Mental Issues with loops.

Have you ever made a beat and thought, that there's too much space in between sequences? Or at some parts a note feels like its lagging?

What are the best methods to fix thi?. I've tried physically moving a note and I think mathematically it makes things worse, since I do use TC.

I have good rhythem, but i dont like the quality when I turn the TC off. I play it right, but the loop is more horrible than if I just left the TC on.

Any suggestions?

Oh yeah, I work with a 1000, and a Motif.

I have good rhythem, but i dont like the quality when I turn the TC off. I play it right, but the loop is more horrible than if I just left the TC on.

i had this issue back in the day. it goes away the more you practice drumming, don't worry about it.

as for your main question, is the laggage melodic or drum? either way, just go into step edit and nudge it until it sounds right...

however, if you're dealing with a melody sample file that has more than one notes in it, your issue is with chopping or the lack thereof.

That used to happen to me with my beats some guy told me to add some bass. That was when I dint have the mpc1k. But it should go away as long as you drum more and pratice the problem should go away. I think in my opinion every one gets stressed some times.

Sometimes, a sample of mine might have a funny note at the end, or near... sometimes a sample is really not in time, maybe a live album... so its really important to chop up the sample. You can even change 3/4 samples into 4/4 by chopping it up into pieces. I would suggest you use this technique:

Pretend your sample is 4 bars... Chop it up into 4 pieces in the TRIM page. then you need to go to each of those pieces, and extract either the last note or the second half of the sample. Put those smaller end pieces on seperate pads, and then set all of them to MONO, MUTE GROUP 1. Now you can find the proper BPM for your sequence by tapping the TEMPO button. Record the first 4 pieces into the sequence, on the 1's. Adjust the tempo if needed... the spaces, or gaps can be filled in with the seperate end pieces you extracted. Basically, you are able to stretch the sample out by adding extra ends. This works with 3/4 to 4/4 conversion. Get creative!!!! think primo...

Its not that I didnt think you knew how to do this, but I figured I could just write it out for the Newbies that might be reading. Talk to you guys later -Jesse

just listen to the loop and think of a tone from the sample wich you can cut and put at the end.... try putting this sample an octave higher or lower than the current sample

just try to flip it.. go crazy on it

Jessiah wrote:Sometimes, a sample of mine might have a funny note at the end, or near... sometimes a sample is really not in time, maybe a live album... so its really important to chop up the sample. You can even change 3/4 samples into 4/4 by chopping it up into pieces. I would suggest you use this technique:

Pretend your sample is 4 bars... Chop it up into 4 pieces in the TRIM page. then you need to go to each of those pieces, and extract either the last note or the second half of the sample. Put those smaller end pieces on seperate pads, and then set all of them to MONO, MUTE GROUP 1. Now you can find the proper BPM for your sequence by tapping the TEMPO button. Record the first 4 pieces into the sequence, on the 1's. Adjust the tempo if needed... the spaces, or gaps can be filled in with the seperate end pieces you extracted. Basically, you are able to stretch the sample out by adding extra ends. This works with 3/4 to 4/4 conversion. Get creative!!!! think primo...

Its not that I didnt think you knew how to do this, but I figured I could just write it out for the Newbies that might be reading. Talk to you guys later -Jesse

well said.

You guys are cool thanx.

glad to help... any luck on choppin up the samples?

I just took a great sample, and then sliced it into 16 regions. This only works when the big sample is cut perfectly (a perfect loop). I now have 16 pieces to re organize and re-arrange... but I noticed before that it was actually 3/4 instead of 4/4. So what I did was layed down drums at a good BPM... then I ended up tuning the 16 samples down 3 on the pitch. Then I just hit each pad in sequence on the 1, 3, 1, 3... it fit great... its fun to try to stretch out these samples! and with the pitch control... now you can bring the pitch back up to where you might have liked it better originally. man, i need to get home and make a beat!