struggling with the sequence

i can't figure out some things, anyone could exmplaine me a bit ?

so when i load up my 500 i get my screen with

SQ:01-sequence01
i set it up to 89Bpm and a 4bar

so now i want to record my melody first
like a kind of intro
then i would like to have the melody + drums

so i need to make 2 sequence's ?
or do i need to make only 1 seq, with separated Tracks , and then name the tracks ?

BigM wrote:so i need to make 2 sequence's ?
or do i need to make only 1 seq, with separated Tracks , and then name the tracks ?

You can do it both ways, the thing is if your Intro has a weird time signature number like 5/4
then your going to find yourself having a hard time trying to set the melody & drums in that same sequence.

So thats when you would go to the second sequence and set up the melody and drums through their.

I tend to do everything all in one sequence. Thats just my style of work flow though, if your constructing an entire song, Intro, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Outro. Then yeah its a better idea to use different sequences.

If your Intro is Four bars and you can play your melody and drums for Four bars. Then doing it all in the same sequence is the best way to go.

Don't be scared of the 500. It'll do anything you want it to do. It wants to do anything you want it to. Just keep reading the manual and act like you know.

You can use one sequence or multiple sequences its up to you. I also record to one sequence because its sounds more natural than a chain of sequences. You can set the number of bars in a sequence from 2 to 999 bars.

Ill-Green wrote:Don't be scared of the 500. It'll do anything you want it to do. It wants to do anything you want it to. Just keep reading the manual and act like you know.

You can use one sequence or multiple sequences its up to you. I also record to one sequence because its sounds more natural than a chain of sequences. You can set the number of bars in a sequence from 2 to 999 bars.

oh thx it helped me out , i'm gonna try the both ways.
i'm feeling like getting the hang of it !
and for sampling i cutted the whole LP part i want, in 6 pieces
named them sp1,sp2 etc ..
but i know from FL studio , there was a kind of FPC vst in it ,
and you can set it to 1-1 so when you press double on it cuts itself automaticly , how is that going for the mpc ?

ah big up for you guys btw !

but i know from FL studio , there was a kind of FPC vst in it ,
and you can set it to 1-1 so when you press double on it cuts itself automaticly , how is that going for the mpc ?

no chop chop function on the 500 if this is what you mean!!you got to do it manually but that's cool too!

so when you press double on it cuts itself automaticly , how is that going for the mpc ?

if i get what you mean you have to go to

program -> poly (set mono);

&

program -> mute group (set the same number on every sample you want to cut itself automatically when another one starts)

carloboranga wrote:

so when you press double on it cuts itself automaticly , how is that going for the mpc ?

if i get what you mean you have to go to

program -> poly (set mono);

&

program -> mute group (set the same number on every sample you want that cut itself automatically when another one starts)

I read it as mute groups too Carl. so sound advice

sorry i didn't understand the answer!

he means if you have a sample assigned to a pad you can change the settings on your mpc so that when you hit the pad twice it just plays the sample from the beginning again (not overlaps the sample on top of the one that was already playing)

you might use the function to link a open hi hat and closed hi hat cymbal sound - so when you hit the pad with the closed hi hat sound it automatically mutes the open hi hat sound. like in real life with a drum kit, when you hit an open hi hat and then close it with the pedal the sound changes and 'stops quicker'

i'm sorry, that's probably the worst explanation ever!

thanks but i say answer instead of question !i thought he was talking about choping!

beetle wrote:he means if you have a sample assigned to a pad you can change the settings on your mpc so that when you hit the pad twice it just plays the sample from the beginning again (not overlaps the sample on top of the one that was already playing)

you might use the function to link a open hi hat and closed hi hat cymbal sound - so when you hit the pad with the closed hi hat sound it automatically mutes the open hi hat sound. like in real life with a drum kit, when you hit an open hi hat and then close it with the pedal the sound changes and 'stops quicker'

i'm sorry, that's probably the worst explanation ever!

Ah that would make sense. So you know what the question is, do you know the answer???

mastasteez wrote:

beetle wrote:he means if you have a sample assigned to a pad you can change the settings on your mpc so that when you hit the pad twice it just plays the sample from the beginning again (not overlaps the sample on top of the one that was already playing)

you might use the function to link a open hi hat and closed hi hat cymbal sound - so when you hit the pad with the closed hi hat sound it automatically mutes the open hi hat sound. like in real life with a drum kit, when you hit an open hi hat and then close it with the pedal the sound changes and 'stops quicker'

i'm sorry, that's probably the worst explanation ever!

Ah that would make sense. So you know what the question is, do you know the answer???