Alright, my last reply here on this. Feel free to write back, but don't expect me to.
Antonym wrote:wrong. let's go through this piece by piece. first, know that i don't use auto chop, i use the divide and conquer technique which is recycle-fast and incredibly accurate. i also no longer zoom in all the way (though it would be very easy to do so) because it's less clicks of a button to use the ear - plus you can always edit individually in trim if you've left too much space.
since when did i say i ever wanted to be dead on the transient? leaving space before the peak is "automatic time shifting." i leave a little space (and i mean LITTLE) to offset my snares, hats, and upbeat kicks.
poorly sliced samples are not often among my criticisms when people listen to my works in progress.
Of course nobody would notice that. Compare the difference and they might. If you purposely want to leave some space at the start, that's your decision. Personally I'd trim the fat from the sample and just use a timing correct offset in sequencer. Put it this way, the tighter your production, the more people are gonna be able to feel the groove and dance to it. That's the test for me with any track, is it tight, can I pop to it?
By the way, the loop points in your voice samples are off. Not sure if they're meant to be like that? Extreme Sample converter is a good program for crossfade loops.
you have the ability to set a qlink to "sample start" on the mpc1000 (another feature i forgot to list earlier), so very often
I knew about this, the 4000 guys were always asking for it. You never know, the 500 may have that one day. Nothing to stress over.
minus that last part, leaving near-inaudible space before certain hits has been used for a LOOONG time. for someone who previously lauded "chopping by ear," you yourself should already know this.
By ear if you're doing everything on the MPC. Listen for the loudest peak, not just the first tiny click.
DC offset
corrected post MPC in sound forge. this doesn't stop me from programming a song in the mpc, which is the writing tool not the printing press.
I noticed a couple through a random check in Soundforge. Nothing major of course. Ones not starting on zero.
i used to be a stickler on crosspoints, before i realized it was a waste of time if you use the noggin. my drum programs have a default attack of 1, which creates an automatic zero crosspoint.
That's one thing that used to irritate most MPC4000 users, the default attack of 1. Sure, you may not notice it on a lot of sounds, but others you will. Still, editing by ear where you could end up with start points off axis, it might be useful. Depends on how you work. I'd still edit my samples properly on the computer and not have to worry about it.
it just takes a friendly gander at the MPC1000 jj forums to see otherwise. myself and many many others are actively using "that stuff." simple truth: you have more access to deep programming capabilities WITH these functions as opposed to without.
Well, good for them. There's still a lot of people out there making killer tracks on the MPC60, SP1200, MPC3000, MPC2000 etc. I'm guessing these are people like myself and other MPC500 users who can still get the job done regardless, and in my case be happy about getting it done without all the bells and whistles.
i thought your big concern was portability? and aren't you judging this whole speed thing from the 4000? you forgot that the 1000 operates at a way faster speed.
Portability of course, but only for making tracks or composing on the go. Not editing samples or sound design. Unless perhaps being creative and recording some live sound through a mic straight into the MPC500. Plus, I don't sample loops off vinyl.. gave up doing that back in 1993. But since then have recorded various musos whose parts I've sampled and chopped, and any keyboard parts I'll play myself. Anyway, I just use one big ready to go bank of sounds for multiple tracks and use single sequences for entire songs, rather than pasting together multiple sequences in song mode.
The speed I talk about is how quick I navigate the interface. With just a 2 line lcd on the 500 and the data wheel it's quick. No having to continually move a cursor around the screen which would slow me down on the 4000. That's all.
why because you don't understand either?
Well it's obviously a piano roll. If people actually use that, then good luck to them. Wouldn't have the patience myself.
