverb completes.


Here's what I do. I'm assuming that you are using the TR 808 kit from
Hollow Sun:
http://www.hollowsun.com/vintage/808/index.html


Tell us what happens with these steps:


1. Load TR808 program

2. Create Multi if Multi does not exist (when in Multi list window, select
the "Window" button to get to popup screen to create/copy/delete multi)

3. When in "Multi" page, select F2 and add the TR 808 program to the
Multi. Notice what part number is assigned. In my testing I am using
Part 1.

4. Go to "Effects" page and select FXA to be Reverb Warehouse (or which
ever FX you want)

5. Go to "Mixer" page and for Part 1 , move cursor down to the FX
Send field and use Jog Wheel to change it from Off to "A" and
use Qlink knob 3 to apply the FXA to part 1. Turn it up about 1/2 way

6. Go to "Main" page, and scroll down to "Track" block and verify that
Part 1 is selected and it says TR808.

7. Now hit Pad 5 (which is where snare is located) and you should hear
the snare being hit WITH the FX being applied in realtime.


You can record a sequence from here, or just play in realtime.



Are these the steps that you are using?


I"m making a guess that it is not, and that you are trying to apply QFX
to a sample. When you apply QFX to sample, I've noticed that it applies
it only to the sample itself, so if their is a tail, it won't compensate from
that. If want to resample and capture the added tail, I go ahead
and record the sample again via the "Rec" page and selecting "Main Outs"
for the record source, and solo the Snare that I want re-sample with
FX.



Let me know if the above steps work or not.


Cheers,

Dave
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By DaSoof Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:37 pm
The Q-FX was added in TRIM/LP.

These are the steps i took:
1) load the snare and drum from zip (i cant really remember where i got the snare from though)
2) apply snare and drum to pads. by pressing the WINDOW button in samples list.
3) and create sequence in SEQ EDIT

Did u LOOP and play the sequence?

y is your process so long? is that the standerd way of production on the mpc?

I dont really load samples by the program file they offer, but ill try your way of doing things.

I luv my mpc man, i just hope its somthing IAM doing wrong.
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By phunk Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:49 pm
i've tried your programml, and i have the same problem with your sequence but now when i delete your snare and record another sequence as long as i keep my finger on the pad long enough for the reverb to play everything is fine...
for me it seems it was just a note lenght problem, i think if you set your sample to play 'one shot" you don't have to keep your finger on the pad for it to play until the end....
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By phunk Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:56 pm
now with your own sequence when you turn your sample to one shot, no more problems

By renegadebliss Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:20 pm
DaSoof wrote:The Q-FX was added in TRIM/LP.

These are the steps i took:
1) load the snare and drum from zip (i cant really remember where i got the snare from though)
2) apply snare and drum to pads. by pressing the WINDOW button in samples list.
3) and create sequence in SEQ EDIT

Did u LOOP and play the sequence?

y is your process so long? is that the standerd way of production on the mpc?

I dont really load samples by the program file they offer, but ill try your way of doing things.

I luv my mpc man, i just hope its somthing IAM doing wrong.


Hi,

The steps I provided aren't really that long, more like detailed.

I could have just said this:

"turn up the FX send for the part",

but I thought that might be confusing to a new user. So I thought that
I would provide step by step details, so their would be no confusion
as to what was being done. I provided an "example" program that one
could use. You don't have to use that. It was mainly to make easier
for a new user to have a full set of steps, from start to finish, with
a known good program that doesn't have ANY issues (in case it was
a user problem), so we could properly troubleshoot what is happening.

I also started off asking how you were doing this? Is it via realtime
or via QFX. If I had known you were doing it via QFX , then we could
have solved this probably much quicker.

The steps that I provided, are the standard steps for adding FX to an entire part in real time. They are NOT the only way to apply FX.

The MPC is a deep machine. There are many ways sometimes to get
to the same end. Different methods for different producers, which is
one of the reasons why I like this machine. Try a different way and sometimes you can get interesting results.

The steps that are I provided, show how the MPC is setup like a
standard Mixing Board. Where in the "Mixer" page, you have the ability
to apply 1 or 2 FX per part, in realtime. This works on top of the other
methods for applying effects. It's can give you completely different
results then applying QFX individually to each sample, as it FX,
entire parts at once.


On top of the method that I provided, which provides adding an FX
to an entire parts, one also has a couple of other useful ways
to apply FX.

A)
QFX - the method that you have indicated, which apply's an FX directly
to a Sample. This a great method. Even greater, when combined
with the other two methods. You already know this, so won't go into it.


B)
Not only does one have the ability to apply the Realtime FX processor's
to an entire part, but one also has the ability via the Pad mixer, to apply
any of the 4 FX to any of the different drum sounds indivudually in Drum sPrograms, as well as the same ability to do this to Keygroups and Drum
in the Program itself.



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Also looks like Phunk has been able to figure out that you have 2 ways
to fix the issue that you were seeing, which was to either turn the sample to one shot, or to keep your note pressed for the duration of the sample.

So that should help you move on. Enjoy your MPC....


Dave

By deaf-mute Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:50 pm
IS YOUR SAMPLE SET TO ONE SHOT???? THIS MAY BE THE PROBLEM.

By deaf-mute Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:51 pm
whoops phunk already spotted that.....