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By stephencann Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:22 am
Might be a bit of a silly question but a lot of peeps talk about zoning when discussing the OS updates. What is it exactly?

Cheers :P
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By freezerman Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:16 am
Zoning: a function that automatically chops the sample in a predetermined number of slices and assigns them to the pads. Depending on how it is implemented can be very useful or s-h-i-t-t-y.
Last edited by freezerman on Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
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By stephencann Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:11 pm
mmmmmm that would be spanking.

By sparq Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:47 pm
Zoning gives you the ability to actually chop your samples directly in the mpc. The following is a quote from the 2000xl manual:
ZONE mode
The ZONE mode allows you to divide a sample into a number of equal parts (from 1 to 16). This
could be useful, for example, if a 2 bar sample has 4 beats to a bar: dividing the sample into 8
would give you 8 zones of 1 beat each.
By DEMIRTAS1 Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:57 pm
can i use ReCycle for zoneing purposes if i owned the 1k
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By TFunk13 Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:07 pm
Yea, Recycle or Soundforge work well with the MPC 1000
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By Antonym Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:44 pm
if ou don't have recycle i posted an acid zoning tutorial. it's floating around.
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By Antonym Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:56 pm
too bad the rapper elp made that diss song about is amazing...
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By hyp Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:29 pm
word... sorry to the el-p fans but sole ripped el-p a new one with that track =] i still got love for el-p though... some masterful tracks that dude has made
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By Antonym Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:34 pm
oh of course. the whole beef was stupid and a waste of time. both men are amazingly talented - elp maybe slightly more so because he's a producer emcee.

even though i like sole MUUUCH better as an emcee and he's influenced me more, i have to give props to producer emcees because i am one.
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By Capshun Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:32 am
zoning is the one feature im really hoping for