Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000

By pad-ophiliac Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:01 pm
ok i think it starting to make some sense, i'll fuk with it later tonight when i got some time. a couple more ?s before i get started. you gave two solutions, the first being sample two sounds on different ends of the scale. what would i do with those two samples? would i go into bluebox, apply them to a couple of pads and make the pads chromatic? about setting the decay and loop points on the higher notes. which higher notes? that solution you say to only sample one piano sound. do i 16 level or autochrom that "one piano" and then make those adjustments? the only problem i see with this is if you only workin with one sample, how do you make multiple decay/loop adjustments. this shit is rackin my brain man. this would make for a great video tutorial. sorry so many ?s, i just feel like i not able to take full advantage of this machine quite yet. oh yeah, i just now notice this is in 2000 forums :lol: in got the 1k, i guess it all the same though.
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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:03 pm
Antonym wrote:i've never really gotten into using 1 note to make a chromatic pgm because it sounds so fake...


That was the point I was trying to make :D
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By Jacpot Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:37 pm
Yo what the fuk is dis blue box everyone keeps refferring too?
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By Jacpot Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:55 pm
Jacpot wrote:Yo what the fuk is dis blue box everyone keeps refferring too?


Thanks for the quick reply guys :lol:

By buttonpusha Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:11 pm
Autochromatic is dope, however...just like everything else, I only use it when I need to...

By kraster Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:44 pm
Eddie Kain wrote:This is bugging me out and I never thought about this until now. A chromatic scale has 13 steps. There are 16 pads on the MPC. All this time I was thinking each pad represented each note in a chromatic scale. Which notes in the chromatic scale are being left out?


The Mpc uses a weird series of notes on Pad Banks A,B and C. Pad Bank D is chromatic. On the 2000 anyway.
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By switch18 Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:55 pm
Jacpot, I think its cool that you use your MPC for all your synth sounds. The less is more approach is a great way to go.

I hear you about the Fantom. One question? Have you tried programming it? Also, have you ever considered an analog type synth that is fully programmable? The sampler is still the best as you can sample, a piano per se, but just a thought.

Once I started using synths I could program...fully, I've never bought a machine that is solely preset base. Just my thoughts.
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By Jacpot Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:46 pm
switch18 wrote:Jacpot, I think its cool that you use your MPC for all your synth sounds. The less is more approach is a great way to go.

I hear you about the Fantom. One question? Have you tried programming it? Also, have you ever considered an analog type synth that is fully programmable? The sampler is still the best as you can sample, a piano per se, but just a thought.

Once I started using synths I could program...fully, I've never bought a machine that is solely preset base. Just my thoughts.


I havent tried programming it. U mean with my own sounds?? Lemme Dig that thing out the closet Ill get back to you
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By Lampdog Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:42 am
Jacpot wrote:Damn Lamp We must have posted at the same time :lol:


seems like it. I love me some good ole 2kxl autochrom..
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By Lampdog Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:45 am
Jacpot wrote:I havent tried programming it. U mean with my own sounds?? Lemme Dig that thing out the closet Ill get back to you


Yeah, use your own samples and just pretend like the internal sounds don't exist. I do this sometimes with my extreme, works well. This way it will be a blank canvas just like an mpc is when you first turn it on, BUT with ALOT more sound shaping tools then the 2kxl... Try THAT before you toss it out the window..... 8)
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By c.toon Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:51 am
First off, word up. I've been doing this since a while simply cuz I can't afford some nice keys.

I play me some LE or Extreme at the studio though...
To be honest though, if all you use your keyboard for is preset sounds and a little knobtwisting on the res or freq.... someone should rob you right now.
Paying over a G for wackass presets lol. Learn some synthesis and program your own shyts! Check out those envelope and Osc pages and jsut get busy.
That being said, I always love me some wax. But still just as you have methods of looping and decaying auto-chromatic samples, you should get more indepth with your keys.

.toon
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By Jacpot Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:52 am
c.toon wrote:First off, word up. I've been doing this since a while simply cuz I can't afford some nice keys.

I play me some LE or Extreme at the studio though...
To be honest though, if all you use your keyboard for is preset sounds and a little knobtwisting on the res or freq.... someone should rob you right now.
Paying over a G for wackass presets lol. Learn some synthesis and program your own shyts! Check out those envelope and Osc pages and jsut get busy.
That being said, I always love me some wax. But still just as you have methods of looping and decaying auto-chromatic samples, you should get more indepth with your keys.

.toon


That my freind is real talk
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By aBicUs Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:23 am
After I use the Auto Chromatic can I load any other sounds so I can play along with the Auto Chromatic program. Sorry for the question but I never use this function before.
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By Jacpot Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:34 am
yea u can u just need to go to a free program.