2000XL to SP-303 midi sync

hey, i searched and searched to find information on setting these two up to work with each other. what i want to do is really simple. use the mpc to trigger sounds on the sp. i've read both manuals, tried many various things, but nothing seems to work. i've restarted the sp so that it's on midi channel 1, changed all the midi out settings on the mpc, made sure the device was correct for the track, made sure the cable was plugged into the right slot, etc, etc, etc. if someone could just point out what i might be doing wrong here or take it through step by step so i can figure this out?
thanks,
wake

It wont work cause there's no midi OUT on the Roland SP samplers . You could do it the other way around if thats your thing or there is a way you can use the 303 just for the efx . What I do is just sample the 404 into my mpc .

like i said, i want to trigger the sounds ON the sp using the mpc to send data. anyone?

awesome, thanks a lot.

still no luck?

man, dont wanna bash you but you need to look at the SP303 manual more carefully dawg.

you gotta change the midi notes on the MPC's pads as well. since the SP303's pads are not in chromatic order, you need to assign the pads on your MPC to the right note numbers of the pads on the SP303 to trigger it.

I dont have the SP303, but i have the SP404, on my SP404, the midi note #s for pad 1 through 12 are 47-58. So i just set up the midi note for MPC pads starting from 47.

hope that helps.

must be something wrong with my mpc or sp then. thanks anyway!

hi!

i know this aint the right answer for your question but, i wouldnt sync the mpc with the sp..
i would sample the sounds you want to play in the mpc.. you have less latency triggering audiosamples direct from the mpc than with midi from the sp.. especialy with drumsounds having no latency is very important to me..
but it should be no problem to sync this two machines, check if the midi-wiring is right, which of the two machines are master (mpc) and slave (sp) in the midimenus and then choose the right midichannel.. i hope i wrote this halfway undastandable, my english is a little rusty

peace!