Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By ripple Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:35 pm
I was just curious about what everyone on here does while they're like timestretching a 4 bar loop with the HFREQ ORCH-C preset? Usually shit takes about 20 mins to complete, if not more...

I usually do useful stuff like cleaning up some shit, fixing some cables, clip nails... and roll up ofcourse :D

By cooocooo1 Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:40 pm
I open Soundforge and timestretch about 100 other samples while Im waitin.........
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By Lampdog Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:11 pm
I was JUST thinking that. Loves me some 8.0
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By a_real_mc Sat Jul 30, 2005 6:21 pm
I enjoy a nice dump, then i write a couple of books, and if I time it just right, I might bang my head against the wall...Usually when I'm finished with all that, it's done, and I can continue with my production...
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By MelleMel Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:06 pm
masterbate...


actually...


I dont timestretch period.
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By DSTRUCT Sun Jul 31, 2005 1:20 am
damn it takes that long?
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By Remedial Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:13 am
dstruction wrote:damn it takes that long?


And the worse part is, if the sample comes out sounding funny, you have to do it all over again (of course, only if you're not using a pc program to do this, which is much more efficient).
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By Jacpot Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:17 am
I never use timestretch but it sounds like it sucks

By mpc3000 Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am
"What do you do while waiting for time stretch to complete?"

1. Gripe about the MPC1000 not having timestretch so I can wait for it too.
2. Read all the posts in the MPC1000 forum about the MPC1000 not having timestretch.
3. Wonder when the new MPC1000 OS will come out "with timestretch".

As a side note, I did some binary analysis on the MPC2000XL timestretch. If I recall right there are 3 quality settings. I did not find any difference between them. The quickest processing (was that setting of 1?) was just as good as the highest.

Tip: if you need to stretch anything significant, chop out the shortest section that you sould possibly get away with previewing. The time it takes will be significantly shorter and will let you know if the stretch you need to do will sound any good. Then apply to the larger sample and go take a break. If you have to timestretch to match a particular length, learn to use a calculator. With the sample length and desired legth it only takes a few seconds to figure out the exact stretch you need and you only need to stretch once in the MPC.
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By Lampdog Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:55 am
dstruction wrote:damn it takes that long?

Yeah, it sucks. Better off doing it on a computer.

-Gripe about the MPC1000 not having timestretch so I can wait for it too.
That's funny.

By nanoloop Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:37 am
rub one off!

By ripple Sun Jul 31, 2005 11:26 am
mpc3000 wrote:"
As a side note, I did some binary analysis on the MPC2000XL timestretch. If I recall right there are 3 quality settings. I did not find any difference between them. The quickest processing (was that setting of 1?) was just as good as the highest.


Dunno, maybe the long waits blur my hearing, but i believe C does sound better than A. A can really sounds sloppy and yknow 'aphex twin'-like. Not that I don't like AFX but I'd rather make that type of music intentionally instead of having it ruining my bangers :D

By mpc3000 Sun Jul 31, 2005 3:55 pm
"C does sound better than A"

You could be right. My experience at that type of analysis long ago was still rather young. And I am not sure what test material I used. I really, really should do it again under a more controlled environment.

By kre8tive Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:20 am
:D
1. Scratch my booty hole them smell my fingers.
2. Dig in my nose.
3. Dig in my ear then scratch my booty some more.
4. Go shake some peoples hands. :twisted:
5. Wash my hands.
6. Make some food, and eat.