Originally Posted by ForWerd

If you treat Maschine with the sped up sample and pitch back down the exact same way you did with the SP, the emulation would be even closer. By closer, I mean nearly indistinguishable "IMO". I'm amazed at how close it actually is. A lot of people lust after that SP1200 sound and don't realize it's right under their nose with Maschine. You just need to feed Maschine the same sped up sample that you would a SP. Since Maschine don't have the memory limitations, I think people dont bother with speeding up the sample on input,but if you do, the SP emulation really kicks in, I'm talking grit, ring, all of those characteristics, plus it can be in stereo. I've thought about selling my SP more than once, but afraid I'll regret it. Already went down that road once before, sold it then 3 months later bought another.

Originally Posted by ForWerd

If you treat Maschine with the sped up sample and pitch back down the exact same way you did with the SP, the emulation would be even closer. By closer, I mean nearly indistinguishable "IMO". I'm amazed at how close it actually is. A lot of people lust after that SP1200 sound and don't realize it's right under their nose with Maschine. You just need to feed Maschine the same sped up sample that you would a SP. Since Maschine don't have the memory limitations, I think people dont bother with speeding up the sample on input,but if you do, the SP emulation really kicks in, I'm talking grit, ring, all of those characteristics, plus it can be in stereo. I've thought about selling my SP more than once, but afraid I'll regret it. Already went down that road once before, sold it then 3 months later bought another.

Originally Posted by Hypothetical

i know @ ForWerd hasn't posted in four years now, but can anyone confirm if this is legit? and how would I do this as I'm not understanding the "sped up sample" part

Originally Posted by ForWerd

Hey man logged in just to respond. Note I haven’t used Maschine in a looooong time. When I say “sped up” you could also say “pitched up.” Just go up a few semi tones from the original sample when you sample it. Then put it in SP mode and pitch it back down to the original semi tone.

Originally Posted by Hypothetical

thank you for logging back in to respond!

i just want to make sure i got it right...

1. load my sample up
2. pitch up a few semitones (let's say +2 for example) in the stretch mode, before messing with the engine mode
3. then change the engine mode from "standard" to "S1200" (the Maschine SP1200 emulator)
4. once that's done, go back to stretch mode and turn the sample back down (in this case -2 semitones) and apply

Originally Posted by ForWerd

I’m not sure what “stretch mode” is. Go up about 5 semi tones. This will make the sample play faster/higher. Have Machine sample itself playing that higher/sped up version, then put that sample on SP mode and go down 5 semi tones to your original pitch. Just try it.

Originally Posted by Hypothetical

i see, the mistake i made was timestretching it up 5 semitones rather than allowing the sample to play at a faster tempo when pitched up

Originally Posted by tame1

Possibly obvious... but make sure to resample/rerecord the pitched up sample, otherwise you aren't doing anything to it.

Originally Posted by breakinrecords

1) It’s delusional to think the Maschine emulations are “just like” the real thing.

2) Mo Bee’s sound is much more than just an SP and sometimes an S950. Don’t expect to fully reach the sound of a skilled engineer with $1mil worth of multiple layers of Neve, SSL, UA, Studer mixers, compressors, tape, etc.

Ask yourself why no tracks sound as thick, round and full as ‘Flava in Ya Ear’ in 2019.

3) Sound selection is a major deal.

Originally Posted by theiLLestLove

while I'm not doubting you, and me specifically looking for that type of sound. it makes me wonder, how much did the outboard gear have to play into it. and how much of it was the engineers?

how many sounds were those beats using on average? how much of it is compression? how much does tape thicken up drums and bass?

how much further does it go than just getting an analog board and an akai sampler?

Originally Posted by Hypothetical

do you own the latest version of maschine?

Originally Posted by keefaz

Maybe some sound texture are easier to tweak to make them sound like SP1200 (those with lot of high harmonics like vibes instrument). For drums, I'd think it's harder to emulate, they sound really big when listening live from SP outputs (same sort of power as if you were near a drummer hitting hard)

Originally Posted by Lotuz2019

But how do they sound after you've recorded them into your computer? That's the sound you have to compare to software emulations.