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By woozee Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:24 pm
Hello to everybody.
I just bought an mpc 1000 and i'm learning to use it,but there is something can't find in the manual and i don't know if it exists.Is there a way to quantisize the samples to avoid rythmical errors while playing pads?
And another thing is there a way to detect the bpm of a sample?
Thanks
By pad-ophiliac Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:03 pm
woozee wrote:can't find in the manual


keep looking.

hint: TC

By woozee Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:31 am
why it doesn't exist?

By woozee Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:44 am
I know what you mean but for example if you are playing a sample and you hit another pad and you want that sample starts exactly when the other one has finish,is it possible? quantization at 1 bar for example , like in ableton live.
By pad-ophiliac Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:32 am
pad-ophiliac wrote:
woozee wrote:can't find in the manual


keep looking.

hint: TC

By woozee Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:31 am
it seems that you don't understand what i mean TC corrects you the time when you are recording not when you are playing.
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By Lampdog Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:45 am
Time correct is ONLY active when you are recording.

When you are just playing (sequence not running) it's on YOU to be correct.

There's no help with that, YOU master your own timing in your own fingers.

Practice makes you better so practice more. :?

By woozee Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:55 am
Ok is that what i wanted to know so this option doesn't exist.
And do yuo know if the mpc detect automatically the tempo of a sample or the only way is with the tap tempo
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By Lampdog Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:45 am
The option is in your human timing, there is no machine that I know of that can do your (non sequencing) timing for you. You got it twisted, that's not even a real option, that's just something you want and doesn't even exists in the real world.

"And do yuo know if the mpc detect automatically the tempo of a sample or the only way is with the tap tempo "

That's in your manual, I'm not about to walk you through that.

By woozee Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:49 am
I think you are wrong.Try ableton live and you will see that this option exist.It quantisize you the clips while you are playing,and is a real usefull option when you are playing a chopped sample.

By aempee Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:03 pm
I think woozee means that elastic audio thing in ableton live but its not about timing correct its about timestretching.

By woozee Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:14 pm
No is not about timestretching.In ableton you can choose a quantisation:1 bar,1/8,1/16 etc...and than when you're playing the clips ableton respect the quantisation that you have use,so you don't make mistakes when you are playing.But I think that unfortunately the akai doesn't have this option.
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By RundFyrkant Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:22 pm
you can quant your play.
hold the noterepeat key han select quant resolution.
keep it pressed while hitting the instrumentpads and the sound will hit the beat perfectly.
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By LaJProd Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:56 pm
Why don't people just learn how to play in time?!..Doesn't seem like a hard task to me!!!!

By Rhythm-is-tha-Music Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:00 pm
LaJProd wrote:Why don't people just learn how to play in time?!..Doesn't seem like a hard task to me!!!!


and... it's a FUN thing to do !!! :D