multiple programs on mpc 2000

ok so ive been interested in playing around with more than one program on my mpc 2000 in the manual it says the 2000 can have 24 programs in memory, after playing around with it i found out only 1 program will work at a time. whats the point being able to load multiple programs if you cant use them at the same time? if anyone can give me some insight or some practical use of this feature please respond...

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Scarecrow wrote:ok so ive been interested in playing around with more than one program on my mpc 2000 in the manual it says the 2000 can have 24 programs in memory, after playing around with it i found out only 1 program will work at a time. whats the point being able to load multiple programs if you cant use them at the same time? if anyone can give me some insight or some practical use of this feature please respond...

The MPC2000 is indeed not multitimbral.

You can use program change commands in a track to switch programs in a sequence.

Say you have a break in your song and you want to have a different loop/break/kit/ program in the break. Well, you can switch to a different program at the start of that sequence with a completely different set of sample assignments and then switch back to your original program when you get out of the break. Or another scenario is if you wanted the same kit from the verse but filtered/pitched etc. in another section of the song you could make a copy of your original program and do all your filter settings on your new program and use program changes to switch programs for each section.

Lot of potential uses. You just have to plan ahead.

The prog change assignments are well covered in the manual and on this forum.

Another good use is if you're playing live. You can set up each composition as a single sequence (song to sequence or something like that) And assign the track with the sequence to the appropriate program. That way when you scroll through your compositions, the pgms are automatically assigned so you dont have to assign them as well.

Yeah, that sucks. I had made a program that someone had posted here for creating an auto-chromatic scale on the MPC. I did that and loaded my sample which worked fine in correspondance with my MIDI/keyboard controller. Unfortunately that is the ONLY program I can use at one time Any word on that OS upgrade anyone?