@afuera I chopped it on the RYTM directly (audio out from my interface into the audio input of the RYTM, ripped the James Brown audio straight from Spotify). The cool thing about the Mk2 is that when the resolution of the start and end points is too course (identical to the mk1 in that regard), you can resample the audio and make much finer splits in the RYTM’s “recorder” screen (this is the menu where you crop the recorded audio - the resolution allowed in this menu is actually super fine). This is the only reason why I was able to make the beat on the RYTM in the first place. However, in the future I will likely prepare samples in a DAW instead, this process is still very time-consuming and you usually end up with a lot of redundant recordings filling up space on the RYTM’s hard-drive that needs to be purged as you go along. Of course, if you are coming from something like a Roland SP-303’s workflow and not timid when it comes to resampling, chopping samples this way should feel right at home.
I should mention that there is a maximum length of recording with the direct sampler (like 30 seconds or close to that), so if you want to load longer samples than that you’ll have to prepare it in a DAW and send it to the RYTM with Transfer.
Thank you for checking it out!