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By actuel Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:52 pm
the mpc1000's midi mapping is kind of bizaar in my opinion. changing it to be more chromatic (jog wheel changes only) is a bit of a pain in the ass. is there a more convient way to map chromomatically with the mp? is there a file i need to load, make, or save without having to do endless assignments?
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By stereoroid Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:03 pm
actuel wrote:the mpc1000's midi mapping is kind of bizaar in my opinion. changing it to be more chromatic (jog wheel changes only) is a bit of a pain in the ****. is there a more convient way to map chromomatically with the mp? is there a file i need to load, make, or save without having to do endless assignments?


I did it all manually, which was a pain, but I only had to do it once. I call it the "Blank Melodic" PGM, you can download it from my site (link below, file is at the bottom of my page). All 64 notes are mapped from 35-98. What I do now is:
- load up BLANK-MELODIC.PGM
- immediately rename it and save it in the same directory as the samples I'm going to map.
- map the samples and save again
The result is a multisampled program that also works great played from an external MIDI keyboard...
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By stereoroid Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:14 am
djadonis206 wrote:Word - same here, but I call mine something stupid like "Pimp Juice"


That's two words, dude... 8)

Anyone experimented with laying out one octave per page? I'm thinking something like this:

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A13   A14   A15   A16
G#    A#          C#

A09   A10   A11   A12
 G     A     B     C

A05   A06   A07   A08
C#    D#          F#

A01   A02   A03   A04
 C     D     E     F


So changing pages simply shifts it up or down an octave.
Disadvantage: You only get 4 octaves total, instead of 5.

By tritone Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:03 pm
stereoroid wrote:Anyone experimented with laying out one octave per page? I'm thinking something like this:

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A13   A14   A15   A16
G#    A#          C#

A09   A10   A11   A12
 G     A     B     C

A05   A06   A07   A08
C#    D#          F#

A01   A02   A03   A04
 C     D     E     F


So changing pages simply shifts it up or down an octave.
Disadvantage: You only get 4 octaves total, instead of 5.


Wow, this is what I was thinking about doing, only I like your layout better!