chopping samples

I usually use equal chops at 16 zones on my 2500 but it seem like there are minor imperfections when I hit the pads I don't know where I'm hitting it too late on a few of em but you can slightly hear it break in a lot of cases... It maybe the tempo... Anyone know how to find the right tempo for the sample? and/or correct minor timing issues with a sample?

you can do 16 equal chops, but if you're chopping something live (like drums) it's most likely not gonna slice the samples where you want them. you have to adjust the start/end points manually.

nah what I'm saying it's just a loop so I hit each pad at the same time but some pads are off by like just a little bit anyway to fix that... and any good effeciant way after you change the pitch and get the sample to loop right to figure out the right tempo exactly?

I mean if I can get the tempo of the sample down I'm gravy... anyone can tell me how that's done?

Practice and the Tap tempo button

i heard there was a way to do it where the 2500 would tell you what the tempo was

SeanLee wrote:i heard there was a way to do it where the 2500 would tell you what the tempo was

Yeah there is. Take your full loop(before chopping it up) assign it to a pad,go to the main screen, press rec, hit the pad at the start of the recording, adjust your bpm until the sample loops perfectly or

you can use the site below. enter in the amount of the length of the sample (that's the really long end number on the right hand side of the trim page i.e 1685473 your sample end number ) and the calculator will tell you the bpm of the sample of course you'll need to enter the time sig and amount of bars for it to work properly( scroll down the page it is near the bottom It's called "To find the bpm of a loop when its length in samples is known ") Both methods work great!!1


http://mp3.deepsound.net/eng/samples_calculs.php

If you go to the Trim page and press edit, then go to timestretch, there is a detect tempo function there.

Rozzer wrote:If you go to the Trim page and press edit, then go to timestretch, there is a detect tempo function there.

Rozzer, is it really accurate?? I mean in my experience it usually gives me some pretty wacky tempo readings. Is there maybe something I'm doing wrong??

I never use it tbh. Just pointing out that its there

The manual mode should work fine. You just need to know how many beats in your sample. Can't imagine the auto detect is much cop unless you've got a 4/4 kickdrum loop.

what about setting your samples to the specific beats that you want them on and then changing the bpm of the sequence until it sounds right

Practice!!! And learn to create dont let the machine do it for you

Unless you have a sample that you prefer to be in stereo, I would use the chop shop function to chop up a loop. first use the tap tempo button to give you a rough estimate on tempo. then in the trim screen use the chop shop function. put the threshold level somewhere in between 65 - 75 depending on the sample. assign each chop to a pad in program mode.

Now in the main screen use the tempo that u got with the tap tempo button.
Let's say you have about 10 chops (each assigned to different pads from your 2 bar loop) Press record and play each chop one after the other so your loop is on beat no matter what. this way you can adjust the tempo and it will still be on beat. remember chop small is the key.

hope I explained it right, just seems to be faster and allows more breakdowns and variations this way.