Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By huddmj23 Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:25 am
HI

ON MY MPC 500 SAY I PRESS PAD 1 RIGHT, WHERE I HAVE A 10 SECOND SAMPLE I'VE LOADED. WHILE THAT SAMPLE IS PLAYING (EVEN IF I'M NOT RECORDING) I PRESS A KICK ON ANOTHER PAD FOLLOWED BY A HI-HAT FOLLOWED BY TWO CLAPS RIGHT AFTER EACH OTHER REAL QUICK THE SAMPLE ON PAD 1 STOPS PLAYING IMMEDIATELY...HELP!!! THIS IS FRUSTRATING!! I HAVE EVERYTHING ON POLY VOICE OVERLAP AND MUTE GROUP IS OFF TOO. I CAN'T RECORD ANY DRUMS OVER THIS SAMPLE WHICH IS ANNOYING...IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO PLEASE HELP!!
THNX!!!!
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By ssnedden Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:41 am
huddmj23 wrote:HI

ON MY MPC 500 SAY I PRESS PAD 1 RIGHT, WHERE I HAVE A 10 SECOND SAMPLE I'VE LOADED. WHILE THAT SAMPLE IS PLAYING (EVEN IF I'M NOT RECORDING) I PRESS A KICK ON ANOTHER PAD FOLLOWED BY A HI-HAT FOLLOWED BY TWO CLAPS RIGHT AFTER EACH OTHER REAL QUICK THE SAMPLE ON PAD 1 STOPS PLAYING IMMEDIATELY...HELP!!! THIS IS FRUSTRATING!! I HAVE EVERYTHING ON POLY VOICE OVERLAP AND MUTE GROUP IS OFF TOO. I CAN'T RECORD ANY DRUMS OVER THIS SAMPLE WHICH IS ANNOYING...IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO PLEASE HELP!!
THNX!!!!


I get the same thing sometimes. I blame it on lack of RAM, but I'm not 100% sure about that. I recommend either chopping the sample into pieces, lowering the chance that they get cut off, or if you don't have the RAM upgrade, get that (I haven't done that only because I'm poor).