Sherwood wrote:Na this is what I do. After i make make a beat I save the sequence and program with all my samples that i used for that beat in program 1. Then when I wanna make a new beat I hit new program. Then save. You feel me? Am i doin it wrong?
Please, be as precise as possible when posting questions like these.
From what I gather of your first post there seems to be a problem with naming and not clearing the RAM while/before loading a new project.
A first rule is to name your samples/programs/sequences all with an individual name. That way there will be no misunderstandings, neither by you or the MPC. Don´t call all your kick samples "kick" or drum programs "drums", if you´ve worked on a project and loads a new one without replacing the samples/programs in memory with the same name you´ll have a pretty funky and weird sounding sequence.
This way there´ll be no chance that you by mistake overwrite your crunck sounding "sequence1" with your east coast sounding "sequence1" while saving. Naming sequences prooperly is also a real lifeline when it comes to arranging in Song mode.
Second, use seperate folders for everything. Keep your samples on one part of the drive/CF card where they are organised in folders after type of sound or the record you´ve sampled it from or whatever kind of system that appeals to you and enables good overview and easy acces.
Keep your beats on another place, you could split them up by those who are finished and those who you are still working on, it´s up to you. But keep a seperate and clearly named folder for each project. In that folder you save the
entire memory each time you need to save, preferably name the project the same as the folder, for example your dirty crunk song with project name "dirtcrunk" goes into the folder named "DIRTCRUNK".
When loading a project you just load the desired folder, making sure you choose "YES" when asked to replace same files in memory. This way you´ll have a total freshening of the RAM and the possibilty that samples named the same but sounding or edited different linger from the previous session is gone.
This might seem anal if you hust sample on the fly while working on a beat. And yes, naming samples, tracks, programs and sequences takes some time and you might loose your flow if you have to do it between laying down drums or heavy step editing.
But make sure you take the time to name and clean up after you´ve ended your session and are about to save. This machine ain´t no auto configuring, wannabe-intelligent-sorting-everything-out shit like Windows or iTunes or whatever people are used to.
It´s up to you keep your files in check and your drive/CF tidy and organised, otherwise you´ll loose, overwrite, forget or **** something up sooner or later, and thats no comfy sofa. I´ve overwritten good stuff when I thought I was saving time, and damn that was tough.
