1k tips and tricks

like they got over in the 60 forum....here's a couple

put start and stop really close in trim mode, then loop the sample, you should get a synth-like buzz. Next put it on a few pads at different pitches, now you have a synth sample from a percussion sample.

Also the adjustable output level can introduce some nice grunge into the signal if you set it to overload. Make a beat knock at -12, then put it at 0 and see what I mean.

Any others.....

Props to Jessiah for this one: -

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... hlight=bug

G4s

Take a sample, pitch it up. Resample from main outs then pitch new sample back down. New sample will have a dirty, crunchy sound not heard in the original sample. Been using this since I got my first ASR-X.

G4s

not really a tip at all, but I slept on the 16 levels function untill only recently...

USE THE 16 LEVELS FUNCTION!

.. dont sleep, experiment and try using it on anything.

not really a tip at all, but I slept on the 16 levels function untill only recently...

USE THE 16 LEVELS FUNCTION!

i laughed at myself SO goddamn hard when i realized that my hours spent manually varying the volume levels and timing of hats were for nothing...could have used 16 levels easier...

so funny.

here's my tip - DO NOT ZONE. rather, cut virtually every note into its own file. this gives you more leeway and room for creativity. sounds hard, but believe me it's worth a little more programming time to have somethign so badass as a million short little samples with which you can do almost anything.

also, utilize all the tools the 1k gives you! it's a powerful little box. you can create f*ckin' superb drum breaks on it. the mpc1000 YEARNS with all its circuitry to create drums that are worthy of itself. don't just use simple boom bap. think back to the beat of "damn if teels good to be a gangster." those drums were sick!!! program your drums so that you KNOW you're getting better. use that attack and decay! use different velocities!

and remember to track everything out in acid/sonar/cubase and using effects to perfect it before calling your song done...

Antonym wrote:i laughed at myself SO goddamn hard when i realized that my hours spent manually varying the volume levels and timing of hats were for nothing...could have used 16 levels easier...

same shit here...

What is it with this 16 levels button? Don´t understand what u guys are talking about. Maybe someone can explain it

g4s wrote:Take a sample, pitch it up. Resample from main outs then pitch new sample back down. New sample will have a dirty, crunchy sound not heard in the original sample. Been using this since I got my first ASR-X.

G4s

dope!! i didnt think this would work . but it makes sense now. thanks dude

edit. i tried it. at i think i pitched it down 15. thier was a bit of a lightly dirty record emulation.prety nice effect. no need for bit converters. haha

Here's a cool tip... goto the record store and pick up a bunch of 45s, get some dank greens, and lock yourself in your lab all day.

I dont know if this is already known,but u can play a sequence while your in the sample record mode! so u can hear your beat at the same time your lookin for samples!

transformermonkey wrote:I dont know if this is already known,but u can play a sequence while your in the sample record mode! so u can hear your beat at the same time your lookin for samples!

This is a great feature. I use it to record guitar & bass loops over my sequences.

i went to the 1k from the 2kxl and thought i had to scroll through the sample the same way using the wheel, took me a while to realise you could use the shift < key to do it faster - not really a tip unless your still doin that!

this ones cool when rockin the 16meg, even the 2 on the xl - when sampling pitch it up to save sample time, then slow it down in pgm

heres another one which even applies to me (im gettin there)

READ THE FREAKING MANUAL!

guesswhosback wrote:this ones cool when rockin the 16meg, even the 2 on the xl - when sampling pitch it up to save sample time, then slow it down in pgm

see, we 1k users don't have to do that... we have 128megs....

nah but seriously, i saw ppl do that with their 2xl. kinda bugged me out at first, then my man told me why he did that.

this ones cool when rockin the 16meg, even the 2 on the xl - when sampling pitch it up to save sample time, then slow it down in pgm

i wish it was a bit easier and faster to resample. i'm a lazy son of a ****.

doesn't el-p do this pitching up trick to virtually ALL his samples? i wouldn't doubt it....his stuff sounds so gritty, it would make sense, plus it's incredibly complicated to fit on just 16 megs

a pretty genius trick, really - whoever thought of it deserves a gold medal

i just tried that trick with speeding the pitch up and then resampling and then slowing it down again.

i did it with a simple piano, and now it sounds so different and so sick.

definitely a good trick.