Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By poeticproductions Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:05 pm
hey yo,

just wondering how i can achieve this in my MPC2000XL?? I can do it in softsamplers, and in my Emu sampler... but, how can i do this on the MPC?

Say I've got 3 separate sounds of a hi hat, one hit very softly, one hit moderately loud, and one fully cracked at full strength, and i want to assign the 3 samples, to be triggered by the same pad, but at different velocities? like when i hit the pad soft, it plays the soft hi hat, when i hit a bit harder, it plays the harder hi hat, and when i hit it really hard it plays the hardest hi hat??
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By Jacpot Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:13 pm
poeticproductions wrote:hey yo,

just wondering how i can achieve this in my MPC2000XL?? I can do it in softsamplers, and in my Emu sampler... but, how can i do this on the MPC?

Say I've got 3 separate sounds of a hi hat, one hit very softly, one hit moderately loud, and one fully cracked at full strength, and i want to assign the 3 samples, to be triggered by the same pad, but at different velocities? like when i hit the pad soft, it plays the soft hi hat, when i hit a bit harder, it plays the harder hi hat, and when i hit it really hard it plays the hardest hi hat??


Thats not possible. But u can assign the 3 different sounds to one pad. Once u do that all u wanna do is go into the mixer screen and change the levels on each sound. This method will play all three sounds at the same time. To achieve this go into the program screen and assign the pad to simul then pic what pads u want to play at the same time
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By Krux Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:26 pm
Peace

Rather than hitting the pad at different velocities and getting your soft, moderate and full volume hihats, just change the velocity of the samples in the Trim screen, then go into the Program screen, highlight the Mode: field and select SIMULT. Now you can select any two other notes to play along with the note you are editing.

(If changing the velocity of certain sounds (in Trim mode) conflicts with other parts of the track where you want the ‘soft’ hat in one sequence to be loud in another, just make a copy(s) of that sound.)

Hope that helps
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By Jacpot Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:50 pm
Krux wrote:Peace

Rather than hitting the pad at different velocities and getting your soft, moderate and full volume hihats, just change the velocity of the samples in the Trim screen, then go into the Program screen, highlight the Mode: field and select SIMULT. Now you can select any two other notes to play along with the note you are editing.

(If changing the velocity of certain sounds (in Trim mode) conflicts with other parts of the track where you want the ‘soft’ hat in one sequence to be loud in another, just make a copy(s) of that sound.)

Hope that helps


Is their an echo in here? :lol:
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By Krux Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:34 am
Jacpot wrote:
Krux wrote:Peace

Rather than hitting the pad at different velocities and getting your soft, moderate and full volume hihats, just change the velocity of the samples in the Trim screen, then go into the Program screen, highlight the Mode: field and select SIMULT. Now you can select any two other notes to play along with the note you are editing.

(If changing the velocity of certain sounds (in Trim mode) conflicts with other parts of the track where you want the ‘soft’ hat in one sequence to be loud in another, just make a copy(s) of that sound.)

Hope that helps


Is their an echo in here? :lol:

Yeah my bad. I had it typed out but go distracted and hit submit a while later.

When you adjust the levels of a sound in the mixer, doesn’t that sound have to be assigned to a track?
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By Lampdog Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:39 am
pg 119 xl manual
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By Krux Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:52 am

By peezie Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:38 am
its possible. you have to turn the velocity switching on, but i think its limited to 2 sounds(could be wrong tho, only used it for open/closed hats). on my 3k, this option is under the program edit page... if that helps at all.
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By Jacpot Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:01 am
man no it aint possible. I never seen dat option on my xl. One pad cannot trigger two samples by hitting it harder

By peezie Wed Feb 01, 2006 3:16 am
oh well, i thought maybe this was carried over to the 2k

By birdbrain Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:24 am
Lampdog wrote:pg 119 xl manual


did everyone just ignore this or...?

By poeticproductions Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:22 am
Lampdog wrote:pg 119 xl manual


awesome... thanks lampdog!!

By nanoloop Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:38 am
its called velocity switching, and the xl does it boy.
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By DJ A-Sharp Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:04 pm
Wait, wait, wait!!!! On the XL you can put mre than on sound on a single pad? How? I thought that was only available on the 1000 and 2500?
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By Lampdog Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:16 pm
birdbrain wrote:
Lampdog wrote:pg 119 xl manual

did everyone just ignore this or...?


Some people think I'm being uppity when I just post the page but I'm actually trying to direct people to an answer or what I THINK may help toward an answer. :D