Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By Upright Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:26 am
Does timestretch always make the sample sound like garbage :? I mean I have heard guys use this feature and the sample comes out sounding smooth like butter.............mine on the other hand comes out sounding really choppy and it kind of has a studder to it. I am trying to go from a tempo of 168.5 to 90 and it sounds really, really bad, not smooth at all.

What can I do about this?? :? :cry: :? :cry:

Thanks guys!!!!!1

By phatbeats Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:43 am
Well duh man u can't do a drastic change like that and expect it to sound smooth. Lol! since your original tempo is at 168.5 you can't go below 145-148 or it will sound wack. Try patched phrase.

By _Stilo_ Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:50 am
Right, but Patched Phrase probably won't sound better with that ratio.
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By Upright Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:30 am
Ok....Lol..too dramatic of a change. I'll have to try something with a smaller change ratio........like you guys suggested.


Thanks guys :D :D
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By Lampdog Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:58 am
10-15 percent.

Any stretch/compress wilder than that will sound unnatural.
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By Upright Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:35 pm
Lampdog wrote:10-15 percent.

Any stretch/compress wilder than that will sound unnatural.



You got it Lamp!!1

Thanks for the help it is more than appreciated!!1 8) ... 8) ...
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By Lampdog Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:10 pm
There is a link for a timestretch website in my USEFUL LINK thread, I don't remember the page it's on but you'll have to look through the pages, it's helped me ALOT when I used to timestrech junk alot...
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By Upright Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:22 pm
Lampdog wrote:There is a link for a timestretch website in my USEFUL LINK thread, I don't remember the page it's on but you'll have to look through the pages, it's helped me ALOT when I used to timestrech junk alot...


I'm on my way,checking it out now!!1
Thanks again!!1

By 007_xl Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:48 am
so yeah, who has noticed that all the algorythms sound identical? i only use timestretching as an effect on the mpc, its nice sometimes, but not really useful. its like the timestretching on the oldschool akai samplers where it sounded all metallic except this is more organic. really only good if your going to emphasize the effect. oh yeah it turns all the samples to mono too.
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By Upright Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:51 am
007_xl wrote:so yeah, who has noticed that all the algorythms sound identical? i only use timestretching as an effect on the mpc, its nice sometimes, but not really useful. its like the timestretching on the oldschool akai samplers where it sounded all metallic except this is more organic. really only good if your going to emphasize the effect. oh yeah it turns all the samples to mono too.


yeah....kind of stinky if you ask me............but who asked me.LOL :D

By _Stilo_ Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:12 am
007_xl wrote:so yeah, who has noticed that all the algorythms sound identical? i only use timestretching as an effect on the mpc, its nice sometimes, but not really useful.

Yea...I already thought the developers should grab the source code of Audacity and get their algorithms from there...cause it does a much better job. But what do I know... :wink: