pads responding to pressure, not velocity

hi all,

I've had non responsive pads for a while now and have taken off the casing.. Thing is when i turn the mp on and go to the other screen and try to set the responsiveness of my pads while pressing. I see the pressure indicator going up when pushing a pad but the velocity doesn't respond. All some occassions it does but thats like one out of 50.

My questions is, what could be the problem and what can i do?

You do know that you have to hit the Pad fast to produce a velocity readout? Just pushing it is not supposed to produce velocity.

That might be it, but still i find it kind of odd that my pads do not respond. I can't select the menu the edit my sequences and step edit, that disturbs me pretty bad.

_Stilo_ wrote:You do know that you have to hit the Pad fast to produce a velocity readout? Just pushing it is not supposed to produce velocity.

Not sure about that. My belief is that pressure relates to after touch. Pressure / aftertouch relates to how much you press the pad down once you've triggered it. Probably works better on a keyboard...

Velocity is about how hard you initially hit the pad. This usually translates to volume, by default, on the MPC 1000.

I'm writing because I am having trouble with pads 1 and 2 on my MPC 1000 triggering pressure, but not velocity.

The OP's comment is almost a decade old, but I am responding anyways for informative purposes because I was searching this forum for information about my problem.