Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By Lampdog Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:52 am
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:Thanks for everything another question is how do i assign the new "timestretched" sound to a pad?


The same way you assign a normal sample to a pad. Check your manual if you aren't clear on it. And while reading actually do it, don't just sit there and try to understand it, do it, it may become clear while you are doing it.
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By Lampdog Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:06 pm
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:Alright good lookin' out everyone! Im going to get the guy who sold me the Mpc to help me with the timestretch issue.


You don't need him, you can handle it on your own. Just KNOW that timestretching on the 2kxl will take FOREVER depending on how big your sample is.

Your better off doing it on computer and then bringing it back to mpc, just letting you know before you pull your hair out.
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By Jacpot Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:18 pm
bpm match works just like timestretch except that it deals with tempo of the sample instead of percentages. It will speed or slow the sample with out changing the pitch. Go into the time stretch screen and click the bpm button. It will tell you exactly what tempo the sample is at currently. If you want to speed or slow the sample you just change it to what ever tempo you want the sample to be at. Once you click do it it timestretches the sample almost immediatly with out the delay that regular timestretch has. I dont know why people never use this option
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By 90'sHip_Hop_Head Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:21 am
Lampdog wrote:
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:Alright good lookin' out everyone! Im going to get the guy who sold me the Mpc to help me with the timestretch issue.


You don't need him, you can handle it on your own. Just KNOW that timestretching on the 2kxl will take FOREVER depending on how big your sample is.

Your better off doing it on computer and then bringing it back to mpc, just letting you know before you pull your hair out.



Lucky for me i have no hair to pull out hahaha thanks for the support man im just going to have to spend alot of time on it and make that manual my bestfriend...
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By 90'sHip_Hop_Head Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:26 am
Jacpot wrote:bpm match works just like timestretch except that it deals with tempo of the sample instead of percentages. It will speed or slow the sample with out changing the pitch. Go into the time stretch screen and click the bpm button. It will tell you exactly what tempo the sample is at currently. If you want to speed or slow the sample you just change it to what ever tempo you want the sample to be at. Once you click do it it timestretches the sample almost immediatly with out the delay that regular timestretch has. I dont know why people never use this option



In bpm there is "source" tempo and "new" tempo am i suppose to change "source" tempo to the original tempo of the current beat and change "new" tempo as many times until there is no gap in the beat?
By Donlong Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:31 am
Lampdog wrote:
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:Your better off doing it on computer and then bringing it back to mpc, just letting you know before you pull your hair out.[/color]


what program do u recomend for doing it on the pc? I have sony acid but dont know how to change tempo on it, or even calculate the tempo of a sample. any other programs?
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By Jacpot Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:46 am
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:
Jacpot wrote:bpm match works just like timestretch except that it deals with tempo of the sample instead of percentages. It will speed or slow the sample with out changing the pitch. Go into the time stretch screen and click the bpm button. It will tell you exactly what tempo the sample is at currently. If you want to speed or slow the sample you just change it to what ever tempo you want the sample to be at. Once you click do it it timestretches the sample almost immediatly with out the delay that regular timestretch has. I dont know why people never use this option



In bpm there is "source" tempo and "new" tempo am i suppose to change "source" tempo to the original tempo of the current beat and change "new" tempo as many times until there is no gap in the beat?

Try it out bro
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By Lampdog Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:01 am
Donlong wrote:
Lampdog wrote:
90'sHip_Hop_Head wrote:Your better off doing it on computer and then bringing it back to mpc, just letting you know before you pull your hair out.[/color]


what program do u recomend for doing it on the pc? I have sony acid but dont know how to change tempo on it, or even calculate the tempo of a sample. any other programs?

Try Jacpots method first. All right there in the box, easy access and all. Also to calculate your sample your gonna have to work on that. Search internet for deepsound calculus sample calculator
By Donlong Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:58 am
Lampdog wrote:Try Jacpots method first. All right there in the box, easy access and all. Also to calculate your sample your gonna have to work on that. Search internet for deepsound calculus sample calculator


cool. as always thanks for the info
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By four eyes Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:16 pm
Jacpot wrote:bpm match works just like timestretch except that it deals with tempo of the sample instead of percentages. It will speed or slow the sample with out changing the pitch. Go into the time stretch screen and click the bpm button. It will tell you exactly what tempo the sample is at currently. If you want to speed or slow the sample you just change it to what ever tempo you want the sample to be at. Once you click do it it timestretches the sample almost immediatly with out the delay that regular timestretch has. I dont know why people never use this option


this is the best suggestion...if you have the loop "on" on whatever chop you are lookin at in trim mode it tells you the current bpm of the chop.

you can either tune it (speed it up or slow it down) until it matches the bpm in your sequence or you can timestretch (what i would suggest) it to be the same bpm as your sequence.
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By eastcoast121 Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:12 pm
Jacpot wrote:I dont know why people never use this option


ive never even used the percentage thing, too confusing for me. ive always used the bpm match but i still call that timestretching. the % thing is confusing cuz you dont know how fast or slow your ganna slow it or speed it up. and why use percent cuz u have to look at the calculator thing which tells you the same thing beat match tells u right?
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By Jacpot Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:33 pm
eastcoast121 wrote:
Jacpot wrote:I dont know why people never use this option


ive never even used the percentage thing, too confusing for me. ive always used the bpm match but i still call that timestretching. the % thing is confusing cuz you dont know how fast or slow your ganna slow it or speed it up. and why use percent cuz u have to look at the calculator thing which tells you the same thing beat match tells u right?

exactly