triggering samples to start and stop

This is the setup I currently am running with the akai.

Roland TD-6V Drum brain > Akai MPC-500

The drummer is triggering the akai pads using his PD-8 rubber pads that are hooked up to the Roland drum brain.

samples are anywhere from 2-8 measures of a song (keyboard parts, etc)

Here's the nightmare scenario:


We are playing the song, and he hits the pad at the wrong time in the song. [PANIC MODE]

Is there a way to set it up so that if he hits the pad again it will stop playing the sample?

Currently if you hit the pad again it will just trigger another sample that will play "on top" of the one before it.

In the program Turn the samples from Poly to Mono. This will stop the Sample from Overlapping when the Pad is hit twice.

ebodaddy wrote:
Is there a way to set it up so that if he hits the pad again it will stop playing the sample?

Currently if you hit the pad again it will just trigger another sample that will play "on top" of the one before it.

Set up your mute groups. You can also switch the sample to "note on".

Mute Group Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PON0wqxCovw

You can also press the stop button 3 times to turn all notes off.

thanks for the great information.

Mute groups seems like the way to go. I suppose I could set up a "blank" pad that the drummer could hit in an emergency to kill a sample hit at the wrong place. Perhaps a foot pedal.

Very cool!

^^sure just place a blank sample somewhere.