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By Smoove03 Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:37 pm
Sup its me again. i've been askin for bass samples/sounds for the mpc. I can of course load them up on my mpc but i wanna know how to:

Load the sound on the mpc then be able to send it to my keyboard so I can play it in different notes. Im sure it has something to do with midi but i would love to find out how. Cause as soon as i get these bass sounds, i got some shit fo that ass. And im tryna put it down wit perfection..

Anybody willin to help a brotha out?
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By MANTIS69 Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:08 pm
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THE SOUNDS IN DIFFERENT NOTES JUST USE THE 16 VELOCITYS FEATURE. YOU CAN DO THIS WITH ANYHING YOU LOAD ON THE MPC & USE IT AS A KEYBOARD, THAT'S WHAT I DO & YOU CAN MESS WITH THE VELOCITY & TUNING WITH 64 SOUNDS.

By cooocooo1 Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:28 pm
16 levels is a great feature but it won't allow you to play the bass sample across a keyboard. If you want to spread the sample across a keyboard you can either use the Autochromatic feature in the MPC or create a multi-sample, here's a link to Tutor's multi-sampling tutorial.

http://www.mpc-tutor.com/tutorials/multisampling1.php
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By Smoove03 Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:02 pm
aight yall thanks. i knew that feature was good for something. the notes are never in order on the pads though. there aint a way to organize them so they are in order on the pads? or do i juss gotta suck it up and stop complainin? holla

By cooocooo1 Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:22 pm
I've refered to the layout of the pad assignment as being setup for gm drum mapping. If you were to hook up the MPC to a sound module and play a gm drum kit you'll notice that all the pads in bank A are drums that would be available in a standard drum set(this is a drum machine after all), side stick, snare, kick, hi hat, open hi hat, toms, cymbals. This is followed by all kinds of percussion and sound fx, things that a drummer normally won't be able to work while playing the drums(though it is possible, cowbell, wood block, etc.). I think when they designed the MPC they either already knew what would make sense to a drummer or actualy asked some drummers what would make sense to them.

Tutor has a blank program in one of his tutorials( I don't remember which one) that will set up the pad assignment chromatically.
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By Smoove03 Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:44 pm
aight ill check his site out. thanks