Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By synthbob Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:43 pm
Anyone got one....? Fed up getting my calculator out all the time.

You know...in step edit, if your tempo is, say, 120, what value does your note duration have to be to be 1 bar exactly long........(good for note off)


Cheers !

R
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By Upright Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:39 pm
I don't think this place has a step edit calculator but you seem like the kind of guy that will appreciate these calculators any way so hear you go.

brought to you by Lampdog

http://mp3.deepsound.net/eng/samples_calculs.php
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By Cod Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:09 pm
in step edit the note duration is the same regardless of tempo..

24= 1/4 beat
96= 1 beat
384= 1 bar
768 = 2 bars
1536= 4 bars
3072 = 8 bars etc...
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By Upright Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:36 am
^yeah that's true. lol :D

By ShaneFontane Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:29 am
or, how about...
16th note
8th note
1/4 note
1/2 note
whole note

???
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By King_Vitamin Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:42 am
yeah except you can't edit note info in step edit by a time sig denominator...

By synthbob Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:28 pm
Er...yeah....sheepish look....its independant of tempo of course !

Thanks all, that java calculator is really really good Upright, cheers !

Cod..thanks, nice quick reference.

Happy bunny...........cheers

By ShaneFontane Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:49 pm
King_Vitamin wrote:yeah except you can't edit note info in step edit by a time sig denominator...


i hear ya, just sayin its just simple math though... cause who talks in ticks when explaining the position of a kick in a arrangement, ya know?
divide or multiply...

ticks | notes
3 = 32nd
6 = 16th
12 = 8th
24 = 1/4
48 = 1/2
96 = whole

By ShaneFontane Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:52 pm
Cod wrote:in step edit the note duration is the same regardless of tempo..

24= 1/4 beat
96= 1 beat
384= 1 bar
768 = 2 bars
1536= 4 bars
3072 = 8 bars etc...


is this really right? im confused... if a 1/4 note = 24 ticks... how can 1 bar = 384... and another note, 1 beat is equal to 1/4 note when in traditional 4/4

something is weird here...
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By Lampdog Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:02 am
The basics.

96 ticks = 1 beat

1 bar = 4 beats.

Do the math from there.

I'd say Cod is correct.

Not hard at all.