Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Erico Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:13 pm
Hi,
I have a keyboard with pretty limited sound options, and I wanted to play some bass samples I have on the MPC via keyboard, so I could play notes. I used the 16 levels option on the MPC so I can play different notes on the MPC pad, but when I try to play it on the keyboard it still plays the samples that correspond to each pad in the program bank (So instead of playing different notes of the bass it'll still play snare, hi-hat, cymbal, etc...).

Anyone know how to get this to work?
Thanks,
Eric
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By Lampdog Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:03 pm
16 levels is based on 1 note and NOT a pgm.

For 2kxl, Autochromatic creates a pgm with that bassnote or whatever you are using. Control that chromatic pgm with your kybd.

For 2k, create the chromatic pgm manually, control that chromatic pgm with your kybd.

By Erico Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:59 am
alright, ill try that out. Thanks for the tip

By Erico Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:50 am
Hey lampdog, that helped out, im getting closer and closer to getting the hang of this thing...

One more question: Is there a way to have seperate tracks playing at the same time with different programs? For example I have track 1 set up as the bassline with program 1 being the autochromatic bass note program, and track 2 would use program 2, which contains all the drum samples...

The MPC doesn't let me do that though, when I try to record track 2 with the drum samples it'll automatically start playing track 1 notes using program 2, so instead of a bassline i get random snares and other drums playing.

Any way to make this work or can you only work with only 1 program if you want to use seperate tracks?
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By Lampdog Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:31 am
Exactly which mpc do you have?

2k has only one active pgm at a time.

2kxl has 4 active pgms at a time.

Both can hold 24 pgms in memory.

It says so in your manuals.

I think you don't have the drum/pgm/pad/bank structure down just yet.
Once you record on a track, DON'T CHANGE THE DRUM on that track, leave it be. Move to a different track and assign a drum to that unrecorded track, and keep it moving like that.

drum > pgm > bank > pad

By Erico Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:46 am
I got 2kxl,
Yea it works now! I dont know why it wasn't working before, that was weird. It kinda confused me how theres 2 ways to change the program, you can change the number in the [Pgm: ] field or in the [S:DRUMx] field... but I figured it out. Thanks Lampdog, you do any DJ-ing or anything like that around SD?
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By Lampdog Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:48 pm
Nope, no djing at all.