tips and tricks on the mpc 500

tips and tricks on the mpc 500.

OK, lets say you have a 4 bar loop. and you wanna trim it without the help of an computer.

you REVERSE the loop and you can hear the part after the drumloop, example the melody.

since its reversed you will now have to set the start point as the end point.

trim it down until you only hear the drums reversed it should be exactly when you only start hearing the drum go backwards.

then you just crop it or discard it and turn it back from reverse into normal...

then you just continue triming the start point as usual until you hear the first note on the drumloop.

that makes it easier to trim the end point since you dont have to wait for the end to appear
every time. good luck

this trick is when U wanna chop an drum sample containing more then one note .

begin with the first note : set the start and end point (the endpoint should be exactly before the next note comes in)

copy the sample into a new sound. then set the numbers of the end point (example 35200)
to the value of the start point (35200) and then raise the value of the end point until u start hearing the next sound in the sample.

continue to do this until U have all the parts in the sample isolated or chopped from each other.

Yo ! anybody else that has some tips and tricks to share?

Holla!

oraziodelcore wrote:this trick is when U wanna chop an drum sample containing more then one note .

begin with the first note : set the start and end point (the endpoint should be exactly before the next note comes in)

copy the sample into a new sound. then set the numbers of the end point (example 35200)
to the value of the start point (35200) and then raise the value of the end point until u start hearing the next sound in the sample.

continue to do this until U have all the parts in the sample isolated or chopped from each other.

I use this one a lot!!1

yeah that one is a method I really use a lot. With the S950 , even with the Mpc2kxl that has an wave trim editor. it goes so much quicker to just enter the value then scrolling the value.

I oldie but A goodie is to sample a 33 1/3 record on 45 rpm into the mp.
then just lowering the pitch to get that grimy effect. nah mean?

I feel you yo!!1

aight

I've got an other one.

Stretch the lenght of an sample without using the timestretch.

let's say you have an piano sample, and you wanna strech it (off course)
copy and reverse the same sample and place it slightly after the forward version of the piano
but with much lower volume.

that should stretch the sample a bit.

and... another...

Most of us agree on the low volume on the mpc500. right?
atleast in comparison to the other mpc models.

what U wanna do to make your beats louder is to:

1. sample your records as high in volume as possible.
the volume indicator in the sampler should always reach the top of the VU meter.
in order to do so is to raise the rec knob all the way up to the top.

2. raise your gain knob on the mixer of your LP-player as high as it gets without distorting the sound.

Holla!

another? again? feels like I'm revealing all my secret tips here all by my self.

but ok. here goes.

make an mono sample a stereo sample.

1.assign a sample to a pad and pan it all the way Left
assign the same sample to the next pad and pan it Right but filter out some high freq on it.

2.or assign a sample to a pad and pan it all the way Left
and then assign the same sample to a pad and pan it right then U apply a longer attack time on it.

3.or do the same procedure but add a different decay time to only one of the two pads.

this only work if you record the both samples on the different pads into the sequncer.

Im not shore if it's possible to assaign a sample to layer 1 and same sample to layer two
on the same pad with different settings.... but I know it works on the mpc2kxl

Upright wrote:

oraziodelcore wrote:this trick is when U wanna chop an drum sample containing more then one note .

begin with the first note : set the start and end point (the endpoint should be exactly before the next note comes in)

copy the sample into a new sound. then set the numbers of the end point (example 35200)
to the value of the start point (35200) and then raise the value of the end point until u start hearing the next sound in the sample.

continue to do this until U have all the parts in the sample isolated or chopped from each other.

I use this one a lot!!1

Most people who started on samplers without waveform editing use that method .

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Most people who started on samplers without waveform editing use that method .[/quote]

Including me

great tips on here.

i had a question: i'm looking for some way to recreate that sp-1200 drum sound only using the mpc500 and a computer w/ pro-tools le.

any ideas?

does that slowing down the sample help?
anyone know a protools plug in or other software that can do it?

thanks.

not slowing down but sampling at a higher pitch,
U can sample a LP record with 33 3/3 on 45 rpm. then U lower the pitch on the sample until the sample gains it normal speed again.

otherwise if U can always find A plug in or program for the computer that emulates the sp1200 sound.

3rd option is to import the sample into your sound editor like (recycle,cooledit,soundforge) etc
and resample it into 22050 hz (12bit like the sp1200 sample engine.) Export it to your protools and save the sound down as: 16bit. (I'm not shore if this is the easiest way)

good luck!

check out these plug ins:

http://87.106.1.136:10080/plugindex/...gin?pl_id=198;
http://87.106.1.136:10080/plugindex/...gin?pl_id=197;

I'm not shore if these will satisfy you, I haven't tried them myself but holla if they sound nice!

thanks