Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Tentends Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:56 am
Okay so i got a 8 bar loop and it loops perfectly. Lets say its 98 bmp then i chop it into 16 pieces. When i lay em down at 98 bmp in 1\8 tempo, they dont sound realy good, choppy like. Is this because of the sample i am using or is it just not something im suposed to do ?

By Tentends Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:08 am
2KXL by the way
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By hyena Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:39 am
obviously if the bpm of the sample is higher than 98, when u sequence your slices, there will be gaps between one sample and the other.
u can try these tricks:

1- timestretch the loop to fit the seq tempo before chopping
or
2- fill the gaps with a slice that can do the job (hi hats maybe?) or other sounds and be sure the single slices have a right decay (smooth em out if they are clicky)


p.s.: always remember: try to chop ur samples at zero crossing, if u hit OPEN WINDOW on the start or end parameter in the zone window, u can zoom in to find a good silence point to chop.
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By Smoove03 Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:07 pm
try recording on 1/16 man. also, if you can hear a little silence, speed up the tempo a little at a time until the silence dissapears.

By nanoloop Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:57 pm
the decaqy setting will be on 5 by default, ramp that up, and when you do slice the sounds the mpc will also offer to add 30ms to clean up and shit at the end, if u want it seemless, then put that back down to 0ms also.
By KO'LES Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:30 am
Tentends wrote:... they dont sound realy good, choppy like. Is this because of the sample i am using or is it just not something im suposed to do ?


Yeah, you gotta' edit the slices to start and stop so they don't sound so "choppy like."

Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjXlq4RQm7A