i haven't battled in a long time but i feel like the one box rule (+sample only) helped me step up my thinking. you know how people say think outside the box; well the one box rule helped me think INSIDE the box.
on the flip side i always master my music in the computer now, just because i get better levels.

I know the D-beam synth on the 555 is out, what about just using it for some filtering? I mean it has a filter already but the D-beam is easier to do fast wah-wah type stuff...

yo can you mulitrack into a DAW or is it 2-track only?
not for using fx or editing the individual tracks--only to avoid the sequencer and/or resampling a live performance. i will assume its NOT allowed.

Dunno bout this whole idea. if you can't find a way to win a battle with a 202 or a 303, then all the 555's in the world aren't gonna help you.

unless of course people are judging beats based on non-musical criteria, in which case i guess whoever has the best equipment should be winning every time.

i dont think we have enough ppl to do one type of SP only, also it will make the entries less varied I think..

Hi everyone!
I understand the only SP concept and it's ok for me, but can i take in a sound editor (Sound Forge) the samples that i will use, place silence between them and then record it in my SP with the auto divide function?
And when all samples will be aligned, can i apply a normalize to it?

Thanks!

hi man
i think you should do everything on the machine with resampling or tracking with a recorder or a daw and then back to the SP (this is the case of sp202 wich has no resampling at all); external eq and Mastering is allowed when the track is finished. Anyway those are general rules, but battle by battle every battle owner says his/her owns...

Why is DBeam synth out? Unless the battle rules specify I think anything the SP can do is fair. I would hate not to have the subsonic on 404SX avail to me.

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sorry, im a little confused.

when does the battle begin and samples go up?

and when is the deadline?


also. is there a difference between "microwave" battles and "SPBB" ?

sp addict, you have every reason to be confused..!

I suggest the winners/hosts of these last two battles read the rules at the start of this thread, where it states that the SP Forums Beat Battles run on a 7 day submission period followed by a 3 day poll.

Without the routine, deadline & structure, people get bored, submissions drop off and the forum suffers.

The SP Microwave battles were an experiment that worked successfully for a couple months during a time when the regular battles were dragging out to two, three weeks or more. The difference being it worked on a 7-day rolling schedule (much like Stones Throw Battles, for example) beats were 60 seconds or less and anyone could upload samples, not just the winner - so there would always be something to flip at the start of the week.
The SPMB could be kicked into life again by anyone at any time

There are also Resample Challenges which are the least patronized battle here. You generally have non musical source material and can only use that material and 1 SP to make a track. Very fun!

I'm sorry, i don't quite understand the "usable time stretch" exception. I use a 202 so if this could be explained in more detail I would very much appreciate it.

i'd say they're speaking of the 404 timestretch being unusable, it basically modifies the bpm (like a pitch slider on a record player). but the 404 really weirdly chops it up, although probably useful for lofi beats. Sounds like a really bad slow mo on the likes of moviemaker etc
Here's an example of it:

https://soundcloud.com/metalcarpals/sp4 ... ch-example

IMO pre production sample editing should now be allowed given that so many new users have an sp404mk2, and that machine has pitch shifting.

Perhaps even limiting pre-production to pitch shiftng, or other basic sample editing functions. (IE.) No effects.