TIPS TRICKS & INSPIRATION

Given all the negative news happing in 2500 land i think it's time for some inspiration and alternative techniques...

resample chopping:

This is just what i do as a workaround if anyone is familar with the 4000's clipboard function, nothing groundbreaking.

resample all tracks individually

create new program

assign each resampled track to maby 8 different pads (so 8 pads of the same sampled track for each track)

adjust start points to different sections of the sample (2nd snare, 1/16th before a downbeat, etc)

set program to mono

get retarded


The loop unlock function is fun too:

unlock loop end in the sample view (make sure the whole sample is highlighted in the trim view first)

back in loop view, set start and end points to highlight a rhythmic division of the origional sample (1/8th, triplet, etc)

in program, set that sample to oneshot

Also good for faking sustain on a note


I know most of this is probabaly old shoes to the og's but i just wanted to get the ball rolling...


Also if you've never seen this cat, check him out:

Divinci
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bCzD_QY ... ch=divinci

King_Vitamin wrote:The loop unlock function is fun too:

unlock loop end in the sample view (make sure the whole sample is highlighted in the trim view first)

back in loop view, set start and end points to highlight a rhythmic division of the origional sample (1/8th, triplet, etc)

in program, set that sample to oneshot

Also good for faking sustain on a note

Why set it to One Shot? It doesn't loop the selected part then. Or do you mean Note On?

Sh*t yeah, i meant note on of course.

Anybody got anything?

Alright...

Your first tip is basically a non-destructive chopping, like someone else described around here a while ago?

And maybe we should keep this to 2500-exclusive features, or some admin could feel intended to move this thread outta here

Not much, but anybody not knowing about how cool the direct record feature is needs to read their manuals or start asking some questions =P

Just in case...

Yea, I just learned it had direct record. Of course I haven't had much time lately to f@ck around; f@acking calc 2. Oh well, It's an eventful weekend: http://paxahau.com/

I used to like taking small parts of samples and loop them with retrig. to make tones. Adjusting the length changes pitch etc. You can make pretty heavy bass lines like this. I started that with the 2000. But now you got autochromatic and the ability to change start/end points while it's playing.

I'm about to use that direct rec. with my minisynth sometime this weekend.

simulate kicks on the offbeat by blurring it in with a little attack

not really 2500 specific but this is something that could benefit those who want their drums to sound more organic

shift timing is a big one, esp with your grid edit. shift hats late, snares early, etc. experiment - it's crucial. leave nothing at exactly where it should be (except maybe kicks).

ummmm

use that direct record? i dunno. it's a badass function but i have a feeling it's slept on. use it for room noise, ambience - stuff that doesn't need to necessarily be quantised. you can always chop everything else to fit. it'd be a good idea to use it for reckid noise after sampling said noise lofi into an sp to make your beats mad grimy.

yo
forget the naysayers yapping about the 2500
they fail to see that the recent news is good for akai in general. if you apply the same progression curve of the 1000 to the 2500, in a year the 2500 is gonna crack heads

Certainly right. That direct record makes things much better. Is there a way to set it up to record mono? Do you set it up in the regular record mode?

After some experimenting I've come to realize I don't need my Virus. I'm thinking of getting rid of that and replacing with a midi controller and an audio interface.

I use velocity pitch for my drums....open window on tune and put the velo/pitch to 4 or 5 ...it will gave your drums a little more of a natural feeling ...because when u hit a drum in real life the harder u hit it the higher the pitch of the drum........but thats an old tip for awhile back

another good trick to find your sample thats on a pad in trim mode .....just find it on the pad while you are in {mode} program the go {mode} trim and wala their is the sound that was on the pad

thats another old but good one!

King_Vitamin wrote:

Also if you've never seen this cat, check him out:

Divinci
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bCzD_QY ... ch=divinci

Pretty cool stuff, looks like he was on an mcp 2000xl and a roland sp404....I wonder? What style of music is that, some sort of trance maybe goa with some hip hop flavor mixed in?

He's in some crew called SoliLLaquists. I know he's down with Sage Francis.
I'd call him hiphop but i guess it doesn't really matter.

(Stilo quote)
Alright...

"Your first tip is basically a non-destructive chopping, like someone else described around here a while ago?"

Call it what you want, it's just somthing i stumbled apon.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it here yet but wouldn't be suprised.

"And maybe we should keep this to 2500-exclusive features, or some admin could feel intended to move this thread outta here"

King_Vitamin wrote:(Stilo quote)
Alright...

"Your first tip is basically a non-destructive chopping, like someone else described around here a while ago?"

Call it what you want, it's just somthing i stumbled apon.
Not sure if anyone mentioned it here yet but wouldn't be suprised.

I read someone describing that in the Production Techniques Forum some weeks ago I think. "Finally something to do with all the unused memory you have" he said

King_Vitamin wrote:"And maybe we should keep this to 2500-exclusive features, or some admin could feel intended to move this thread outta here"

Cuz most of the tips I've read here so far can be done on any MPC, so it is basically a production techniques thread...never mind, some good tips in here anyway.

this one I think is 2500 exclusive

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=53605

Regarding the link, I think that's the best way to compose.
If you start with everything on 1 track you can copy and paste the events starting and ending at any bar/ beat/ tick point then delete/ seperate them afterwards. Otherwise there's no way to copy sections of individual tracks to the next sequence, you can only copy the entire thing starting from the begining...does that make sense?

Good shit.

Anybody else?