Sampling vinyl (drums on left channel)

Yo!

When I sample my records..most of the time my drums are for 80% on the left/right channel and the instrument on the right! I know about this way of recording in the 60'/70'.. but:

often for example my snare is 80% on the left of my beat..what can i do to avoid this. Sample in mono?

Yep! That would be a good start

okay thnx..but if I sample everything in mono..how will that effect my track? less depth or some?

why don't you try both mono and stereo- a/b them and then make up your own mind which has more depth.....

greg

If I sample stereo I get the effect reffered as in post 1! the drums/instruments are on 1 channel then..but okay

ok, sample in mono and then create a psuedo stereo effect with two of the same sample to get that 'depth'....

greg

try this...

sample in stereo seeing as you seem to like to stereo mix. think of this as the "body" instrumental.

now sample that left channel in mono again, and cut out the snare hits and apply them directly over the previous sample, so now you have your snares in the center of the stereo field.

if you wanted to get more precise, you could go back to the body instrumental and cut out the snares from that loop, thus not leaving any left-biased snare shots, or else just reduce the volume of those snare by 3dB (seeing as volume "doubles" every 3dB)...

old records like this are great to sample. plus when you are working with them you will/should be throwing samples around between mono/stereo all the time.

take alisten to a simple trick even on the track "hey ladies" by Beastie Boys (well the music was actually sequenced by the Dust Brothers, but thats another story).... a keen ear will see what i mean

thnx for the tip I will try it out

I tried sampling mono, and what I expected was true.. when you sample mono on the MPc with these kind of records you will get the follwing problem.

the MPC only samples the left or righ channel (you can choose that) but the drums for example arn't 100% on one channel on the record, more like 80%.. so your are missing a bit of the sound..and most of the time that bit is important for the way it sounds!

just to let you know

Sample your sound in stereo. In edit mode, convert to mono (2 files will be created, L & R.)
Put each sound (L & R) each on their own pad, then set the Simul feature in Program Assign for them to both trigger at the same time. Make sure they're both panned in the center.
There you go, you got both channels being heard, but they're both panned center.

yes itchy good one.. I've been doing that for some important samples but it's not the way haha.. ohh well I just sample mono and stereo! I was just wondering if someone had the same problemens.. it's not that of a biggie you know

finally a true topic that has to do with a good ear