Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
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By tonyscarbones Thu May 22, 2025 3:18 pm
sometimes when i'm in the middle of making a beat and i want to add a sample from hard drive or whatever. The sample will automatically go on the last pad and last program i hit.

how do i stop that?

or other times when I go back to edit another sample, i want to chop end points and discard data outside of start end points but when i hit that screen the option is greyed out along with a few other greyed out options
By jamos Thu May 22, 2025 3:30 pm
When a sample pad is green when loading a sample, the sample will be loaded there. Just hit the pad once before loading the sample to deselect it. (I cannot count the number of times I have tripped over this.)
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By Lampdog Thu May 22, 2025 4:55 pm
tonyscarbones wrote:...few other greyed out options

Greyed out means you may be in the wrong mode. CHOP / TRIM / PAD are 3 different modes.
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By Ultros Fri May 23, 2025 5:56 pm
You can also drag and drop samples to pad using the touch screen. you can do multiples this way as well by dragging up to 4 samples to the pads to fill each layer.