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Mon Apr 28, 2003 1:25 am
It just means that you can use 4 programs in the same sequence. You can only use one specific program per track but you can have alot of different programs combining together within a sequence.
Simply load the programs you want to use then hit "shift 6" choose the program you want to edit "Drum 1-4" (those are your 4 internal sound program slots). You can edit individual sound in this menu and the "parms" menu is very handy if you don't already utilize it already. You can also hit "Drum" and edit the position of each program within your 4 useable program slots.
To change which program is being triggered in the sequence window simply go beside the "S:" (think of the s meaning source) and change DRUM1 to another program slot (you can also change this to MIDI if you wanted to trigger outboard gear and using the device 1-32 as the midi channel).
In addition to that, you can use more than 4 different programs (or as much as your ram permits) you'll just have to understand how program changes can work in your favor. Remember there are only 4 program slots and at no time in one sequence can you use more than the 4 separate programs.
Each program loaded into the mpc has a different program number that can be altered or changed. To do that, simply hit "open window" while you've got the name of your program highlighted. Double check that each program has a different number. You'll need ot keep track of this if you intend to take advantage of this feature without incident. In the sequence window there is a "PGM:" which is usually set to off. This is where you can input a program change (you can also do it in step edit if you wanted to change programs mid sequence). All you gotta do is take whatever program change number you assigned to a specific program and place the corresponding number in this area.
Because you can only have 4 programs playing at any one time in a sequence you should be paying close attention to what DRUM program slot you have performed this function on. When you input a program change this will change the program assigned to the DRUM slot... most errors occur when people input a program change on a program that they are using on another track in the sequence (makes for some interesting experimental combinations).
Well I gave you a little bit more information than you were asking for but I feel that program changes are essential to learn if one really wanted to realize the full potential of the mpc.
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