sample timing problem

New mpc user etc. Thanks for your consideration.

I'm trying to program a basic sequence like loop a sample six times.
so i go to TRIM edit timestretch to find bpm of the sample get bpm go to main screen dial in bpm hit record wait for the metronome count in and hit the sample pad. the sample is always off maybe because i'm not hitting it on the one but bpm are a bit odd like 176.3 bpm. (don't know where it pulled that figure from because to my ears its about 110 if that!) anyway it sounds fine in trim mode when i hold PLAY LOOP. but in the sequence mode there's always an unacceptable slight gap. is there are feature where it will only start recording when i hit the pad and stop when thers no sound? i suppose i could drag the loop into my mac and loop on garageband and export it back but that seems to be defeating the purpose of owning an mpc. im seriously amazed how archaic this thing is. i was in a good creative flow before i got this. but now i've just been hitting wall after wall trying to figure this thing out.

I think this question has been answerd before...

Just use the sequencer... Don't bother looping in the trim screen (for this purpose anyway, that shit will come in handy for diffrent stuff later!.. but for now:) Put ur sample u want to loop on a pad. play it on the 1. count. adjust BPM till you have a clean loop (set polyphony to MONO in prog. mode) .
now that you have the tempo of the sample.. it'll be easy to work with it as a loop.

**** that tempo detector thing.. whatever it's called.. nobody needs that.

mpcretard wrote:im seriously amazed how archaic this thing is.

The MPC is a rudimentary machine. It won't do anything for you... you've got to tell it what you want it to do. The power comes once you know how to work around its limitations.

Thanks. Up and rollin.