Achiveing LO-FI sound.

I just found out that I could get an LO-FI sound by speeding up a sample
like +12.0 and then resampling the sound. After you've resampled the sound then you just pitch it down the same value as increased it with.

The faster you pitch it up the more Lo-Fi the sample gets!

Lots of producers used to do this back in the days to squeeze in as much sampling time as possible from a vinyl record. Check dj shadows early work out! you'l find the Lo-Fi effect there!

So thats how he did it... I was listening to his first album today wondering how he got that extra dirty sound.

using an mpc 60????

djobserv wrote:using an mpc 60????

yeah, it might have also been the mpc60 that has coloured the sound,
but sampling at a higher speed gives you lo-fi sound, since the mpc500 don't have the option of downsampling to lower hz

+ I'm using a s950 (sharing the same engine as the mpc60) in my set up and it doesnt allways sound dirter than my mpc2kxl. matter of fact some sample appear clearer than my mpc's, since the s950 has a much stronger output than my mpc's especially the mpc500.

I know the MPC gave it a nice sound, but if you resampled wouldn't that make it even grittier?