gaps in the chops...

sometimes...my chops don't come out smooth....... what margin value do you guys use...when going into the zone menu to slice your sample.....i know the default is 30.....
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lets say i chop a two bar sample into 4 equal pieces.....and i program it into the sequencer...from chop to chop there's small ass gap...
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i go to the decay in the program screen and put it to zero...for all the chops.... it helps a little... but there's still a gap... its hardly noticeable to the untrained ear... plus its clearly visiable when i record it to adobe audition... when i mute everything just to see how the sample flows...

Normally if I kick the tempo up a little so the chops slightly overlap, it hides the gaps. Like if I chop a 90.5 bpm loop up, i'll set the tempo of the sequence that i'm using the chops in to 91-92 bpms. You could also try to cover up the gaps with your drums.


I think gaps can sound good sometimes though, depending on the overall feel of your beat...

^^^ listen to him.

i do this too. just raise the bpms by half or 1 or even 2 depending. smoothness.

Time Stretch

I always chop everything manually, you can get it just the way you want it. Takes more time but that's the way I like to do it..

the margin value is how much decay is added to ur chops.
0=No decay at all.
100=MAxium Decay.

For different samples that u zone will have diff decays. Just play around wit it. I use like 5 or 6 margin value on drums lately, but i scew wit it all the time

thanks.

Yeah but has any one noticed what this guy is talking about? It's mad annoying, the pads put a little decay on the chops even if you set the decay to zero...

hey guys, saw an old scohol interview with shadow a while ago and he was saying something about assigning 'air' to one of the pads, so like the end reverb decay of a snare, or just like a quiet spot from the break.
he then flys it in with the slider to make the beats flow better and take away that choppy sound.......
dunno if this will help....
enjoy.boywithpez

^^ Thats a pretty good idea. Im gonna have to try that.