How do you make one sound stop when another starts?

Kind of like mono legato except when I use that as a key group and that is on......for some reason the sequence still only plays one note at a time. So say my kick drum is on track 1 then track 2 I try to play a sampled melody using the pads and mono legato is on, my kick drums go out and it only plays one note at a time.....

I usually use one shot, so I can just go from pad to pad and put my melody down that way, but ive been using longer samples that I want to cut out and cut off when i push the next pad. practicing in keygroups with mono legato is perfect.

What I have been doing is practicing my melodies and piecing them together then adding drums or doing the drums and piecing together melodies on top. Im certain there is a more efficient way using one shots, or note off of something especially when not using keygroups.

Does this make sense?

schoolforthought wrote:
Does this make sense?

Yes.

But I think your understanding of what mono legato does may be flawed. Either that or you havent quite discovered how to set up programs, keygroups or multi's the way you want them to behave. Knowledge that is fundamental to getting the most out of the MPC4000.

As for the question in the thread title, there are many ways to "make one sound stop when another starts" with the MPC4000.

It reads like you have the entire mpc set to the same mute group.

you could use polyphony, or mute groups

Clint wrote:But I think your understanding of what mono legato does may be flawed. Either that or you havent quite discovered how to set up programs, keygroups or multi's the way you want them to behave.

Should they be setting up separate programs for the drums and the sampled melody, and using those in two different parts of a multi?

Sounds like maybe they are using a single program for both?

Clint wrote: Either that or you havent quite discovered how to set up programs, keygroups or multi's the way you want them to behave. Knowledge that is fundamental to getting the most out of the MPC4000.

SimonInAustralia wrote:Should they be setting up separate programs for the drums and the sampled melody, and using those in two different parts of a multi?

Sounds like maybe they are using a single program for both?

I think that's it. even though im using multi's even when i load my multi's (kicks, snares, hihats) then i sample, its all under the same program.

Other than that, its the mute groups. changing that will get me the set up like the 2000's or other mpc's. It's simple and basic but for some reason I felt I couldnt articulate what I wanted to do and now that I got it out that should be it.