Post your questions, opinions and reviews of the MPC1000. This forum is for discussion of the OFFICIAL Akai OS (2.1). If you wish to discuss the JJ OS, please use the dedicated JJ OS forum
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By Starrskee1980 Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:02 pm
I'm still fairly new to the MP 1G, im f***king with JJ Evans III (lol) Im curious about the patched phrase tho. I presume it has something to do with spreading a samp over the pads in different ptiches. How is it done. I messed with it but im trapped in ignorance .I'm thinking That would be good for my Basslines. Let me Know! or Where i can find some knowledge
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By mesaone Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:07 am
a patched phrase works in a similar fashion to ACIDized WAV files.... Basically it's chopped in a way that will follow tempo changes, so it will always be the same length in beats.
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By rinseout Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:19 pm
It´s too inflexible.
You basically chop up a loop but can´t rearrange those chops at all. It will only give you a usable result with drumloops (with space between the hits). You cant have the loop playing from any point other than the very beginning.
The comparison to acid´s tempo matching is misleading, it´s not timestretching and you can´t rearrange the loop.

Nicky Santoro wrote:it depends on what your creating

...yeah, and i can´t find a use for it. To each his own, i see it more as a gimmick.
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By BDRAKE Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:41 am
They're right. Only for drum loops it's good but thats it. I rarely use but it could come in handy if you like using drum loops.
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By trunk Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:08 pm
Have to disagree with the naysayers on this one. I'm new to the 1000, got mine last month and have only done a few projects with it at this point, but on the current one I'm working on I decided to try patched phrase as well as sliced samples for a drum break I sampled off vinyl. (Why not try both?) So I ended up using the patched phrase version for a few tracks; I don't know, maybe it's just the particular break you're using that will make it sound good or not. One thing that sucks is that it converts the sample to mono automatically and I'm pretty sure there's no way to change that. Still, it's a tool to play with if nothing else. You might find some use for it down the road depending on the drums you use.

Peace,

BG

ps--Forgot I wasn't on the JJ OS forum; I should admit that I'm using JJ OS 2 ver. 1.21
By ONE Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:12 am
The only use for PP is when you are on a mission to figure out every feature of your OS. Down the line you become a better beatmaker and realize the hassle of PP, it only works ok on drum loops and the inflexibility of it makes it not so useful, and therefore you stick to regular chopping.

Some one said it perfect...it's a gimmick. Nothing more nothing less.