mpc500 memory issue? triggering wrong sample - pls help

hey, im having some problems with my mpc 500 and REALLY hope someone out here can help me since the akai "pro" support people couldnt do a damn thing for me...

anyway, heres the issue: it a nutshell, my mpc sometimes triggers the wrong samples after i record a sequence and play it back. it doesnt happen to every sample and the problem doesnt exist in every program i create and use... but it happens enough that i am almost ready to give up and get a different drum machine.

heres an example of the problem- lets say i program a pattern with a snare on the 2nd beat ... when i press the pad it plays the snare as it should, so i can play the pads and hear it the way i want to program it... but after i record the sequence and it starts playing back automatically, it will play back a different sound, such as a crash for example, always something from the same program, but not what i want to hear.

this happens across a couple of my programs, but NOT all programs... i cant seem to find anything that these programs have in common aside from the fact that they were programmed using bluebox on a pc.

i tried using a friend's mpc500 to try and figure out if the machine was bugged or if it was just my card(s) but i have the same issues on both 500s.

i have tried 2 memory cards with the same programs in both (a sandisk ultraII 2gb card as well as the stock 128mb cf card that is included) but i have the same issues.

not sure if anyone else has experienced this but either way, ANY insight on how to resolve or work around this would be much appreciated.

THANKS!

can anyone help?

Sounds to my like bluebox might be the source of you problems, while it works for the MPC500 it was designed to work with a MPC with 16 pads (not 12 like the 500 has).

Try creating template programs on you MPC500 to speed up creating programs on the MPC it self.

Snerg

Perhaps there's a midi note pad mismatch due to the different pad assignments? Never had a problem the few times I've used Blue Box myself. See if you can it on an MPC1000 perhaps?

I had the same problem...that's effectively a mismatch with the midi note number...it's weird..

I want to send some midi note with some pad in a program. Each time I assign the note number and there's a conflict, i have to see ALL the pad for checking, either i don't want to use them as midi note..Do you have any solutions? I would love to make it easier..