Midi NIGHTMARE...........

Dear Forum

I have an MPC1000 and Roland XP-30. I have it all hooked up so that the local setting of the keyboard is off so that the midi signal is recorded into my akai and then the akai triggers the keyboards sound module. This all works fine until I use it in a program which I already recorded on my akai.

The akai still records the midi information and triggers the XP-30 sound module however some of the keys on the keyboard also trigger my samples assigned to the akai's 16 pads, therefore when I record the midi signal I get two sounds rather than just the sound module.

How do I stop this from happening????????????????

Please help as this is driving me to insanity. Ive read both manuals time and time again and I cannot suss it

u need to use a program which has no samples assigned to it!!

and keep that program on the screen as the current track, anytime yer recording.

incoming midi will play the currently selected track/program

Nah, you need to switch the track from drum to midi, then the track midi wont trigger the internal samples.

if you have it set to an active program it will still trigger samples. turn the PGM field to off to fix it.

hmm that got me thinking...

when you use 'no program' what midi note/pad mapping does it use? the default? cause i thought the mapping was stored with a program.

And the default one is not all nice and chromatic, like.

yeah it must be the default one cuz it plays a somewhat random selection of notes. i kinda like that though, sometimes i use the pads to play a MIDI synth since it will put odd note combinations together

Turn the program to "OFF"

as mentioned above, turning it to off might not do what you want for chromatic instruments.

you should be able to make the default midi layout chromatic, where you assign it it can be Program or Master, you need to set both how you want them, and you want them chromatic

Cheers for the responses guys, I am now happly not pulling my receding hair line out.............