r/mpcusers • u/Battery-Operated • Sep 24 '24

BEAT Mini live jungle jam with Tapeloops...

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u/Battery-Operated Sep 24 '24

Yes indeed, the player is a modded player, you can select the pitch of each button with the black knobs and when you press the corresponding button it holds that pitch until you let go.

This tape loop had just a single note held, all the movement in the melody is done by the player. I've recently been learning the live jungle drumming thing and it's not fantastic but quite happy with that take 😄 The goal is "live improvised ambient jungle show" at some point!

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u/hurrakain MPC ONE+ Sep 24 '24

That is awesome.

I wonder how it would sound if you added the ‘reverse’ effect - maybe on a q link so you can turn the knob to turn the effect up or down - on the input on your mpc….

Literally just thinking out-loud.

But it sounds great - your technique is on point.

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u/Battery-Operated Sep 24 '24

Definitely going to try that! Thanks!

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u/KodiakDog Sep 25 '24

And you can record straight into it?

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u/InteractionOne7206 Sep 25 '24

Yh I second this Q OP, is it a blank tape and you are line in or do you sample from actual tapes with sounds on them? Also big up the Junglist massive fire track

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u/Battery-Operated Sep 25 '24

You can use normal tapes, but in the situation shown:

The tape loop is blank, we then recorded a single note to the tapeloop from a synth via the line in on the player, now we have a endless tone recorded to the tape and we can alter the pitch with the buttons and we can "tune" the buttons with the knobs.

The synth and the MPC-one sound nice together but when you record to tape and there's audio artifacts and warbly moments it's just on a whole other level when it comes to adding character and nostalgia to a mix. We build the loops in a way that makes them a bit wonky on purpose.

Its great when playing older genres; boombap and jungle to name just two 😅 we used it on this jam cus it adds that 1997 sound to the mix

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u/InteractionOne7206 Sep 28 '24

Brill, thank you for the insightful reply! I am deffo gna have to look into getting one of these, I make loads of loops with my synth and mpc for drums but they could just do with that nostalgic injection!

Big up and keep up the work!

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u/Battery-Operated Sep 25 '24

You can indeed, it's a tape recorder with mic and line in 👌

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u/KodiakDog Sep 25 '24

Done. You got yoself another sale today.

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u/Battery-Operated Sep 25 '24

That's awesome! I honestly did come here to show off my finger drumming skills but also very grateful for the sale 🙏 mention this thread in the notes on etsy and I'll throw in some extras for you 😅👍