mpc2000xl timing on sample issue.

Hello everyone,

so I've had my mpc2000xl for a little under a month now, read the manual front to back every single day but there are things that I still can't figure out. I will try to explain my current situation: I have my 8 bar drum loop and have my sample sequence that fits well through out the drum loop except for one major problem; I cant get the very first sample(that fits well shortly after a certain drum beat) to match the very beginning of the sequence. I have my chorus loop done and if I try to start it off in the middle of the seq2 it does not match when I play from chorus to seq2. I have tried overdub, record the sample from when it starts to match (leaves me with a pause in the beginning). I spent an hour on this an now I am freaking frustrated. I know there is a way to do this. Please help!!! I hope you folk understand my issue. BTW, If I start to play the sample a second before 4 click intro when recording it matches perfectly but when it reaches the end it has a sample jump that jumbles up the whole sequence. Hope you guys understand what I am trying to say.

Jay Cord wrote:
If I start to play the sample a second before 4 click intro when recording it matches perfectly but when it reaches the end it has a sample jump that jumbles up the whole sequence.

Yeh i think you've kinda pointed out the problem yourself . . . The sample isnt looping from the first kick . . . The start of the sample is halfway through the loop

You need to chop all the pre-first kick of the sample off and put it at the end

As an aside, i think everyone has at some point triggered samples from pads or turntables over drum loops and thought they had some funky zhit . . . But then struggled to get it to sit right in a sequence . . . It comes with time . . . .and can be very frustrating

you guys are great! Here is what I did, albeit not exactly the sound I had initially wanted but this works also; I chopped off the first part of the sample, copied that and put that down on the pad above the one I first wanted to use to start of the 8 bar loop. I used that chop to end it on my 8 bar loop. These are the little things that ones learns from practice and advice from all of you guys.