some positivity: MPC5000 User tips and tricks.

So I thought it would be a good idea to share some cool tricks and tips you might have that are not so obvious.

Here are some of mine I will write them down as I remember / come up with them.


1) If you want to search samples really fast and want to know where things are what I do is I keep a backup in my computer of my MPc sampler... that way I can audition things real quick or find a particular sample using Windows or OSX search and find it on the MPC a lot quicker.


2) Another thing I do is I keep a log on my MPc notebook of what things change and what I am doing... with dates and the such with what parameters are mapped to certain sounds etc etc.... this way you can always reference that and find things a lot easier.


3) Another trick is (and this is awesome) to load the same program one or two times and change the name of one of them creating the same program but with difference LFOs / filters / variations etc on the samples. That way you don't occupy almost any memory because you have a whole new palette of sound variations using the same samples, what changes is the program. (great way of getting creative while saving memory)

4)always name your tracks as you go... I know this is a bad habit of many of us (including myself) but I certainly know that if I name tracks properly as I go the work flow increases a dramatically.

mm I have some more but I will post them later on...

This is something I did when I first learned the 5k can create programs out of folders...

I went through all my drum sounds and start creating kits and drum programs via the computer. I used FL studio to help me with this process because its easy to audition sounds on the fly.

I'll select up to 64 sounds (16pads * 4banks), save those sounds in a folder, then transfer the folder over the 5k and create a program.

Took me about 8hrs to do this, but it was def worth it...

this is something you can do whenever you have writers/producers block..

diegoeskryptic wrote:This is something I did when I first learned the 5k can create programs out of folders...

I went through all my drum sounds and start creating kits and drum programs via the computer. I used FL studio to help me with this process because its easy to audition sounds on the fly.

I'll select up to 64 sounds (16pads * 4banks), save those sounds in a folder, then transfer the folder over the 5k and create a program.

Took me about 8hrs to do this, but it was def worth it...

this is something you can do whenever you have writers/producers block..

This is incredibly easy now with OS 2.0 allowing your to create new programs with loaded WAV's. Like Diego said, it would take hours before now, probably much much quicker?

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awesome post man, great stuff. the notebook idea is really great. i'm glad to see we still have people understanding that positive solutions can come out of such a machine. i still wouldn't trade my 5000 for any other mpc, ... well, maybe for a 2500 and a pro tools HD 3 accel rig. .... but then again, the 5000 is a bit cheaper ; )

Keep em coming!!!!!!

1. Using shift+pad(any) to go directly to a track is a real timesaver
2. When I make a program, I always set up the outputs of each pad/sample and then save it. This saves alot of time when your ready to track out a beat.
3. Don't let that adat output go to waste!!!!!!! This is one of the main reasons I picked this MPC over the 2500.
4. The Track Mute, Pad Mute, Pd Group, are great features that shouldn,t go unused!

ritec wrote:3) Another trick is (and this is awesome) to load the same program one or two times and change the name of one of them creating the same program but with difference LFOs / filters / variations etc on the samples. That way you don't occupy almost any memory because you have a whole new palette of sound variations using the same samples, what changes is the program. (great way of getting creative while saving memory)

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Yeah, this one I use a lot. It's a must use killer trick when it comes to filtering!!!!