Performing With MPC 1000 - Muting/Soloing & Adding Parts. .

Hi,

Im using my MPC to perform and i want to be able to add parts quickly on different tracks so i can mute and solo them. I do this all within the track mute page and im familiar with this. My issue is that when ive muted the track i need to and want to add another part on another track, i have to go out of the track mute screen, select a new track, find the samples on the correct bank, hit record and play them in. This is never going to happen that quickly and is difficult when you are muting parts, then trying to jump to record a new part in. . .

I wondered if anyone out there has any ideas about how to do this?

Cheers, Benji

Ok. How will this help me? Im not sure i get what you mean?

Cheers. . .

Im basically saying that when im adding parts on different tracks and i want to mess around muting parts of them in and out. . . it takes a long time to get out of the mute screen, select a new track and the relevant program and then put the samples in.

Im looking to see if anyone has any tips on how to speed up the process of performing spontaneously and keep things flowing quickly. . . adding parts in and out very quickly so loops dont get boring and the crowd stay attentive. . .

one thing you could do is mix down your sequences, and just add the WAV files to a PGM. that way you have all your tracks on the pads in one PGM. you can fire them off and mute them as you see fit. you can even set up your mute groups so that you dont play, for instance, 2 drum loops that clash when played at the same time. and you can achieve stutter effects and some warped stuff by experimenting with setting a loop to poly voice and playing it multiple times.

pearjam-chek out anchorsong on youtube, i think this is what you are talking about?

mesaone wrote:one thing you could do is mix down your sequences, and just add the WAV files to a PGM. that way you have all your tracks on the pads in one PGM. you can fire them off and mute them as you see fit. you can even set up your mute groups so that you dont play, for instance, 2 drum loops that clash when played at the same time. and you can achieve stutter effects and some warped stuff by experimenting with setting a loop to poly voice and playing it multiple times.

or ask this dude to talk speak on it some more, this is very good shit right here. thank you for the advice I would really appreciate it if you would drop some more tips. i would have never thought of that 'put samples on mute groups so they don't clash' thats the kinda shit a live performer needs,

JJ OS2 has this neat feature that allows you to change the active track while in Track Mute screen. Press F4, hit a pad to select a track, press F4 again (to exit "active track" mode) - that's it. Hope this helps

why not just record all your shit before you go out to do a performance?

What I do is copy my sequence a whole bunch to different sequences and then set the track mutes in each sequence differently. So seq1 maybe has the snare drop out, and maybe seq 2 just has the hat and bass, etc. Do this over and over as many times as you need to get the combinations you get from muting it as you go.

Then set "program change to seq change" to on.

Then you use an external midi controller to send program changes (I use a bcr2000, its got 16 buttons on top which works great....

Now just by tapping these buttons you can stay in the main screen and stay on your selected track but change the sequences with your variations on them.

Just started using this a few weeks ago actually.. don't know why I never f#cked with it before, but its a ton of fun, and you can get some great impromptu stuff. You can for example keep playing some chops while you change your sequence as long as the track you're on in the first sequence has the same program loaded on the second.

nice tip legs