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By pisnooky Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:37 pm
Everytime I make a beat in reason and sample it into my mpc i don't sound the same, it's like my mpc degrages my beat. I know the mpc has the analog sound but what i i'm talking about is different. it sounds like mush and it sounds much more powerful in reason.I do my drums in my mpc not on reason and it sounds powerful but when i get the beat i did in reason in my mpc it don't got that power. I tried making a wave file and doing usb and it still don't got that power and I tried the analog way record it from my analog board still the same thing. when I do it from my board and turn the board up high I get a nasty hiss.Can someone please help me?

By Concertmate Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:43 pm
When you export a beat out of reason - what format is it in - ie, 22.Khz/44.Khz --- 8 bit/ 16 bit ? Make sure when your exporting out of reason that these settings are optimised.

Are you listening to your beat on the MPC out of the same speakers as when you listen in Reason? - (I know that sounds dumb but I'm thinking of everything I can).

I advise using the USB transfer as opposed to any analog transfer - no degredation in sound quality.

Man I'm stumped, explain in a little more detail how your getting your beats out of Reason.

By pisnooky Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:51 pm
16 bit sampling.I'm using the same monitors for my mpc and reason. My music sounds more full on reason i'll give you a example like my strings sound real full in reason and when i put it in my mpc it's not as loud. Please help me. do you have reason? and it so how do you sample

By pisnooky Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:56 pm
oh yea this is how I record my beats from reason. I turn reason on set up my beat and let's say i got 5 tracks in my but I'll mute 4 and have one track playing all my audio is going threw my analog mixing board "samson mixpad9" my mpc 1000 is also set up threw my board. I go into record mode in my mpc record the track from reason track buy track.

By Concertmate Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:57 pm
Yeah I got 2.5 - but I don't use it all that often. I certainly never compose using it.

When you export - can you play your .wav files in another media player on your computer - does it sound the same or weaker?

I'm trying to identify where in the chain things are stuffing up

By pisnooky Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:02 pm
it sounds full. i use real plAYer and windows media player

By Concertmate Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:05 pm
Man I'm confused.

So does this happen with anything else you sample using your MPC1k. Like a cd or something?

By pisnooky Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:11 pm
i don't sampler cd's but if I have a song on my computer and put it my mpc it sound good just not reason. i'm going crazy

By professor Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:31 pm
I think I read somewhere that reason bounces audio at an automatic -3db decrease to provide for more headroom. just a thought...

By tiger vomitt Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:59 pm
yeah make sure the volume is max'ed out on the program screen. if the master volume is at -12 or -6 it's obviously gonna sound a lot quieter too.

ive had the opposite experience from you- stuff sounds great on the mpc and thin everywhere else.

By elmacaco Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:06 am
definatly sampling level. Doesn't the 1000 normal to below 0 dB ?
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By wordupcuz Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:15 am
why are you sending the beat (melodies i assume) back to the mpc?

i would only do this to tweak the sounds a bit, not even i would do this with whatever recording software i have.

By Concertmate Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:17 am
wordupcuz wrote:why are you sending the beat (melodies i assume) back to the mpc?

i would only do this to tweak the sounds a bit, not even i would do this with whatever recording software i have.


dude could be a few of reasons. Playing live, or cuting up and triggering samples with a much more direct and natural feel since your physically playing with your hands......

Why are you doing this pisnooky?

By Concertmate Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:17 am
elmacaco wrote:definatly sampling level. Doesn't the 1000 normal to below 0 dB ?


your right