Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By happyhour Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:02 am
I got my MPC midi'd to Reason. I want to get familiar with what pad is what "key" so I can attempt chords. Anyway, I opened up a Combi and put a Subtractor in it to see the keyboard layout as I play the notes on the pads. I notice pad A01 is note B and pad A02 is note C.

So is there a way to shift this note assignment so I can have A01 play note C and so on? I've tried several things but it always seems to revert back to the original pad assingment. Maybe I'm overlooking something

Speaking of playing chords on 16pads, I once saw some sort of chart that had pad layouts referring to notes and chords or something along those lines, but I can't find it now. Maybe it was for the Padkontrol. Does that sound familiar?
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By Fung45 Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:26 am
Make a blank MPC program with the pads set to whatever number you want. If I remember correctly you can put your cursor on the Note number in the program screen and change it. Save your .pgm and load it whenever you want to use that arrangement.
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By Lampdog Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:04 am
Yep, you have to set up the note #'s the way you want and save that
blank program as a template for later use.
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By DJIO Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:27 pm
could he just go to the pgm page and hit the auto function button and select PAD A1 and change its original note to a B and the rest of the pad will be in chromatic order after hitting DO IT?correct me if I;m wrong but just wondering? ???