MPC X Pads record as chords vs single notes

in MPC X - Recoding a Bass overdub ( new track) on to a simple drum beat Project -
I select an unused track, load a bass sample, Sample goes to the pads as a scale so I can play pads as a baseline - When I '"play" the pads as bass notes and try an overdub It records not single notes as played but an ugly truncated cluster of all notes played as a chord. I've checked Pad Perform section to no avail. Help

NIkBVk wrote:I select an unused track, load a bass sample, Sample goes to the pads as a scale so I can play pads as a baseline

You can't load a sample to a track, you assign a program to a track and then assign the sample to the program. First please confirm what type of program you have assigned the bass sample to (keygroup or drum)?

NIkBVk wrote:I've checked Pad Perform section to no avail. Help

What do you actually see when you check pad perform? Because it definitely sounds like you have 'chord' mode enabled.

I have it as keygroup - and pad perform has Notes selected - the notes play when I holy individual pads for a baseline but upon recording it combines them into chords

that was .....play individual pads.... - sorry