bassline with the MPC 2000xl

firework wrote:When i owned the MPC 3000 I would. Sample a few bass notes and filter and/or layer. then I would set the slider to " Tuning " and play the pad containing the bass sample and move the slider up/down til i get the desired groove. worked great and more fun to me then the 16 levels, got good with it too.


Now i just sample a bass sample and loop it and shorten and start and end points til all i get is a contant bass sound, filter and play. this is on my asr 10.

Yup that's what I do on the XL it works good just have to make sure that you leave the slider set to on because otherwise it won't record the sequence you layed down the note will jsut be one note instead of multiple notes.

damn lol my slider is broke....

eastcoast121 wrote:damn lol my slider is broke....

AH that sucks!

deck daddy wrote:Laying bass on the MPC with 16 levels works perfect, have done it for years, and still think it's the best way for me to lay bass. Just play with it, explore, and you'll get it down too. Fine tune, sub the sample and play.

I have always just used one sample with 16 levels, I don't like to edit 16 parameter and mixing and pitching settings, it's enough with one...

been trying to get this down, still haven't found the right sample i don't think...

eastcoast121 wrote:damn lol my slider is broke....

ive never used my slider

Donlong wrote:

eastcoast121 wrote:damn lol my slider is broke....

ive never used my slider

I only used the slider for trimming the sample in trim mode.

Shift+slider when marker is on start or end point.

REALLY good feature that made me work really fast with the XL. Miss that on my 3000.

^yea ive read up on the functions of the slider and you can do basically everyhting you can with the slider in 16 levels mode, that start/end thing is probably the only thing i would find myself using it for.

deck daddy wrote:
I only used the slider for trimming the sample in trim mode.

Shift+slider when marker is on start or end point.

REALLY good feature that made me work really fast with the XL. Miss that on my 3000.

cool thanks for the info i'll use it there!

monsenone wrote:yeah, i actually play the bass. problem is that i cant afford a new bassguitar at the moment + that if i sample something and want it in a paricular pitch, i have to tone my bassguitar after that specific sample.

Or you could just sample your Bass into the MPC and tune the note in there...