QUESTION_effects before chops or chops before effects?

[springwater]

sounds like a dum question since i kinda know the answer but i havent had any luck. my stupid ass chops then adds effects which is prolly not the best way to do it since you end up adding effects to every sample and having to resample everything. but i have a 808 with auto divide so i just add an effect and resample the pads, hitting em one by one and the machine will slice out the gaps and distribute em to pads. with the 555 i was a retard doing it this way.
but whats the scoop?
mash it all up then chop it. makes sense and its kinda weird that i have yet to do that.
just wondering
peece

[dman5000]

i think it prob depends on the effect,,, if i was using reverb or delay or something like that i would chop first..... but with something more uniform like distortion it might save time to effect first. why not try doing the effect resample and the chop resample at the same time

[toadMoneyyy]

I almost always chop then add effects. Adding effects after will often help to smooth out the gaps between your chops and tie them back together in your new sequence. Also it lets you tweak the amount of effect you have on each chop, so you can go the opposite sounding route and have each of your chops from the same sample sound like they're in a different space. Ie: "building" the amount of filter on each chop or accentuating the offbeats with reverb while leaving the other beats untouched.

ALSO also you're not tied to one effect because you "baked" it into your original sample. You can chop the same sample six different ways and with six different sets of effects and aren't handcuffed to an effect that you used when recording.

[springwater]

nice tip, thanks!