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This really applies to using any kind of software sampler through a sequencer like cubase What i want to do is load a sample into intakt and control it via a midi track in cubase The thing i can't do is effect the volume in real time when the sample is triggered Using vsti's the main volume midi controller changes the volume after a sound has started playing, unlike velocity which determines how loud it is triggered to begin with With the samplers (Intakt or battery) only the velocity controller effects the sample level Once it has started playing i can't fade the sample Is it possible without editing the sample?

yeah, probably my fault i think it's maybe cos with sigmas he did the same scratch a few times and i tried each one to get the one that looped the best your set sounds good though dub, without a doubt

it's just an opinion

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agreed, to play the live compositions then you have to have great skill but some skilled people who could play a composition like that might not be able to come up with it in the first place so even someone with the best technique might not be able to compose a track

i think you could compare it to being a drummer drummers learn pretty much the same skills so you can get some brilliant drummers but a lot have no clue on the musical side then you get people who start by playing the drums and it brings their musicality out and they move on to doing other instrumentation too

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three r's and a p - i like it i think the rhythm is a big part someone who plays an instrument has the feel for different rhythms in the notes this is what i think scratchers learn as they progress, when they can do techniques they start to put sratches in triplets and other rhythms, so there aren't just 4 sounds to every beat etc then things like varying the pitch come in i think these are things a person with a musical background would have by default, but they'd still need to scratch to understand how certain techniques affect the sounds so a person with a musical background could pick up enough techniques to make decent scratch composition type tracks without too much trouble people who scratch can then also pick up the things a musician has to start with, but not everyone would pick up the musical things so you could get people who were excellent at scratching but the musicality goes over their heads cos it's just not in them people who do have it in them will get it brought out by the rhythm and techniques involved in learning to scratch jesus, i don't know if i'm even following this now

the oxygen is the kind of thing i was looking at i really only need something to play notes with - like you said, it's so much easier finding sounds/notes with a keyboard than clicking on screen i'm after just anything cheap for now - if i find i really use it a lot i'd probably get something like the novation remote - that looks wicked thanks

i'm looking into small controller keyboards at the moment, you got any advice o2k? or anyone else?

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good vid - so a pinch is 'move thumb, move finger, move thumb, move finger' etc but not really moving the wrist?

haha, probably right on - you can! thanks for the vid mate, i'll check it out too

thanks can you go faster with pinch? or is it just so you don't snap your wrist off?!?!

cool, i got them the other day, haven't watched his yet thanks

yeah, i've seen that mentioned before, can't follow it to be honest to me, if you pinch, you press your thumb and finger together need to see a vid i suppose

i can only really cut by pinching the fader and moving my wrist - at least for faster stuff i take it that is the beginners way then you move on to just flicking with fingers instead of constantly holding?

i get a little person in the middle, nowt happens

i've heard of it but haven't used it this might help http://www.monkeysaudio.com/

yeah, not sure why anyone would want one now

i used to use one, a looong time ago i think i still have it but it's nowhere near as good as pc's these days

if i understand it i think it takes as long as the song lasts it is recording real time just like if you played it in winamp and recorded in cool edit or whatever

eac is great

that was one of the reasons i got djdecks the support board is helpful with users but also the programmer answers every other question and he is constantly updating and adding new things i've even mailed him a few samples to show the timecode response with different cartridges(the cheap ones were a lot worse than shure) and he used it to improve the vinyl code detection

yeah, if you already have a decent asio soundcard you might just need the software - and you can try that for free all you'd need to buy is some fs records - £15 each i think that's what i did - works great it's worth thinking about before diving in for a full fs purchase