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By djflash Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:43 pm
ive learned how to pitch shift a sample and i think its a great feature,but when i put a sample in that i dont know what the bpm is the result is always poor.how do you figure out what the bpm of a sample is without having to use something like recycle.guess?

By pad-ophiliac Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:54 pm
why do you need to know the bpm again?

By djflash Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:58 pm
if you dont put in the correct bpm then the sample that your trying to pitchshift across your keyboard doesnt sound right.im getting it slowly but surely.it just takes some practice.

By classicera Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:33 pm
It should detect the bpm automatily, right be for the "do it" option. after you record the sample,an go to trim, what else do you do?

By djflash Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:40 pm
i didnt record it in i transfered it usb.

By classicera Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:12 am
after you transfer it what are the next steps you take?
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By Cap_Ill Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:12 pm
if it is a perfect loop then record it on the first tick of the bar.

set the bars according to the samples length.

match the metronome up and adjust the start/end points of the loop if you have to.

fux with the tempo until it loops perfectly and matches the metronome.

this usually takes me about 30 seconds to 2 minutes at most.

if it isn't a loop then you'll have to figure it out yourself.

but basically you do the same thing, except you have to create the space in the sequence where the sample isn't playing.

By pad-ophiliac Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:22 pm
djflash wrote:if you dont put in the correct bpm then the sample that your trying to pitchshift across your keyboard doesnt sound right.im getting it slowly but surely.it just takes some practice.


i think you're confused. there is no option to adjust the bpm from the pitchshift screen. if you are trying to timestretch, thats a different thing all together. good luck though.

By djflash Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:21 pm
Cap_Ill wrote:if it is a perfect loop then record it on the first tick of the bar.

set the bars according to the samples length.

match the metronome up and adjust the start/end points of the loop if you have to.

fux with the tempo until it loops perfectly and matches the metronome.

this usually takes me about 30 seconds to 2 minutes at most.

if it isn't a loop then you'll have to figure it out yourself.

but basically you do the same thing, except you have to create the space in the sequence where the sample isn't playing.

yeah this is what i figured out to do.thanks though.mostly what i really want to do is take a single note,like a bass note and be able to play like the original without speeding up or slowing down.it just takes a little practice is all.great feature though.
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By Cap_Ill Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:30 pm
take a loop from the original song and sync it up to find the tempo.

then chop those bass hits out and play them in at the tempo of the song you sampled from. But you surely don't have to use the same tempo.

you can get them to blend using decay/reverb/delay

its always an experiment to see what you can do with what you have

By djflash Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:52 pm
Cap_Ill wrote:take a loop from the original song and sync it up to find the tempo.

then chop those bass hits out and play them in at the tempo of the song you sampled from. But you surely don't have to use the same tempo.

you can get them to blend using decay/reverb/delay

its always an experiment to see what you can do with what you have

cool.thanks