Sequencing problem 001.01

Hey all, i hope this a a common problem but i can't find the solution googling or looking through threads on here..

i have an issue where if i drum out a track on my MPC500- say three kicks on the first beat then a snare on the second beat followed by kick on third, snare on fourth and repeat for the second bar... it'll sound fine when i play it but when the playback loops around to the start it'll squash up the timing of the first beat so instead of having three nicely spaced kicks, they'll be all skrunched together then i'll progress normally to the second beat and play fine after that... until it loops back to the first beat of the first bar where it'll mess up the timing again. The weird thing is that sometimes when i start fresh it doesn't do this... but most of the time it does. i see this behavior with the built in samples as well as those on flash cards. can anyone shed some light on this?

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Don't get you.


Do you use quantize?

check your quantize and check your time sig

If not quantized, swing perhaps... Plus are you chopping properly?

hey, thanks for the suggestions everyone. Timing correction is set to off with no swing and time signature is 4/4. after playing with it a lot more it just seems to be pushing the first beat back slightly so that the space between the first and second beat is smaller. looking at it now though i think i might just be spazing out and hitting the beat before the start of the bar so it sounds ok when i play it but the sequencer then gets it funky.

Try programming with the step sequencer perhaps?

Good luck man!

I have the same exact issue. It just started about 6 months ago. You're not alone but I wish I new how to fix this. I am looking to sell my MPC 500 now because this issue really hinders my work flow. My MP used to be the center of my studio but now it's just collecting dust.