rw11279 wrote:I'm a new jack
On the 3000 Is their supposed to be a delay between steps in song mode? My sequences are fine but their is a 1 sec or so delay between each step. How do I fix this
Still on OS 3.03 ? Could be a problem.
What is your sequence made up of ?
Just SEQUENCE events triggering the internal DRUM SOUND generator
Or SEQUENCE events triggering external MIDI devices
Do your SEQUENCES have events present START to END
Or are you looping back to a point within the SEQUENCE when in SEQUENCE PLAY mode ?
IE: In SEQUENCE PLAY MODE you may have a five bar SEQUENCE that is set to loop back to the second bar, giving the effect of a four bar sequence when playing.
The first bar in the above example may be blank.
Stringing all the SEQUENCES in this above example together in SONG MODE will insert the missing bar at the beginning of each step as a result ...
This could, depending on time signatures, tempos and such ... equal an amount of one second ...
kebzer wrote:The 3000 and 60 feature a primitive processor with limited power to handle too much on the Song mode.
The MPC3000 and MPC60 feature completely different processors.
Old ? Yes ... Primitive ? By modern standards , yes ...
The MPC60 is even "more" computationally challenged than an MPC3000. ( Intel 80186 8 MHz )
An MPC3000 is equally as computationally equipped as an MPC2000, and MPC2000XL. ( NEC V53 16 MHz )
They can "suffer" in a similar manner too.
Problems in SONG mode are more to do with misunderstanding of MIDI event streams than as a result exclusively of an under powered CPU.
...and more likely to effect processing of outgoing MIDI data at the SONG STEP transition point than the internal drum sound generator.
kebzer wrote:If your sequences are heavy loaded, then you might experience gaps between steps or even slight drifts in the timing.
The SONG MODE is actually tighter at the next SEQUENCE transition point than SEQUENCE MODE is when playing and repeating at the loop transition point in SEQUENCE PLAY mode.
The definition of heavily loaded sequence is open to interpretation.
DRUM generator only events ?
MIDI events ?
Combination of both ?
kebzer wrote:A solution to this is always to convert everything into one single sequence and play your song from the start screen.
A good point to remember and stated also in the manual.
SONG MODE works fine when used with a bit of thought as to what you are sequencing.
The MPC3000 is less likely to suffer step transition delays when playing internally sequenced sounds.
The MPC3000 may suffer transition delays when transitioning between steps if heavy MIDI data is present.
The definition of "heavy MIDI data" varies based on various contributing factors.
Very valid points "kebzer" ...
Rohan.
(which I actually did pretty well, judging from your corrections)
