If you come up with something great using these samples that’s great! POST IT! Its always nice to see what other people can do with a set of strange samples. If you would like to play around with these samples Subscribe to my channel, send me a message with your e-mail address and I will gladly send you the samples created for this project. Total Cost of all the items sampled, the sound of a 1980’s Nike Air high top getting hit by a drum stick, PRICELESS. Some times its a great challenge to wonder around the house or the thrift store and find the sounds for your next song. One of the most important skills an MPC beat maker can possess is the ability to chop samples in this MPC Renaissance and MPC Studio tutorial adapted from my book, the ‘MPC Renaissance & MPC Studio Bible‘ I take a look at the basics behind developing a quick chopping workflow using the ‘Regions’ chopping method. It seems like allot of people are using prepackaged samples, which is fine, but it can start to make everything you work on fall into a rut.
If I can I try to get my samples from the real thing. Resample allows you to record playback from MPC. External should be selected if you are using an audio source connected to your computers audio input or a connected audio interface. You will need to select between External or Resample. The software, unsurprisingly, plays a key role. People have sent me a few messages asking where i get my samples. Within MPC Essentials, click the Sample Record tab in the Mode Tab Section. A color LCD helps keep your focus on the controller when youre chopping samples or fine-tuning effects.
Sampling, with a zoom H4, trimming samples up and creating a quick song with the MPC 1000, from start to finish.