recording while a sample is playing

ccw · Post by **ccw** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:36 am

hi guys,

i'm working with sp-404, and what a beautiful machine it is.

i just can't understand how can i record a drum pattern while a sample is playing, i know how to record, but when i set the recording the metronome starts and every pad stops.. any help please?

thank you.

m.

Dr Van Nostrand · Post by **Dr Van Nostrand** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:34 pm

can't do it all in the machine....but you can record something out, play it on somethin externally at the same time that you play your drums......gotta figure out a way to work around though cause you can't do it in the box

ccw · Post by **ccw** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:52 pm

thanx dr.van,

i think so, but i saw a clip on youtube where a guy press a pad, a sample starts and while it plays he recorded a drum kit in real time on top..

any ideas?

Dr Van Nostrand · Post by **Dr Van Nostrand** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:04 pm

post the video and we'll take a look

CamiloM · Post by **CamiloM** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:42 pm

I think what you mean is this:
1. enter pattern mode
2. press rec and select a pad where you want to record the pattern
3. press rec again to start and put the sample on the first beat of each bar (the bpm of the sample must match the bpm of the pattern)
4. play the drum sounds to record them

Dr Van Nostrand · Post by **Dr Van Nostrand** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:59 am

oh damn, i don't know why i wouldn't think of that, press start/end/level once recording and use knob 3 to turn down the volume of the metronome, you can record stuff in, it'll stay loopin, then you can add and delete stuff at will, or go into rehearsal mode (press rec to go in and out) and just smash pads to your content

ccw · Post by **ccw** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:24 am

thanks guys,

yeah what i meant was to record without a metronone, so turning it down it would work. i'll give it a try tonight.

anyway the clip i saw on you tube is this one:

beats on top

as you can see in the clip this guy records drums while a pad is playing, and i think the metronome is the key.

thanks to all again.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:19 am

ccw wrote:anyway the clip i saw on you tube is this one:

beats on top

can everyone with a Youtube account please give
BYCKREW's comment (get a fuckin mpc fuck that thing.) a big thumbs down?

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:40 am

No prob Drewzle. If that dude is such a MPC fan why is he searching for SP videos.

ccw · Post by **ccw** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:36 pm

ok. i finally made it.

i can record while a pattern is playing only turning off the metronome.

but i have another question, i set a lenght loop to 2 or 4 no matter how long it is, but after 2 beats i have 2 empty beats and then again the sample back to play, why the pattern doesn't loop? or it loops but with 2 empty measures in between... i don't know.. any help please?

thanx

Dr Van Nostrand · Post by **Dr Van Nostrand** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:36 pm

classic problem, 99% probably have loop turned on for the pad, so every time the pattern resets it "presses" the button, which turns the pad off, then around again turns it back on, you don't need loop on when you have a pattern runnin

ccw · Post by **ccw** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:29 am

yes i think so Dr.

anyway when i record a drum pattern alone with no pads playing everything is ok.

thanx for the support.

my love for this machine is growing day after day.

ccw · Post by **ccw** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:36 am

yes i think so Dr.

anyway when i record a drum pattern alone with no pads playing everything is ok.

thanx for the support.

my love for this machine is growing day after day.