Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
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By shigeon Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:15 pm
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So you know how pitching samples on the SP-1200 up and down changes the amount of "lo-fi" on the samples? Plugins like SP950 (best SP-1200 simulator VST, don't @ me) do that job wonderfully, but only for a set "pitch".

Now, the effect I'm talking about is demonstrated wonderfully in songs like Machine Gun Funk by The Notorious B.I.G., where, in this case, Easy Mo Bee uses the SP-1200 multilevel pitch mode to pitch the main sample down mid-sequence, which as you might imagine introduces different levels of, for lack of a better term, lo-fi-ness.

Obviously, I could either use multiple SP950s on different pads with the same sample but different pitches, but that's a massive pain to do something obsolete hardware does automatically, plus that adds mad latency especially if you're using the SP950 VST like I am, or I could use automation to change the pitch slider in the plugin but that's also a massive pain.

So I'm wondering, being that I'm a 14-year-old young'n who's been using MPCs for almost exactly a year, is there a better, more efficient way of doing this?

I highly appreciate any and all answers and advice, thank you guys in advance!
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By Lampdog Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:43 am
There are a few mpc plugins that can "almost" get the job done and you really need to explore them while making beats, bit rate, aliasing, sample rate, pitch, all together even, there's no 1 button solution.

or just save up and get an s2400. That's an expensive route though. Experiment with different mpc plugins is my best suggestion.
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By shigeon Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:15 pm
Elijah wrote:Try Battery 4 sp1200 mode. FX plug-ins would not be able to simulate the artifacts caused by re-pitching. It must be simulated in the sample playback engine.

How compatible is Battery 4 with the MPC workflow? I despise using a mouse and keyboard when I'm using my MPC, and I don't know if I'm willing to sacrifice the beauty of the MPC sampler for a vst.
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By EnochLight Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:40 pm
shigeon wrote:box

So you know how pitching samples on the SP-1200 up and down changes the amount of "lo-fi" on the samples? Plugins like SP950 (best SP-1200 simulator VST, don't @ me) do that job wonderfully, but only for a set "pitch".

Now, the effect I'm talking about is demonstrated wonderfully in songs like Machine Gun Funk by The Notorious B.I.G., where, in this case, Easy Mo Bee uses the SP-1200 multilevel pitch mode to pitch the main sample down mid-sequence, which as you might imagine introduces different levels of, for lack of a better term, lo-fi-ness.

Obviously, I could either use multiple SP950s on different pads with the same sample but different pitches, but that's a massive pain to do something obsolete hardware does automatically, plus that adds mad latency especially if you're using the SP950 VST like I am, or I could use automation to change the pitch slider in the plugin but that's also a massive pain.

So I'm wondering, being that I'm a 14-year-old young'n who's been using MPCs for almost exactly a year, is there a better, more efficient way of doing this?

I highly appreciate any and all answers and advice, thank you guys in advance!


I know this isn't relative to your MPC question, but if you've got Reason 12, they have a free SP-1200 Combinator that knocks it out of the park:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nykkJxBWk

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By shigeon Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:26 pm
EnochLight wrote:
shigeon wrote:box

So you know how pitching samples on the SP-1200 up and down changes the amount of "lo-fi" on the samples? Plugins like SP950 (best SP-1200 simulator VST, don't @ me) do that job wonderfully, but only for a set "pitch".

Now, the effect I'm talking about is demonstrated wonderfully in songs like Machine Gun Funk by The Notorious B.I.G., where, in this case, Easy Mo Bee uses the SP-1200 multilevel pitch mode to pitch the main sample down mid-sequence, which as you might imagine introduces different levels of, for lack of a better term, lo-fi-ness.

Obviously, I could either use multiple SP950s on different pads with the same sample but different pitches, but that's a massive pain to do something obsolete hardware does automatically, plus that adds mad latency especially if you're using the SP950 VST like I am, or I could use automation to change the pitch slider in the plugin but that's also a massive pain.

So I'm wondering, being that I'm a 14-year-old young'n who's been using MPCs for almost exactly a year, is there a better, more efficient way of doing this?

I highly appreciate any and all answers and advice, thank you guys in advance!


I know this isn't relative to your MPC question, but if you've got Reason 12, they have a free SP-1200 Combinator that knocks it out of the park:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4nykkJxBWk


Alas, I am one of those unfortunate people who came to MPCs from FL Studio.
By Elijah Thu Apr 07, 2022 4:00 am
shigeon wrote:How compatible is Battery 4 with the MPC workflow? I despise using a mouse and keyboard when I'm using my MPC, and I don't know if I'm willing to sacrifice the beauty of the MPC sampler for a vst.

Basically, re-pitching artifacts (aliasing noises) cannot be simulated in MPC standalone.
By 40Beatz Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:00 pm
There's a Bunch of Bit Reducing Effects in the Live/X (Decimator, Resampler fx)