I got and old berhinger mixer for free that i route everything (synths, mics, drum machines...) to two speakers.

It's given me no trouble at all.

yeah plugging into a synth is rather limited. You get (as previously mentioned) the filters. You also get the vocoder, but putting a guitar through it will sound like s**t and will take quite a creative mind to get it to sound good.

I dont even know if the Q has a vococer.


Good luck!

Word....audacity works. Now I'm gonna be like one of the japanese chefs that cooks right in front of you, except instead of dicing meat im gonna be working with samples.

You can't process realtime audio on the ESX. So essentially you can't use it as an fx unit. I've tried, and really wish i could. But yeah you could sample then put it thru FX.

Alright so I have a program called goldwave that I sometimes use for editing. I think I can record into it. If not, I'll just get audacity or something cheap (Edit: free) like that. All I need is the file of the sample....

Yeahhhh....see thats the thing i don't have any recording software. Can I download a demo of one for free and just use that? I don't want to have to pay a bunch of money for a program.

alright, just got Recycle. Only problem...how do i record (for Sampling) into my computer? I have an interface. what do i do once i plug into it? I probly need a program to record into right? Edit: Wait...once i get my MPC...I could sample into that...save it to a CF card, then put it in my card rea...

Amen. I would say that is the mathematical representation of GAS.

If I see a synth I like and doesn't sound like any I already have...chances are im gonna get it.

Yeah I second the how much question. A few months back i was frequenting ebay, looking to buy one...never ended up doing so.

I dont think the 500 can auto-slice which im bummed about. But I've said it before, I'm used to manually chopping on my ESX. I've been collecting samples I'd like to work with. Some of them I can separate out via start/stop times, but others are more difficult.

s**t yeah thats quite the jump

From standard american name to whacky spanish name. It's a sick name though. You can roll your r's when you say it.

Can you auto-slice with recycle, like you can on one of the more expensive MPCs?

Oh and if you like school of 7 bells, listen to Ben's old band The Secret Machines. Absolutly amazing space rock...theres been a few threads about them. I was heartbroken when he left to pursue SVIB.

I loved his show. Saw him late in november. Pretty accurate description of what was going on. With the combination of the live drummer and the MPC it had a great sound. I was skeptical at first when I saw the drummer setting up, but in the end he really makes things better than Guillermo and the oth...

Thanks for all the input...even the libraries...they give me an idea of whats out there.

So JS when you take these hits, do you have to EQ stuff out thats on top of it? Or do you just find a single hit?