This tutorial shows the basic controls and features that allow you to chop your samples.
I show how to do this manually or using autochop, as well as what settings you need to use to make your samples cut each other off (pads cut each other off)
These are common techniques used when composing sample based music, so it’s always good to know how to accomplish these tasks in whatever sampler you are using
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that's whasup fam, glad to help!
been sampling all day since i seen this video! this vid helped me a lot!
that's whasup!! glad you found it useful!
choke groups…now I get it…hahaha.
word!
Nice.
thanks
Thanks StJoe… you cleared up the difference between Apply and Apply To for me!
BTW, I love how you pronounce polyphony… must be a KANSAS THANG! LOL 🙂
polyphony lol…polIFony lol…I say it a few ways ahahahaha, I hear people pronounce it differently so I just use different ways to say the same thing lol
Okay, question… I have a single group and in that group, I have 3 sounds (one on each pad) and each one has been sliced 3 times, so a total of 9 "samples". How do I get all of them on a single pad so that I can play all 9 samples from the same pad? Do I have to use the map for that?
if you want to play them all at the same time you can use the pad link, I'm assuming that's what you mean? Why do you want them on the same pad?
When I load a drum kit or instrument, the samples are triggered only for as long as I HOLD DOWN the pad, but when I manually sample something using this method, the samples play to the end of each slice when I hit the pad.
Can I change it so the slice only plays for as long as I hold down the pad, and stops playing if I release it?
OK, so I figured out I need to change the sound’s TYPE to ADSR… but can I apply that to a whole group at once?
No, you can’t apply it to a whole group at once, you have to do it individually unless you chop everything to the same pad using “apply”
I get this, but have a question: I used autochop on some loops, then manually edited the start/end points, then did an ‘apply’ action. Now I want to use those same edit points and ‘apply to’ (a different group), but I can’t bring back the ‘apply to’ option! The only way I can get it back is to go into ‘slice’, but that makes me start all over and ignores my previous manual edits that I have in pad mode. I know I can do it again and ‘apply to’ but it’s perfect right now and since I already did… Read more »
You can’t go back, unless you go back into the slice menu, you don’t need to apply unless you’re done editing, if you want to apply to (put on different pads) you have to do it from the slice menu, so as it is you will have to go in and do the slicing again pretty much and choose apply to.
Also, there seems to be another difference between ‘apply’ and ‘apply to’, besides gthe fact that you can ‘apply to’ a different group.
With ‘apply’, none of the pads light up when not being triggered.
With ‘apply to’ all the individual chops light up when not being triggered.
Is there any practical difference here, or is it just cosmetic?
apply chops the sample “in place” as in, it puts all the slices within one pad and puts the pad in keyboard mode, when you “apply to” that puts each slice on it’s own pad, basically it copies the sample to each pad and sets the slice points to each pad only plays the chop it’s supposed to. The pads don’t light up because the sample is really just one pad in keyboard mode.
Thanks Joe!
no problem!
what am I doing wrong. I go to duplicate and its just blank. I ran thru a few more pads and it duplicated on fourth pad but not the others….
Hold duplicate, it the pad you want to copy, then hit the pad you want to copy it to, don’t let go of duplicate until you’re done copying.
Apply-To a group was exactly what I was looking for!!
Just got my maschine yesterday and have made 8 beats the same day, and 6 are bangers.. The great part is how fast I made them! Definitely worth my money so far
Dope son!
Lol…thats a good ratio for just gettin maschine.6 bangers out of 8 tracks.
My radio was 1 banger out of 10 when i first got mine..lol
Lol knock, I’ve seen you make some bangers too!
The workflow and library organization in maschine is more than I could ask for.. Making new beats/getting them started is less of a chore now!
So the theme now of my studio is focused on workflow and complete integration, rather than a bunch of gear.
>=)
Workflow is the name of the game with maschine man!
Is it possible to change the bpm of a loop? In slice mode I changed bpm manually then apllied to pads. But when I record patterns, the bpm hasnt changed. Am I missing something?
No, that’s just for helping calculate the slices and where it puts them in the auto generated pattern, you can use autoslice to change bpm the old school way meaning once it’s chopped up you can change the bpm a bit and it will follow since it’s chopped, but if you don’t want to use the chops as they are exactly in the sample then you just have to play them yourself. Maschine doesn’t have timestretch yet but there are ways to do a lil bit here and there using pitch/tune.
Question, if I chop my sample into 32 how do I get to the other 16 pads to play?
Pnutz
Click apply instead of applying to a separate group, then you will be in keyboard mode. Hit the pad mode button, and you can use buttons 7 and 8 at the top (last two buttons on the controller) this will let you change which notes the pads play.
so I can only chop max 16 pads per group manually (without using the keyboard mode)?
that is correct
so is there a way after chopping some pads manually to consolidate them on one pad. Because I like the workflow with duplicate and normally chop more than 16 pads…
you could use this method
https://maschinetutorials.com/how-to-build-a-drum-kit-on-a-single-pad/
As always you got the truth!
good lookin fam.
Pnutz
Glad to help fam
Every video I have seen online including this one uses a sample already set into a perfect loop, so slicing is very easy to do. What if I was sampling a whole song and I wanted a 4 bar loop out of that song that started lets say 2 minutes into the song. I then find my Start and End points of that sample loop I want. Now lets say I want to slice ONLY that section. once I hit Slice Maschine will then direct me to Slice the whole song? I only want to Slice my highlighted section, the… Read more »
Its all good. I figured it out. I just have to hit Truncate. Not used to this coming from a MPC2500 running JJOS2. Never even heard of Truncate. lol
Ahh yes lol, didn’t see this one. Truncate is actually a feature we requested as former mpc users, similar to cut or delete, just lets you work with a specific part.
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It’s all handled via paypal fam, they will deduct it automatically from your paypal account every 30 days yo, we don’t cut the lights off on anyone, power in your hands son lol.
waddup SJ. this is KHZ. was checking out the vid on sampling. got a question. what is the purpose of the BPM thingy on the controller? i’ve never used it. is it really that accurate?
Some people use chopping as a way to time stretch a sample, so it helps them in that way. I never use it myself but some people do. Helps to know what tempo the sample will work good at I suppose.
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nevermind. found the tutorial. love the site. its worth it!!!
That’s whasup bruh! Glad you like it man, we work hard to make it the spot to be!
Just signed up, this is so helpful.. thank you so much for making this website!
Welcome to the fam! Let us know if you have any questions!
Question, I can’t get real accurate with my start/stop points. For instance, I’m trying to sample someone singing “I can’t stop loving you’. But I can only get my points around ‘i cant stop love’ or ‘i cant st-‘. If that makes sense. I did find that I can get in more exact if I zoom in but is there a faster way? Like a snap or step I need to set?
Only by zooming, or using shift when turning to move slower/finer. Are you on the Mikro or the big Maschine?
Also for fine edits it’s sometimes better to use the mouse and screen.
Meant to mention I’m on the Mikro.
Ahhh yes, the Mikro doesn’t allow you to get as fine with the detail, but you can try pushing down the knob when you edit and it will allow you to edit in finer movements.
Ok I’ll give it a shot. Thanks. Nice site too by the way. Definitely resourceful.
Cool man, glad to help!
What would be the best way to go about chopping a small part (acapella) out of an entire track? I downloaded an acapella that I wanted to get a quick 2 second audio sample from, loaded the entire track into machine but it would only let me chop it up into 16th’s. When I went into the sampler on the hardware to turn the knobs to highlight the part I wanted sliced out, it wouldn’t do it. I was having issues in logic trying to chop it which is why I tried using maschine. Also, is there a sample chopping… Read more »
Easy… say the whole song is on pad 1. Go to sample edit and put the start point like 3 seconds before the part you want to sample. Now go to Pad 2 (make sure its empty of course) hit the sample button and make sure the source is set to internal. Hit the “Start” button in the Right Led Window and it will sat “Wait” now simply hit the first pad and hold it down until the full part you want to sample plays…and after its done hit “STOP” which will also be in the Right LED window. ….hit… Read more »
got the first part with pad one but didn’t see anywhere to set it on internal although I was able to set it on empty pad 1 and scroll through on the machine to get it down to about 4 seconds. After that I zoomed in closer and was able to set both lines in the sample bar to isolate just the sample I needed. Seems like that worked or am I doing it wrong? Although nothing was actually cut, I got the pad to play the part of the track I wanted to use.
That’s fine if that’s all you want, also, you could duplicate that to another pad, then in the sample edit window hit “truncate” so that it will remove the rest of that large file and only leave you with the part you want.
Oh ok, I did see the truncate. Ill try that. Thanks!
No problem, there are many ways to work with your samples in Maschine, it’s all in how you like to work 🙂
video is down saint joe ..so i got my sample to truncate then when i try to play it on the pad it won’t play so i go back into the sampler module i think its called and take it off adsr and back to one shot. I’m kind of lost as far as sampling and making a beat, I’ve already made a beat with the massive sounds but sampling seems like a complicated thing….what video do u have up can help me to make a beat after i have my loop truncated and ready for drums….what step am i… Read more »
This video is working as well, let me know what browser you’re using. Adsr means you have to hold the pad to make sound, if you put it on oneshot you can hit the pad once and it will play all the way through. Loop is only going to work when using adsr, it allows you to hold the pad and sustain the sound at the loop point, we have some videos that shows how to use the loop option, checkout the video on using oneshot samples and single cycle samples. In terms of sampling, checkout the whole sampling category… Read more »
Copy thnks….I got the ear for this its just the patience I have to work on
No doubt, we all have to learn the process, the more you do it the better you will get, keep at it and let us know if you have any questions!
ok what video do u have that can help me with laying drums after i got my loop…the majority of vids i see are still kind of advanced and i need a step by step process because i kno im missing something…when i hit shift record to try to lay a pattern down with just the sample its doesnt record or loop…if i have looped enabled the sample now doesnt play at all just a weird tubeish type of sound..this is all after ive already truncated the sample and i have the start and end perfect the way i want… Read more »
You’re confusing loop mode, you don’t need that on at all unless you’re trying to make a small sample sustain like a playable instrument. Just set your start/end and trigger it either via oneshot or adsr mode, leave the loop mode turned off.
As for making a drum pattern, check this out https://maschinetutorials.com/how-to-sequence-your-first-beat-in-maschine/