Matching MPC1000 Pads to Battery Cells ?

I know how to assign an MPC pad to a battery cell using the learn function in Battery.

This is pretty time consuming though.

I was wondering if anyone has a found a way to create a template or global setting so that every time you load up Battery -

Battery CellA1 matches Pad 1A on the MPC, Battery Cell 2A matches MPC Pad 2 etc?

check battery's midi implementation chart........

match the mpc pad (notes) to what it says battery's are....

Or create a default kit (you have to save at least one sample in it tho - you can't save a battery kit with no samples) with 64 cells (mine is 4 rows by 16 columns) and map those to the four pad banks of MPC pads. Mine are mapped so that the first four columns in battery correspond to mpc pad bank 1, the next 4 are triggered by pad bank 2, etc.

mp3 wrote:Or create a default kit (you have to save at least one sample in it tho - you can't save a battery kit with no samples) with 64 cells (mine is 4 rows by 16 columns) and map those to the four pad banks of MPC pads. Mine are mapped so that the first four columns in battery correspond to mpc pad bank 1, the next 4 are triggered by pad bank 2, etc.

This is a nice idea!

How do you typically go about organizing your drums within this system.

For instance do you assign kicks to one row, snares to another etc?

My mapping system is really based on where its comfortable for me to play them. For me, right hand on kicks and left hand on snares feels natural. So the first two columns get the snares/claps, and the last two columns get kicks.

Other percussion, I tend to put them on separate rows starting in pad bank 2, but with the main sample on the right and alternate samples on the left (e.g. if I'm using 3-4 hihat samples (or 3-4 edits/variations of the same sample), the main one goes on the right). Except for toms/congas which go high pitch on the left, lower pitches on the right.

Not really an exact system (meaning I couldn't just swap kits in and out) but I basically just put the focus on what's natural and comfortable to play.

Thanks for the advice. just good to get some ideas for how to approach the mapping.

No doubt glad to help.