How many Programs must I dis?

How many Programs can I load up in the MPC1000? Is there a number limit, say 99 like sequences? Or is it only limited by your RAM?

there is a limit, i dont remember what it is. im pretty sure it sez in the manual

99 sounds about right tho

kevindetroit wrote:How many Programs can I load up in the MPC1000? Is there a number limit, say 99 like sequences? Or is it only limited by your RAM?

It's in the manual. It's not 99 though.

I'm pretty sure it's up to 64 programs. I have to check as well.

64 has been mentioned before in a thread here (maybe the one about live use?)...big jump up from the 2000/xl app'ly...

24, hence the 24part multi-timbrality

It's 24, just checked the manual, it's at the end, on the specs page:

Programs | 24

Damn...would have been dope to have like 64 up in there...

kevindetroit wrote:It's 24, just checked the manual, it's at the end, on the specs page:
Programs | 24
Damn...would have been dope to have like 64 up in there...

Just like the 2kxl. 2kxl can only access 4 though at a time though.

Lampdizzle,

Please tell me that shit is not true. I'll punch myself if I can only access 4 Prg's at a time. Come'on, come'on tell me it ain't so...

Don't confuse programs with multi-timbrality. The 24 parts means 24 samples can play at the exact same moment. That doesn't limit how many programs or samples can be loaded into ram at any one moment.

But what's the access only 4 mean? At any one moment 4 progs can be used in the same seq? or only 4 progs can be used throughout a sequence? That isn't mentioned anywhere in the manual.

Anyone hit this limit? Guess it's time to setup a dummy sequence...

"The 24 parts means 24 samples can play at the exact same moment."

no thats polyphony, 32 sounds can be played at one time, 24 multitimbre is just how many instruments (patches, or in this case, programs) can be played through one cable at a time. Like horns are program1, drums are program2, bass is program3... etc... can I get an amen from the congregation or am I missin something?

Chapter 2 "The Basics", 2kxl manual, Paragraph #1 - Selecting Programs.

24 programs can reside in memory (RAM) but you can only use 4 of them at the SAME time. Doesn't matter seq/song, you can ONLY access 4 at the same time. If you wanna switch to a 5th progam you will have to bump one of your 4 that are already being used and possibly messing up your seq/song if you have already used ANY sound in that progam you wanna bump.

Taken from:
http://www.rolandus.com/glossary_main.asp

Multi-Timbral
A device that can play more than one patch at a time, typically through the use of a performance or multitimbre.

Polyphony
The number of waveforms or oscillators a synth can simultaneously play.

Alright..32 polyphony, 24 programs...But I just created a seq. with 6 programs, and they all played fine. where'd the 4 come from?

Earlier in this thread I said the 2kxl could access only 4.

I said I didn't think the 1k could access 99 programs.

Yeah...having a bunch of timbres and polyphony is totally different from the programs (you could technically use up all the polyphiny in one program, if you have a ton of sounds). I think the 1k can handle 24 different programs at any given moment, which might set it a hit above the 2k? I've used 5 so far in a track and someone has used 6 programs...

All these tech words are starting to blow up my head.