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The Professah
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Okay, so I have chopped up my sample in ReCycle but i dont know how to put these chops onto my mpk49 or mpc. How do i put these chopped sounds onto my drum pads?
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Try searching the forums. I couple dudes here have the mpk.
It really depends on what software you're using it with. U say you chop'd the sample in Recycle. Are you using Reason?
here's 1:https://www.illmuzik.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22953&highlight=mpk49
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The Professah
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nah i use logic 8
so what are you loading in? Sounds like logic is your sequencer, are you using Battery or something?
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The Professah
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umm im really not sure to be honest. i'm new to the whole production game and im just learnin how to use all this hardware/software. i have logic, recycle and an mpk49 thats it
Formant024
Digital Smokerings
ill o.g.
look up an exs24 or ultrabeat tutorial...basically, you save your chopped loop as a rex and load it it in exs24
http://www.synthsoundz.com/page_3.html
then rearrange the key assigns to the chops so they correspond to how you want laid out on the mpk.
http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/how-to-map-rex-files-in-logics-exs24-sampler/
I bought mpceditor v3 to edit programs for the mpc, it can import a recycle apk file. When you're done you must save it to disk or flashcard.
http://www.synthsoundz.com/page_3.html
then rearrange the key assigns to the chops so they correspond to how you want laid out on the mpk.
http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials/production/how-to-map-rex-files-in-logics-exs24-sampler/
I bought mpceditor v3 to edit programs for the mpc, it can import a recycle apk file. When you're done you must save it to disk or flashcard.
Sanova
Guess Who's Back
ill o.g.
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in recycle go to file>export slices as wav.
might not be exactly like that, its been a while, but thats it. Then just save em in a directory of your choice, then:
1. load them into ur mpc
or
2. load them into your virtual sampler/drum machine.
cheers.
might not be exactly like that, its been a while, but thats it. Then just save em in a directory of your choice, then:
1. load them into ur mpc
or
2. load them into your virtual sampler/drum machine.
cheers.
Like formant said you need a vsti that accepts rex files. Either that or get Propellerhead's Reason and rewire it to Logic so you can use the NN-XT or Dr. Rex.
Abelton Live 7 handles Rex files directly without needing another VSTi or Reason. If you're new to production as you say you may want to go with a DAW with less of a learning curve. Logic will work fine but I don't think it's a daw I would have jumped on as a beginner unless I was in school for music production where you can get a lot more "hands on" instruction.
He doesn't have either homie! His MPK49 is a midi controller and I don't think he knows anything about vsti's just yet.
Formant024
Digital Smokerings
ill o.g.
exs24 is a sample player in logic, it reads rex already so there's no need for anything, check the tutorial above.
Logic is THE daw to start with, you cant assume that production is easy and with logic the first thing to find out is how to arrange your screensets. I mean, i started with a cubse like program, then cubase and then Logic audio platinum 3 (and also ft2), imo logic has the best workflow while both logic and cubase made me understand just about any daw software, even if i havent worked with it before. I dont even understand where the general impression that logic's has a huge learning curve comes from, most of the producers (especialy hiphop) are noobs so no matter what daw, the learning curve is going to be huge anyway.
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The Professah
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hey i really appreciate all the help.. i chose logic cuz its similar to garage band which im very familiar with.. im gonna check out all the links above and see how i do haha
Sanova
Guess Who's Back
ill o.g.
Battle Points: 9
Ooooh, my bad in the first post it said something about an mpc, then the 5th post said mpk only, gotcha.
But yea, Rewire is probably your best bet, its a really seamless interface, but it sounds too technical to rewire one program to the other (and it will look just so on the reason interface) you can always try out FL studio and load your samples on there and mess with VSTi plugins and how to set up your midi controller to both send and recieve midi data if applicable, just to get your feel for Digital Audio Workstations before you jump right into logic.
From the stand point of this guy JUST STARTING OUT I'd say NOT SUCH A GOOD MOVE starting with Logic. That's just my opinion. U yourself really can't speak on it because you didn't start with Logic either. I know you know a lot know but when you first started out? I'm sure it came to you easier because you started with something else a bit easier. Something being EASIER is not a bad thing just like something with a steeper learning curve is not a bad thing. Depends on where you are mentally. Are you wanting to bang out beats, are you wanting to learn all the ends and outs of producing and want a DAW that can handle it all? If he was a student I'd be all for him starting with Logic. Trying to find your way on your own and not even knowing about vsti's?
Come on, anyway, everyone's entitled to there opinion. I'm not trying to make this a logic against everything else thread. Not my intent at all. Everybody has to find there way in the production game. Sounds to me like his goal is to start banging out beats YESTERDAY. Sounds like he should have started with something more conducive to that imo. I'm sure he'll eventually get the hang of Logic but it'll be at the expense of not putting down any music for a minute which is not a bad thing. You need to know your gear!
Formant024
Digital Smokerings
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Ow hell no, not easy lol I was 11 and english isnt my native language so i had my share but it was the way to learn as i had this Juno 106 with full midi onboard. I already knew notater and got to play with Logic on mac in 93 which didnt make much difference, the way you handle the software functions remained. I didnt have an atari btw, my uncle did so i had my hands on cubase and logic and first impressions were that they kinda look the same, same functions etc. My experience comes from the fact that back in the days there was only hardware and midi which made the programs a whole lot easier to deal with. In time a lot of analogue devices and functionality were emulated into the sequencers (not even daw) and midi is very basic when you understand what its capable of doing. Then all the new emulations and technology are easy to catch indeed as you already know half of the daw. Logic audio platinum was the shit when it came out and the price was well, not as bad as when Sound Tools became PT. PT was waaaay to expensive and didnt have a sequencer (you'd smtp to your seq.) but PT did develop the audio engine for emagic. They were the first to bring virtual eq, compression etc. But thats enough about me lol
You'd wish (not you specificaly) that it was just about banging away on a beat but its not, to me a beatcreator is someone who isnt capable of making a track and is stuck at headnodding to a loop (and these people exist, not just when it comes to hiphop).
Ok, let me not speak for those who are convenient in doing so but the most of the producers, new or not, do understand that there's a lot to production so i dont minimize that effort to point out what's beneficial to know as everything in production really matters. In such a case i can only recommend to use the most complete tools like cubase, logic or pt being the obvious picks and they're all heavy to learn when you're new simply because you dont know what you're dealing with. You might know how to sequence in logic, cubase, fl or live but what do you know about mixing and dynamics ? Its part of that learning curve too but it has nothing to do with the daw, if you know the ethics/techniques than logic woud automatically have less steeper learning curve. So there is no excuse not to begin with something like logic, questions are natural to come up and the thing what's really really really great these days compared to my old days is....the internet has all the answers and the logic manual is awesome and huge..but if you dont like reading than it will become troublesome indeed. Who was it that said to hide your money in books lol. But seriously, to anyone new in the game, you're doing yourself short on knowledge not to let you in on the tools of the trade.
You'd wish (not you specificaly) that it was just about banging away on a beat but its not, to me a beatcreator is someone who isnt capable of making a track and is stuck at headnodding to a loop (and these people exist, not just when it comes to hiphop).
Ok, let me not speak for those who are convenient in doing so but the most of the producers, new or not, do understand that there's a lot to production so i dont minimize that effort to point out what's beneficial to know as everything in production really matters. In such a case i can only recommend to use the most complete tools like cubase, logic or pt being the obvious picks and they're all heavy to learn when you're new simply because you dont know what you're dealing with. You might know how to sequence in logic, cubase, fl or live but what do you know about mixing and dynamics ? Its part of that learning curve too but it has nothing to do with the daw, if you know the ethics/techniques than logic woud automatically have less steeper learning curve. So there is no excuse not to begin with something like logic, questions are natural to come up and the thing what's really really really great these days compared to my old days is....the internet has all the answers and the logic manual is awesome and huge..but if you dont like reading than it will become troublesome indeed. Who was it that said to hide your money in books lol. But seriously, to anyone new in the game, you're doing yourself short on knowledge not to let you in on the tools of the trade.
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The Professah
Guest
i was finally able to map out my pads and keys using exs24. why cant i open mp3 files with ReCycle? and how come it only opens aif? I found a way to convert my mp3 files into aif but its such a hassle.
Formant024
Digital Smokerings
ill o.g.
ok you have logic, open itunes drag the mp3 in there, then drag a file from the playlist into an empty track in logic, it will convert it for you.