First I sample everything into the MS-1 so everything can be pitched up and down as required, then into the 303. I'll sometimes use MFX13 EQ on the way into the 303.

I don't often resample with effects. Sometimes a bit of reverb, sometimes delay - both mostly to extend or smooth out sudden chop ends, coz neither effect is all that on the 303.

If I use time stretch on a non-drums sample, obvs it ends up with a load of click-shit over it straight away, so I have to try and hide that with a couple of passes through the filter and/or maybe some panning.

Fake time stretch - If I want to extend a chord or something to fit the tempo of the song coz it ends too soon, I'll resample it to another pad, reverse it and then resample the two to a third pad, playing one after the other with gate to the Korg metronome clicking the pattern tempo, to hopefully make a continuous sound. I use that on most beats.

Fake ADSR - Using MFX20 Voice Transformer but by turning the effect off, the Ctrl 3 knob can be used as a volume during resampling. That's how I get fade ins/outs on samples or soften the attack of a sound.

Once I have the song sequenced, I put all sample volumes down to 50 and then raise or lower them relative to eachother to 'mix', then I play the whole thing through MFX13 EQ for a bit of 'rounding off', into the Boss Micro BR, bouncing that internally through its 'mastering tool kit' limiter for some volume, rendering it as a WAV and then transfering it via USB to t'pooter. Then I put it into Audacity to snip out any pattern swap farts and export again as a WAV.

Basically - KISS..."Keep It Simple Stoopid". I don't worry so much about effects and sounds and mucking about. Getting the samples in tune is half the battle; then it's just a case of bashing them into an effective arrangement.

So say brother Nathan.

Thanks for sharing! The extended chord trick is great!! The bpm artifacts thing used to really annoy me on the OG! Great tips! Appreciate it

Can usually avoid using timestretch on music stuff with chops and then resampling them to a metronome or by doing the extend-y thing if it's the other way.

How, and how well, does the DJFX tuning trick you mentioned work for pitching on a 404? Could only find one vid ont'youtube with it but it was an SP-Vidz one so was therefore an infuriatingly under-researched and otherwise annoying video.

Go back to the OG!!!

Yeah i think it works well! Except you can only pitch down, i think its the middle dial, i used to use the other pitch fx, cant remember which one it is now but it tunes it to a specific note. I miss that radio fx tuner thing as well that can beef up the drums!