Making Beats on the MPC2000XL

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WHat's up eveyone i recently got the MPC2000XL and i am just learning production, i have alot of questions, when recording my drum patterns on to the MPC sequencer is it better to step-record or record in real time? also how do you step-record on the MPC i tried it and it doesn't come out the way i recorded it also. I have made a couple of beats by sampling from vinly but they are just loops. Does any have any tips on constructing a beat from scratch on the mpc? I know nothing when it comes to making beats any advice would be helpful, any producer in CHI area willing to teach me some stuff about making track?
 
I prefer real time recording when on the MPC. I never really even tried to do any step recording so I can't tell you how it should be done. Since I'm still kinda learning the MPC myself all I can really say is that the best way to figure it out is to practice a lot and mess around with all the features. Sampling anything and almost everything is how I figured out some of the things the MPC does best. It's not the super beat machine some cats make it out to be but once you understand it then you can do some pretty dope tracks with it.

Best thing I can suggest is that you cop a scsi Zip drive and the full 32mb of memory for your MPC. That'll give you some space to play with. Then sit back with it for a few days and get used to it.

Keep working at it dog. Shits dope when you get it down. Peace.
 
thaks for the reply dog. I just have 1 question when sampling how can i chop the sample to make it sound a little different add a lil variety to my beats besides just a loop?
 
If you record each drum part on its own track you dont have to worry about messing up as much.
and make sure your timing correction is set how you need. i'll bet you drums aren't coming out correct bcuz its set to 1/8. put to 1/16 or 1/32 depending on how tricky your making the pattern
 
alright so you mean record the kicks on 1 track the the snares on 1 track, hh 1 track etc....
do you have any good tips for sampling i always have a hard time getting my sampled loops to fit in the sequence without it soundung off when it goes back to the beginnig of the loop any tips on chopping samples up to make them sound different
 
Hi_D_Ho_Man said:
... put to 1/16 or 1/32 depending on how tricky your making the pattern
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I was going to suggest the same thing to Napoe82. Quantitize at 1/16th. ;)
 
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Welcome to the wonderful family here at HR.COM, Napoe82. :)
 
Napoe82 said:
alright so you mean record the kicks on 1 track the the snares on 1 track, hh 1 track etc....
do you have any good tips for sampling i always have a hard time getting my sampled loops to fit in the sequence without it soundung off when it goes back to the beginnig of the loop any tips on chopping samples up to make them sound different
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I have the 3000 but its in the shop so i cant look at it to make sure i'm absolutely correct.

well if you sampled a lil peice that you actually didn't want, there a way to cut it out when triggering the sample.
press program/sounds and then press 6(or edit sound.) U gotta read the manual for this one.

you can turn poly mode to mono or off
(mono- the sample stops when the next trigger come in)
(off- when you take your finger from the pad the sound cuts out giving you a "chop")

If you sampled it clean with no extra crap at the begining or end, you can change the tempo so that it fits.
if you dont want to change the tempo you can raise or lower the pitch until it fits the tempo.


hope this helps
 
LAZI said:

Best thing I can suggest is that you cop a scsi Zip drive and the full 32mb of memory for your MPC. That'll give you some space to play with. Then sit back with it for a few days and get used to it.

Keep working at it dog. Shits dope when you get it down. Peace.
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truth told - i'm on my thrid floppy drive and rationing your ram is a bastard



as far as making a beat from scratch, most keyboards let you save stuff on built in pads, record your parts on those and sample them into the MPC as you would from anywhere else.

when recording parts on the keyboard try not to repeat any thing the 2MB that the MPC came with is only 21 secs(mono)
as for a bass line try recording the main key once for 1.5 secs and use the 16 key function to get your different pitches(real memoery saver)
 
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pgm said:
you got a cd out yet?
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No, we've just been doing it amongst ourselves. I'm learning to use Cubase since my MPC is out of it. I'm making out ok so far, I'm only using vst's and soundfonts. I'll post something up soon.
 
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