im aware the 555 can be used as a midi controller as well, but i was watching some video on youtube and the guy on there said you can record from an external source and make it a sample, and all you needed was the usb cable when you used a pc. do i need a audio in cable as well?

id like to be able to use the sample along with fruity loops and various vst synths. so i thought id be able to play something with the synth, record it right then and there, and drop it on to a pad.

thanks in advance for any help and hello to everyone!

what your asking is basically the best feature of the 555.

make the 555 your soundcard in fl and all the audio will go in and out of fruity. allowing you to sample fl to your pads and your pads to fl.

have fun

ok cool, thank you! what if i wanted to do this with like itunes or windows media player, just have some song playing and just record a loop from it...

would i still be able to use JUST the usb cable?

you may need rca to 1/8 inch . but some programs allow you to select an external soundcard

ah, ok didnt think of that. thanks a lot!

another question er 2, didn't feel i should make another topic.


when i try to record a portion of a song it only lets me record about 30 seconds i think, if i want to record more is that possible?

also, slicing up beats, lets say you want a whole drum loop to be cut up so much it spans accross all 16 buttons of one bank, HOW do you slice it up? i know its possible, i have seen a video of it on youtube, i just can't find it now...

not sure how to get really long samples, try importing.

to slice up tracks there are a couple of ways

1.loop capture

this is the way i usually do it. play the loop and press record to start and record again to stop. save to pad. if there is unwanted material then use the start/end/level button to cut off some of the tail of the sample. if that doesnt do it then use the mark button after saving. hit mark the same time as the sample and again where you wanted to end point. if you are grabbing a snare then you are hitting the button pretty fast after the first one.

2. mark and copy

as said before use the mark button to tell the sample where to start and end, then press del + resample to copy the sample to another pad.
on the original pad hit mark while its playing to reset to the beginning unmarked.

this may seem counter intuitive at first, but the advantage is once you get the hang of it it is committed to muscle memory. another upside is you are only slicing the material that is meaningful to YOU, instead of playing randomly selected slices determined by the machine.

then mess around with the different modes, gate, reverse etc. you will see that you dont need auto chop and this way is kind of like a mini-game and is actually fun, i think anyway

very good methods

on this particular video i seen on youtube though, the guy was controlling each section of the beat with one of the ctrl knobs, it seemed like it helped get a better feel for the start and end of what he really wanted in the finished product...

im not so great at the timing yet either, is this something most people eventually get the hang of?

the knob is the start/end/level

knob 1 is the start point

knob 2 is the end point

knob 3 is the volume

but you dont have too much time to work with so you have to be fairly accurate with the marking/sampling

yes, you will get the hang of it in a very short time. you just have to get a feel of the way each thing does what it does. then its a totally unique hands on feeling because you are literally getting your hands on the audio