Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By ugset191 Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:01 pm
this is step by step of what i do: i sample stuff and trim it. then i hit the mode button and then i hit the sliders pad (which is pad 7) and then i change the high range and low range to give it that chipmunk sound but then when i go back to the main screen and try to record it on the mpc it goes back to the normal pitch. this is really pissing me off. is my mpc broken or is this some new stuff that i dont know about
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By dablunt Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:25 am
I dont use this feature much, but you said that you try and record from the main screen - is this possible? I think you have to go in to record mode?

Dont mean to sound like a complete nonse - but have you gone thru the manual?
By RICK RICK Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:16 pm
ugset191 wrote:this is step by step of what i do: i sample stuff and trim it. then i hit the mode button and then i hit the sliders pad (which is pad 7) and then i change the high range and low range to give it that chipmunk sound but then when i go back to the main screen and try to record it on the mpc it goes back to the normal pitch. this is really pissing me off. is my mpc broken or is this some new stuff that i dont know about



IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MAINTAIN THAT "CHIPMUNK" SOUND YOU WILL EITHER HAD TO USE USE YOUR 16 LEVELS ON EACH SAMPLE OR JUST CHANGE THE PITCH OF EACH SAMPLE IN THE PROGRAM SCREEN. WHEN YOU ASSIGN THE SAMPLE TO THE SLIDERS, ONCE YOU START RECORDING THE SAMPLE WILL CHANGE ONCE YOU MOVE THE SLIDER (IF YOU HAVE SELECTED "REAL TIME"). I DON'T EVER USE THE SLIDER FOR THIS PURPOSE.

By disturbia Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:28 pm
dablunt wrote:I dont use this feature much, but you said that you try and record from the main screen - is this possible? I think you have to go in to record mode?


direct record man

By Mike Feedback Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:18 am
RICK RICK is right. you have to pitch the pad in program mode. i'm not sure where you got the idea that you needed to use the q-links.

By _Stilo_ Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:39 am
Mike Feedback wrote:RICK RICK is right. you have to pitch the pad in program mode. i'm not sure where you got the idea that you needed to use the q-links.

You can use the Q-Links, and you can also record them, but it's not as straightforward to push the right buttons for that.

By Mike Feedback Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:24 pm
yes, of course you can use the q-links to pitch samples and record it, but it's just not economical to do that in this case.

By mfdoomsday Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:28 am
Mike Feedback wrote:yes, of course you can use the q-links to pitch samples and record it, but it's just not economical to do that in this case.

its not economical?? how much does it cost to use the sliders this way?? how much does it save you??