PLEASE HELP! MPC 500 TRACK MUTE/SOLO NOT WORKING

I've recently bought a second hand mpc 500 and when I go to use the track mute/solo function to mute certain samples/drum hits it doesn't work! Could anyway shed any light onto why it ain't working before I kill someone.

THANKS!

Oh and when I mute pad 1 on pad bank A it mutes everything..

You evidently record everything on the first track...

RobS wrote:You evidently record everything on the first track...

Do you care to elaborate? I don't mind looking stupid I'm new to this forum and mpcs in general so go ahead, make me look dumb.

I think you're confusing pads & tracks. The way they're named makes it seem that they're somehow related, but they're not...

You can record events from all pads into one track, but when you want to mute them separately, you need to record each pad on separate track (go to 'Track' mode & scroll the wheel when on A1-Track01).

What I usually do tho is keeping tracks & pads "in sync" (e.g. when I have kick on B1, then I record the kicks on track 'B2-Track13'). Makes it easier to remember.

Please refer to page 25 of the manual (you can find it online if you don't have one) for more information on track mode.

RobS wrote:I think you're confusing pads & tracks. The way they're named makes it seem that they're somehow related, but they're not...

You can record events from all pads into one track, but when you want to mute them separately, you need to record each pad on separate track (go to 'Track' mode & scroll the wheel when on A1-Track01).

What I usually do tho is keeping tracks & pads "in sync" (e.g. when I have kick on B1, then I record the kicks on track 'B2-Track13'). Makes it easier to remember.

Please refer to page 25 of the manual (you can find it online if you don't have one) for more information on track mode.

Ahh okay that must be where I'm going wrong then! Thank you for your replies you've been most helpful!