Song mode? It should be working!

Okay, Lampdog told me how to do this awhile back and I tried what he said and it worked, but now its not. IDK WHY!!

I made a seq with 3 tracks:
TR1:Drums
TR2:Snares
TR3:Hats

I then copied that seq to seq 2 and added an extra track, track 4.
TR1:Drums
TR2:Snares
TR3:Hats
TR4:Bassline

Then, I copied seq 2 (directly above) to seq 3 and muted TR4, so that I could play my 2nd bassline on a new track, 5.
TR1:Drums
TR2:Snares
TR3:Hats
TR4:Bassline (Muted)
TR5:Bassline2


Now, do I have to go back to seq 1 and rename TR4 Bassline and TR5 Bassline 2? Then go to seq 2 and rename TR5 Bassline 2, so then all three seq's will all have 5 tracks with the same names? For the life of me, I cannot get song mode down! What is an easier way to do this? If not, just explain it to me once more, and I'll try my ass off to understand..lol. But Seriously!

Thanks!

What you are saying is a little confusing, Are you trying to create a SONG!

yea, im trying it in Song Mode.

Do you have your manual. I just realized that you have the MPC500, I don't know nothing about the 500 all I can say is read the manual, GOOD LUCK

yea, i read it like 4 times.

On page 51, at the bottom, theres a note box that says: When you convert a song, the specific settings used in each track within the sequence, such as track type, midi channel setting, selection of the program, etc, will be set to the values from the sequence in the first step of the orginal song. If the track settings of sequences in other steps are different from those in the step 1, the song may not be converted properly.

So doesnt that mean that when I create new tracks such as the two basslines and name them bassline and bassline2 (as stated above) on seq 2 and 3, I have to go back to my original seq (seq 1) and rename TR4 and TR5, bassline and bassline2? but if i only went back and renamed TR4 and TR5 on my original seq, there still wouldnt be anything recorded on TR4 or TR5, because all that I have on my original seq is my first three tracks.
AHHHH!

ok name them all in the first sequence. aight, well if i wanted drums, snares, hat, and a bassline. thats 4 tracks. On seq1, i would name the 1st four tracks drums, snares, hats, bassline. and after i copied the sequences and have them playing correctly in song mode, i decided that i wanted to add a piano track, how would i add the piano track (which would be TR5)?

DPM, the best way to do what you are trying to do is to create create a loop which would be the apogee for your song arrangement (let's say, its busiest part) and then copy the sequence with this loop various times and strip down elements from it by either muting tracks, or deleting note events from tracks in each of the copied sequences. This way, you will have all track settings (program assignment, name, MIDI channel, etc.) consistent throughout all these sequences. Then you can easily build up your song and/or re-build it when needed simply by rearranging the order of sequences.