Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By mr_debauch Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:23 pm
yes..

if it is a stereo sample (ie: you were able to route it to 1/2) then you now have separate volume control for 1 and for 2... so lower 1, and it is the same as panning to the right...

if it's a mono sample and it is going out of just 1... then in your daw or on the thing you are recording it to.... pan it on there
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By mr_debauch Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:46 pm
hmm.. no.. you can only raise and lower the volume for a pad going to that output...

what maybe you might be able to do is... put the same sample on another pad as well.. and it will give you a separate control by assigning it also to another output... however i would not bother doing any of that at all..

the real thing you need to do is to mute tracks that make for several sounds going out the same output... record things one at a time doing multiple takes... that way in your DAW every single instrument is on it's own channel. THEN you can mix and pan it there.
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By mr_debauch Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:07 pm
yeah if they are stereo samples you can do that... but it will take up twice the ram of mono samples
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By talll13 Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:48 pm
sure... it seems that there are many wayz to make it. When i 1st asked though, i asked if it is just possible simply through mpc.

Thanks for the help guyz!

btw is there any topic about stereo imaging tips/tricks in the forums?
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By sorinp Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:26 pm
Personally I convert all the samples to mono and then assign them in the mixer section of the mpc... kick on output 1, hh on output 2, snare on output 3, etc. It might be a little longer than panning a stereo sample hard left or hard right but in the long run it gives you more flexibility and gives the full benefit of your 8-output card. Otherwise why bother getting the 8-output card if you're just gonna do the 'mute' thing for example... right?
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By sorinp Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:38 am
Sure, i get that, but suppose you have 4 sounds, then what do you do? Do you export sound 1 hard left, sound 2 hard right, sound 3 hard left, sound 4 hard right? I'm assuming you also have to mute the other sounds as you do this.
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By Wal Martian Tue Apr 28, 2015 4:32 pm
Yes if you have 4 stereo samples, you could do that and have each sound come from an individual out, just use the mixer screen on your MPC. You may want to start sampling in mono in the future for easy of use with the 8 outs card. You'll have smaller file sizes and won't have to worry about panning etc.
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By sorinp Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:18 pm
Right, just checking... Yes I do sample in mono and personally use the 8 outputs right away, I never bothered doing it the way you describe, but it's cool to read about another way of doing things.