whats the one most useful tip you learned from this forum?

curious as usual. i have to think about it for a while then ill post mine lol. whats the tip/thing you learned from here that was most useful to you?

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bwahaha

seriously......I haven't really got into this thing deep enough yet to say what one tip or trick has really had a profound effect on my work so I'll hold back on posting. I've learnt alot from the forum though!

SUSHI

I've learned a lot of people talk when they don't know the facts.

i think my favorite tip that was reposted to the board is the old Rkel\Quincy tip of doubling your tempo and making everything at half-speed for a tighter (or more sporadic) groove. Still one of my favorite imperceptibles, chinese whispers are amazing.

And as mic crusher said: People talk a lot about sh** they shouldnt.

reading the manual

Od3rus wrote:i think my favorite tip that was reposted to the board is the old Rkel\Quincy tip of doubling your tempo and making everything at half-speed for a tighter (or more sporadic) groove. Still one of my favorite imperceptibles, chinese whispers are amazing.

And as mic crusher said: People talk a lot about sh** they shouldnt.

Could you please explain the actual theory and thinking behind this one please?
Im guessing that it means you have twice as many events/ticks in the same space of time (lets say one bar) as by having the tempo doubled one bar is actually gonna be two bars right. I imagine this effects the groove in that rather than there being 96 ticks between each 1/4 note there is actually 192, therefore allowing finer tuning of the placement of events. However I dont see how this would be of benefit to someone who quantizies to say 1/16 as the same effect could be achieved by quantizising to 1/32 non?

A little theory or explanation (or a link to someone explaining it) would be very interesting. Just lately all the things I have been reading about production have started to click into place as I learn more and more. Kets be honest coming into the world of production, all the talk of amp envelopes quantizing, filering etc can be rather daunting and unfathomable.

Thanks

SUSHI

there is a huge thread on this.

maybe someone can link it up

i had read a few articles about this technic when i first started on the mpc but thought it would make things coplicated but once i started doing it i could never go back

chop small for a big sound

can u elborate? 4 themost part ive always tried for the longest chops

Probably the doubling up of the BPM and then playing half time. The mixing techniques some people use on here have been proper helpful for understanding how to get the most of your sample in the first place.

erkl wrote:can u elborate? 4 themost part ive always tried for the longest chops

Hell no man!! chop small. U get more freedom. I used to never chop in more than 2 parts. But now I chop all my joints in either 8 or 16 parts depending on the sample legnth. U can manipulate the sample more and its WAY eiser to match to the beat. Plus once its chopped up and programmed u can speed and slow the tempo of the beat with out adjusting the pitch of the chops, not to mention u cant rearange the the chops into whatever u want and make the sample unrecognisable

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ANybody able to offer this link for the double timing post?

I did a quick search but couldnt really come up with a narow band of results. Think I searched for "Double Tempo" but I got mad number of results.

I would appreciate it greatly

SUSHI

yeah i'm going to have to say chopin and to use the swing ,
but also what lamp said fo real.

damn i've been on this forum for like 6 yrs? i had to have a few accounts but it's been a whiile man,