melding 12 and 8 bit with 16 bit?

hey I've been tryin to mix my forat9000(8 bit) wit an mpc3000, and it's gettin real hard, i just bought a new mixer, this might be the problem, i'm not used to these eqs(it's an allen n heath, before i had a behringerl ol..)...

but basically i was workin with a break sampled on the forat, and trying to add shit on top with the 3000,like drum hits, the 16 bit sheen just couldn't match up. i was tryin to teq the his out... i ended up just using it for a big 808 bass...

but how do u guys hwo use both hi fi and lo fi combine the 2 so they sound like they mix together?:o

3001 wrote:hey I've been tryin to mix my forat9000(8 bit) wit an mpc3000, and it's gettin real hard, i just bought a new mixer, this might be the problem, i'm not used to these eqs(it's an allen n heath, before i had a behringerl ol..)...

but basically i was workin with a break sampled on the forat, and trying to add **** on top with the 3000,like drum hits, the 16 bit sheen just couldn't match up. i was tryin to teq the his out... i ended up just using it for a big 808 bass...

but how do u guys hwo use both hi fi and lo fi combine the 2 so they sound like they mix together?:o

Start by keeping the EQ neutral. Get it to sound good without the EQ then EQ. Some samples just don't work with others. I know...this is too simple of an answer, but I find that it is true sometimes.

anything next to a 9000 isn;t going to blend in too well, the 9000 stands out so well.

this IMO is the weakness of 16 bit. the 12 and 8 bit make everything sound like it belongs together, 16 bit the sounds still sound like where they came from and don;t really meld together that well.

IMO, you should sample the bits you want in the 3000 through the 9000 and have the 3000 sounding as much like the 9000 as possible.

I borrowe a 9000 for a while and it was unbelieveable how great it sounded, I spent a lot of time sampling from it into the 60.

the other approach is to keep them doing very different things. keep the breaks and such in the 9000 and use the 3000 for something different, bongos, some loop, etc, something that doesn;t have to bland in with the break.

I'd like to hear more about the 9000 and how you like using it. I wish I could have kept the one I borrowed, such an inspiring machine. that has to be the best angle for pads ever.

I'd love to get my hands on a 9000. very cool machine...

Yoshimi wrote:I'd love to get my hands on a 9000. very cool machine...

Make my boy 3001 a good offer and he might take you up on it. That machine is a beast!