StanleySteamer
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Hey guys, I am looking for some tips on chopping and arranging samples. Basically, I use maschine 2 studio and how I work currently is after I find a song and I convert it to a wav file I put it in a folder and locate it on my maschine. Then I load the sample on to a pad and begin to truncate the parts I want assign them on pads. However, I am having a lot of issues lately with the samples either being too long or too short and having that click sound at the end/beginning. I have tried getting as surgical as possible as far as timing and sometimes it doesn't work. I recently came up with the idea of chopping my samples longer and recording them shorter. Basically, if I want a 1 bar sample I truncate out 2 bars and record only 1 bar so that the end doesn't get cut short. This works sometimes however sometimes the sample is too long or doesn't loop into the beginning correctly. After I chop a sample and get somewhat of a good loop I then tune it up or down using my stretch function in maschine and assign it to the tempo of my choosing. Overall I am looking on how I can better improve my chopping/looping in maschine. I assume it has similar sample chopping functions to that of a MPC and what not. After I chop my samples I load them into Pro Tools and beginning dragging all my drums and patterns and what not from maschine into Pro Tools. Sometimes when I watch Rhythm Roulette videos I see producers directly sampling and chopping into Pro Tools. Would this be a better option for me? This is probably an overwhelming and confusing post but if you can follow what i'm saying please hit me back with some advice!