Long samples stop playing mid way

Hi,

I've had my MPC1000 for a few months and I keep getting a problem which just frustrates me enough to switch the machine off. Say I sample a loop from a 45 and put that on the MPC (one shot) and record it with my pad held down. When I add my drums, after a while (especially after adding hi hats/bass drums) the loop will cut out mid-way. I'm using each drum sample with one shot and there can't be any more than 4 notes being played at the same time (loop, hihat, snare, bass drum).

I remember seeing this problem talked about a few months ago (just before purchasing my mpc) but I can't seem to find the topic. If anyone could guide me to fixing this problem please let me know.

i got it a lot too, drove me nuts but i dont know how to fix it

i think my 1k was/is a lemon though. there are lots of messed up things about it

Same shit here...As soon as I play some Toms at 1/32 with Note Repeat the sample will stop playing (2 bars long)...
Sometimes it works, sometimes not....

did you check in the trim menu that there is no blank at the end of your drum hits ? otherwise the silence at the end will eat all the polyphonie (especially if usimg note repeat).

Thats it, thanks man. The sample was about 80,000 samples long, and only about 5,000 samples were used...to there were over 32 sounds playing at the same time...

truvc wrote:did you check in the trim menu that there is no blank at the end of your drum hits ? otherwise the silence at the end will eat all the polyphonie (especially if usimg note repeat).

I will try that thanks! However, if I have each drum pad set to note on then shouldn't it work?

It's not one shot that will help this problem, it's voice overlap. In fact having your drums set to one shot is one way to eat up polyphony real fast. Set voice overlap to mono and that'll help heaps.

ive had it happen with the loop being the only thing playing

so whatchya say about THAT??

"so whatchya say about THAT??"

Make it a personal goal to be smarter than the equipment.

They are designed for the lowest common denominator. If the MPC challenges you then you are in for a rough life. Sorry.