

This allows for a special effect to be played on certain pads, or, allows them to be mixed differently. Also, a cool thing with both the FPC and Slicex, is that you can individually route each slice/pad to it’s own mixer track. Next, click on the next pad you want to cut with the another pad, change that cut number to the same number as the previous pad. The FPC makes cutting very easy! Click on a pad, and select the cut number. This sounds very unprofessional, unless, this is the sound you are going for, or if the sample suites the overlap (most of the time it does not though). If you use the FPC for sampling (I personally prefer Slicex), cutting, again, is essential! Otherwise, you will end up with a sloppy loop that keeps overlapping itself. (Or if you just want a few to cut, just put those on the number and leave the others - Make two samples cut each other, and a different three cut each other? - This is where creativity comes into play!).


Just simply put them all on the same number. Now, if you’re wanting to cut two or more samples together, you will want to left click on the sound, go to the MISC tab, and look to the cut option on the right. Simply right click on the sound, and click “Cut itself”. I am very grateful for finding out the power behind it, and the free addition it adds to my tracks! How Do I Cut a Sample?

By either using it as an effect, or simply to get a cleaner sound, it’s pretty much used within every production I work on! Again, allowing for clean sounding percussion loops, or especially like this tutorial about cutting cymbals!Ĭutting is definitely something that has grown on me within my production process.
