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    Need some advice...

    Just want some advice from heads on how they go about keeping variety in their beat. After the general vibe how do you all go about mixing it up. I"m making my beats to rhyme over....not just to have play out....so I'm not trying to get them all complicated just for the sake of it. If you...
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    Recording good sounding vocals

    Hey Ace, since you've been doing such a great job at helping me with my recording questions, I'll throw another one at you. This one is in regards to recording the beats. I'm using an MPC 2000XL. Now once I get my beat finished on that and ready to record on my first track would you just...
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    Recording good sounding vocals

    Thanx again for your help, Ace. I think I'll take your advice. Being that I record at home do you think I"ll run into problems with the condenser. I mean, I record in a small room...do you think that I will run into problems picking up "little" sounds being I don't have this room all padded...
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    Recording good sounding vocals

    Yeah, I have a stage mic....and I get plenty of signal/power from that....so I dont think I'll need a preamp.....I'll look into a pop screen of somekind....someone else told me that a simple wind guard (that I always think looks like a muppets nose) works pretty good. Thanx for you help. Last...
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    Recording good sounding vocals

    Hey, thanx so far for the reply's. I understand the whole imput/rec. level thing. I am getting good at that. I am wondering though, should I spend money on a preamp or what? What exactly does it do? Is it somethiing I simpy plug my mic into then plug the preamp to my recorder? Also I have...
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    Recording good sounding vocals

    I'm in the process of recording my vocal tracks to some beats that I have already recorded. I'm using a Zoom MRS 802CD recorder which I really like for the price range. Anyway, I just want some general ideas of how you guys go about doing your vocals. I'm not big into a bunch of tricks...I...
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    Recording Levels

    I'm doing some recording now on my Zoom Digital recorder. I just finished recording my beat and vocals on two seperate tracks. Now it's time for a mixdown. MY question is this....do you like to keep your beat at a higher volume than or vocals or visaversa? Or do you liketo keep them at the...
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    MPC Production Question

    It's pretty simple really....I'm a teacher/coach....I have my summers off....I love hiphop and one day I started researching equiptment because I wanted to get into making beats. Sure, I'd love to get into the "game" and have my stuff used....but mainly it's for my own personal interest....I...
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    MPC Production Question

    What's up people? I've had my MPC 2000XL for almost a year now....I've gotten the hang of using it and feel pretty comfortable with it for what I use it for.....I'm not in it for the money...just like to do it for a hobby....but I do feel I'm pretty good at it. Anyway, I was just wondering if...
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    Making beats and dropping lyrics question

    I have a mixer that I use for my turntables....would that work?
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    Making beats and dropping lyrics question

    Ok....I do this just for the love....I'm not trying to make money...just something to give to my boys to listen to. I want to keep it real pre-historic. I have an MPC that I make my beats with. I also have a 4 track recorder. Obviously nothing high tech. I plan on recording my beats to one...
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    Still Need help loading CD-R sounds/samples

    I appreciate your help.....Yes, I feel stupid.....I have the manual.....I thought I was following it pretty good.....but for whatever reason I am not doing something right......I understand your "walk before you run" analogy...I use it with my students from time to time....but I also tell them...
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    Still Need help loading CD-R sounds/samples

    I forgot to mention that I don't know how to load them manually either.....Like I've said, I'm new to this whole MPC thing.....so I'm starting from point A.
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    Still Need help loading CD-R sounds/samples

    Ok, I"ll try to explain it better.....yes, my CD-R works....the CD's have been used with other MPC's and it says it right on the case.......anyway, I just can't get the samples to load automatically....plain and simple and I want to. As far as knowing if they are the correct APS and All files...
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    Still Need help loading CD-R sounds/samples

    Hey, I appreciate the help I've gotten so far with my MPC2kXL.....Here's my next question. I have an external CD-R with about 5 CD's full of different sample sounds.....anyway, I can't get it to load. It hooks up fine and everything and when I connect it it shows it as a SCSI 1.....and i can see...
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    Loading samples from a CD-R

    Yeah, its an SCSI drive and it is supported by the MPC.....it also comes up on my screen, but that's about all I can tell you....I don't know a whole hell of a lot about this technical stuff. I know when I put in a zip disk it loads it automatically.....but it doesn't when I switch to the CD-R...
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    Loading samples from a CD-R

    What's up people? Ok, I just got my CD-R hooked up to my MPC and I can't figure out how to get the samples to load. I have like 5 cd's full of different drum kit samples and stuff, but once I put the CD in the drive I'm a bit stuck. I've tried following the manual but I want it to load up...
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    Introduction

    I've been coming to this site for the past month or so and finally joined. I've been a hiphop fan since I was 11...back in '83. Things haven't changed...still a huge fan, but not so much with the new school stuff....I guess I'm getting too old for the bling bling thing. Anyway, I'm a...
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    question about my new MPC 2000 XL

    Just got my new MPC earlier this week and I'm just beginning to learn how to use it. I'm starting from scratch. I'm trying to download the manual (didn't get one) but my computer is not helping me out so far. Anyway, I'm trying to learn how to make a basic loop. Here are my question: 1-is...
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