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Comment by recursive

7 hours ago

What is Mpc style swing? Does that mean you can push the swing beats all the way to the next time slice?

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thw_9a83c  6 hours ago

> What is Mpc style swing?

You can get an explanation directly from the MPC 3000 manual [0].

> Does that mean you can push the swing beats all the way to the next time slice?

At least the original MPC series couldn't move the note to the next time slice. The maximum setting was 75%. That made the first note of each pair of 1/8 or 1/16 notes three times the length of the second note.

[0]: <https://www.manualslib.com/manual/207365/Akai-Mpc-3000.html?...>

  • recursive  6 hours ago

    Thanks.

    That sounds like a very normal and unremarkable swing implementation, like I've used in every DAW and sequencer. But maybe MPC did it first, and I've been using MPC-like swing this whole time.