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no they dont give a fuck about the consumer...

you've just got to hope they have enough pride in their own company and reputation that it has a positive affect on the consumer...

look at the way Akai have behaved....they dont care about the consumer, but they clearly also dont really have much ...

it's hard to explain till you start digging.

you learn so much about music by just going out and finding vinyl.

^ agreed

further agreed

if you are going to sample someone else's music at least know a bit about it.....hold the record, know what year it was made, learn about the artist, maybe ...

drunk ideas are the best ideas...

and for what its worth i thought this was a pretty good one...

can you make the pic a bit bigger?

MattCoops wrote:
The low pass is what they did in 90s to get those dope baselines.

and producers deviating from that method is why a lot of modern shit sounds so plastic...

you cant fake the funk with a corny azz VST.....shit just aint the same....

envelope is everything when chopping drums....

if there is reverb on the drum break you are chopping, don't try and ride off that reverb in your drums.....curve the kicks / snares / hihats off and put your own reverb on them....

you gotta get that decay right for each hit......

sounds like you need to learn the low end theory....

that's where you'll get that warmth.....

failing that just find a VST with a bass synth....filter it down low, tune it and play it...

Yeh the most obvious one is to chop all the elements from the same drum break.

The second is to just learn how to choose what sounds go with what and then tune them to each other. But don't overdo it...you don't need 4 kicks, 4 snares, 4 hats etc....

Third is a bit of a simple idea but can be ...

jordanhayate wrote: it was takin the manhood out the kick, like the kick was on some prepubescent type shit

haha.. ... made me laff out loud...

I'm guessing he means LO-FI and maybe pitching?.....

to export into another sampler or DAW or whatever....

due to there being no responses on here.....I would suggest you post this on the MPC forums.....there are quite a few MV users on there...

I've had mine since they first came out and it still works fine other than the fact it doesn't run off the mains anymore....only batteries....

I wouldn't recommend one on its own for making beats personally....its nice as part of a setup but you'll want something with a sequencer....

there are ...

BruteCoan wrote:It will depend how robust the new software from Akai end up being though.

I've been using the software since 1.8 and I've always found it to be pretty robust and stable.....

I started out on Fruityloops & Cool Edit Pro.....then I bought a 2000xl...

it took me quite a while to appreciate it.....I didn't even have the EB16 at first so I was mugged right off without having FX I could just chuck on to stuff like when using software.....

got a Renaissance now and for me ...

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(Cardiff)