The CHOP mode button is centre top of the QLINKS panel, as circled above. If you want to view the waveform in more detail, head over to the GUI – in the PANEL STRIP make sure the Q-LINKS panel is activated: You’ll now be in CHOP MODE – here’s the view in the hardware UI: In the SAMPLE EDIT screen press the Trim ( F1) so it changes name to Chop. Lets chop this break into a number of smaller regions which we can then assign to a DRUM program and use to create a completely new drum break.

It’s a looped drum break, with a tempo of 85.0 BPM. Go to SAMPLE EDIT > TRIM ( F1) and have a listen to the sample by hitting the ‘ Play Sample’ pad 10. Select the ‘ Dirty Break’ file using your cursors and hit Load ( F6) to load this sample into your project. Go to the BROWSER and navigate inside the folder you just downloaded (detailed instructions for using the BROWSER are covered in chapter 2 of the book).

Start with a new blank project by hitting CMD & N (or CTRL & N in a PC). Basic Chopping Using the Extract Function Unzip and copy the files to a preferred location on your computer such as your desktop or ‘MPC’ Documents folder.

Before You Startīefore starting this tutorial, download the project files so you can recreate all the examples in your MPC as you read. One of the most important skills an MPC beat maker can possess is the ability to chop samples – in this MPC Renaissance and MPC Studio tutorial adapted from my book, the ‘ MPC Renaissance & MPC Studio Bible‘ I take a look at the basics behind developing a quick chopping workflow using the ‘Regions’ chopping method.

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