MachineDrum+2000XL

'sup all!

so yeah, I'm not quite new to the MPC but haven't used it in my rig in years! I use an Elektron MDUW as my master clock and sequencer. Yeah, yeah, I know this seems heretical to some of you but... so what! Its how i do it!

So anyway, I want to use my 2000xl as a repository for samples ONLY and to trigger them using the pads on the MachineDrum. I have a somewhat complicated MIDI rig with 5 synths all synced to the MD, but I've successfully added the MPC to the chain and all is synced (e.g. when i start the MD it also starts the MPC and all other instruments are active).

However, once I save a sample into the MPC, well... I had imagined that same sound could be "played" from the Machinedrum, but it aint happenin' like that...not sure what I'm overlooking/missing.

anyone else got a similar set-up? doesnt have to be a Machindrum set up but, even someone who is using a controller keyboard to play samples from their MPC might be able to give some insight as to what I'm blind to?

appreciated

perfect marriage

the md can be used quite well as a sequencer for external gear. you just gotta set up your MD track to send midi notes to mpc. cbf going into detail soz

you will have to put a midi machine on the track(midi channel) you are using. if your sample on the 2000xl is midi channel 4, you need to assign the midi machine to pad 4 on the MD.

its all about note numbers. the machinedrum must be sending the right note number to trigger the right sound on the mpc.