Sampling+Sequencing+Adding Drums+Song Mode

Question: I am a sample based producer and on the mpc studio and software I find myself filling all 16 pads with sample chops. I will make two or four sequences out of those 16 chops I made on lets say Bank A but I'm extremely confused as to how I can add drums(percussion) to the sequences I have just made without going to another Bank but if I go to another Bank lets say B, I can't hear the sequences I made on Bank A and I need that to hear those sequences so I can make a drum sequence(s) that make sense for the sequence with the samples on Bank A. Is there a way I can stay in Bank A where I made my sequences with samples, be able to hear them and get a fresh set of blank pads without undoing or removing those sequences that I need that have the sequences with the samples? Whats the easiest way to get around this hurdle as I like to MPC Studio and software but thats the biggest discouragement I have at this point of not going forward with the MPC is that it seems way more complicated than the maschine where I could switch groups and still here what I made on other groups and keep layering groups until I had the beat going where I wanted it to go. Does the mpc studio and its accompanying software have a something similar that I am overlooking as a newbie that can allow me to do what I am describing?

Hi there,
If I understand you correctly, you will have to add a new track with a new program in the same sequence you have your chops in. This way you have your chops playing on track 1 and on track 2 you can program your drum sounds. Check the instruction manual of the MPC, somewhere at the beginning there is a tutorial that explains it well. It's called Quick Start/Tutorial and can be found on page 31 of the manual.

I think you're also running into problems because you have put drums and chopped samples into the same program, which is probably set to 'mono' mode meaning only one sample can play at a time and will cut off any sample that is currently playing. you will hear your drums but not the sample you sequenced underneath.

it's better to keep drums and chops in separate programs, on separate tracks. if you really have to have your drums and chops in the same program you can set the program to poly in the program edit window but then your samples will overlap in ways you might not want (unless you set mute groups for those samples)