Maschine Sampling

[james]

Hello everyone I am considering getting my own MK2 (I have been messing around with my friends maschine) and was hoping I could get some questions answered first. I have been searching for videos but, could not find anything.

1) When you sample from multiple songs how do you get them to sync up and flow properly?

2) I know you can add effects/manipulate a sample but, can you change the instruments/sounds? Meaning if the sample is a strings piece can you make it a piano like you could with your own beat?


I have never sampled and am trying to see what can be done with them maybe even build tracks with only samples.

 

[OriginalNoGuru]

1) When you sample from multiple songs how do you get them to sync up and flow properly?

2) I know you can add effects/manipulate a sample but, can you change the instruments/sounds? Meaning if the sample is a strings piece can you make it a piano like you could with your own beat?

1) read up on timestretch... This is how you 'sync'
As far as flow my understanding (of what I think you might mean) is that there's a couple of ways... You can just put individual sample on their own pad within a group and then decide what (if anything) chokes what...
If you're wanting to chop 2 different loops then they'll need to be in separate groups... The chops of the Sample can choke within their own group only... So samples group A cannot choke samples in group B...
There are calls from users for a 'Global Choke' facility.

2)
no. A sample is 'audio'
but yes. kinda... You can take the midi and assign it to a different instrument...
Depends on your viewpoint of the diference between a 'sample' and a 'sampled instrument'

I use the MkII and it's the main piece in my setup. Could not do without it (unless you by me the bigboy.)

 

[james]

Thanks.

Question for all.

-What is the best way to sample when importing from itunes? I am converting and usually manually truncate as opposed to slicing. What would be done next do you record or just save the sample?

My goal right now is to build a track using only samples.

-I try watching videos but, many repeat the same things and some are 7-12 min long making the search quite lengthy.

 

[james]

Also, once I truncate a sample how would you go about looping it? I read that you go to zone and switch active to ON but, I got nothing.

 

[OriginalNoGuru]

Also, once I truncate a sample how would you go about looping it? I read that you go to zone and switch active to ON but, I got nothing.

Assuming you've timestretched the sample to the tracks BPM... Just hit the pad.

I've never used iTunes on my computer - just on my ipad/phone - but you need to convert the track to WAV.
If you're using a PC, drag and drop the mp3 (not sure if that'll work from iTunes) into Audacity (free) and export as WAV. Then just drag that WAV onto the pad you want it on.

If you do want to chop up a longer sample, drag it to the 1st pad, truncate, stretch and then slice... If you don't truncate first it won't be right when you stretch
If you slice first you'll have to stretch each slice individually... It's a pain in the ass mistake (that I only made once)

 

[james]

Assuming you've timestretched the sample to the tracks BPM... Just hit the pad.

I've never used iTunes on my computer - just on my ipad/phone - but you need to convert the track to WAV.
If you're using a PC, drag and drop the mp3 (not sure if that'll work from iTunes) into Audacity (free) and export as WAV. Then just drag that WAV onto the pad you want it on.

If you do want to chop up a longer sample, drag it to the 1st pad, truncate, stretch and then slice... If you don't truncate first it won't be right when you stretch
If you slice first you'll have to stretch each slice individually... It's a pain in the ass mistake (that I only made once)

-I had my pitch/gate set to one-shot once I changed it to ADSR and the loop function worked.
-I made the same mistake earlier today. I also hit the pad when I dragged the whole song.



-If I have multiple patterns/groups at 4-bars is there a way to add in a 1-bar pattern without it looping to fill in the gaps?

 

[OriginalNoGuru]

If your scene is 4 bars your shortest clip should loop... Put the 1-bar sample on a different group.

 

[james]

If your scene is 4 bars your shortest clip should loop... Put the 1-bar sample on a different group.

I meant so that it won't loop. For example if the Group 1 pattern is 16 bars long how can I add a 2 bar pattern at the 10 bar?

 

[OriginalNoGuru]

Create a 16 bar pattern and insert the pattern at the 10th &12th bars...

If they need to be 'choked' you'll have to add a sample (maybe a hi-hat hit) to that group (any un-used pad) and assign a choke and insert where appropriate.

 

[OriginalNoGuru]

Create a 16 bar pattern and insert the pattern at the 10th &12th bars...

If they need to be 'choked' you'll have to add a sample (maybe a hi-hat hit) to that group (any un-used pad) and assign a choke and insert where appropriate.

You can bring that hat down in the mix but it'll still choke the initial sample.

 

[james]

Create a 16 bar pattern and insert the pattern at the 10th &12th bars...

If they need to be 'choked' you'll have to add a sample (maybe a hi-hat hit) to that group (any un-used pad) and assign a choke and insert where appropriate.

So, if you had a 16 bar bass line and wanted a 2 bar key progression you would create a new 16 bar group and insert the keys where you want?

That seems a lot easier then I have read suggested which is:

-duplicate the bass pattern, double in twice and then delete the events from the last three bars
or
- duplicate the bass pattern and just make the pattern longer


why duplicate?