Dumb Question for today........

O.K here it is,What's the difference between track and sequence??I looked in the manual but it doesn't explain it well.(or maybe i'm tired and overlooked it.)You can play sounds on both so,how do i use track.When and what for?......Thanx.........Peace.

this is a general question, and its not a stoopid one, just a newbie one. your sequence contains all your tracks-99 to each sequence in the mpc. the mpc is linear in visual. you cannot see all the tracks like you can on cubase on a computer, you can only see one track at a time. you sequence or the ability to sequence is to play those tracks in tandem or programmable order.

tracks=sentences

sequences=paragraphs


oh, and then theres song mode

song mode=thesis

I kind of had the jist of it but i never use tracks.I go straight to seq. but someone mentioned something about tracks the other day so i just wanted some clarification.Good lookin' out Seek......Peace.

You can have each instrument on it's own track, so for example when you need to adjust the volume of that instrument you can do it easily without affecting the other sounds.
It goes far beyond that tho.. That was just a basic example!

how do you sequence without using traks? that means you have 1 ekement playing only? do u even own an mpc? cause you can make minimal beatz on a sr16 if you wanted.

stryke wrote:I kind of had the jist of it but i never use tracks.I go straight to seq. but someone mentioned something about tracks the other day so i just wanted some clarification.Good lookin' out Seek......Peace.

err... Whatever you record on the mp, you record it to a track. If you never change the track you are constantly recording everything to track 1. The sequence just plays back the tracks that have been recorded into.

I pretty much make my sequence from a loop that has simultaneous instruments.Then make another seq. and move on to song.I'm new to the mpc world.I use to own an asr x.But i always wanted 2 things: a son and a mpc.But after my son died i decided it was in the stars for me to own an mpc.(That's why i named my mpc JAIDEN,that was going to be my sons'name).I've only had my 2k for 3 months and haven't had alot of time on it between work and home.So,I need alot of help.I'm not new to production just the 2k.So,stick with me and help a brother out.......Peace.

yeah essentially think of your sequence as your loop...within that loop you may have your bass drums on one track...now you could have everything on track one....or you could have just your bass drums on track one...that way when you go into the mute screen (which changes the pads into track mute/unmute) you can mute just the bass drum element....hard to explain if you don't have an mpc to look at but hope that makes sense:


oh im very sad to hear that stryke....nothing more can be said...

greg

If you are making a sequence you are going to be using at least one track. Look on your MAIN SCREEN, where it says at the top what sequence number you are using. The long rectangle with the thicker outline says: "Tr:" & then the track number (unless it has been renamed.)

It sounds as if you are putting everything into track 1 of each sequence, but if you start putting different sounds into different tracks it makes editing much easier. So you can have an entire drum kit playing in track 1, but most people will use track 1 for just the kick, track 2 for the snare, track 3 for the hats etc.

kick that mpc now Know fam! You have much to lear grass hoppa

o.k so maybe i'm not doing this right or i misunderstand.When i make a beat i find my loop then make a seq.Next i make another seq but i overdub my drums and whatnot.When i make enough(5-6)different seqs. i go to song and put them in order.So am i usin' the Track right or not?

If you are making a sequence you are going to be using at least one track. Look on your MAIN SCREEN, where it says at the top what sequence number you are using. The long rectangle with the thicker outline says: "Tr:" & then the track number (unless it has been renamed.)

Read these posts carefully.. It's all been said many times now!

Ok, I'll try to make it even more clear.
These lines here represent tracks. There are 99 tracks on one sequence but I can't be bothered to draw them all so I'll just use four tracks in this example, like this:


Tr 1 _________________________________________________


Tr 2 _________________________________________________


Tr 3 _________________________________________________


Tr 4 _________________________________________________


******

At the moment you are recording everything to track one, and you are leaving all of the other tracks empty. Like this:


Tr 1 - The main loop, bass drum, snare, hi hat etc


Tr 2 - _________________________________________________


Tr 3 - _________________________________________________


Tr 4 - _________________________________________________

****

But you could be doing it like this:


Tr 1 - The main loop


Tr 2 - Bass drum


Tr 3 - Snare


Tr 4 - Hihat

*****

There are numerous reasons why you should do this.. Like for example if you find out that the snare drum that you recorded into the sequence doesn't sound good after all, instead of having to manually remove each of the snare hits you can just mute the track with the snare, and make a new track with another snare. Or you could just delete the track and record another snare to the same track.

Or if you would like to apply swing, but you only want to apply it to the bass drum, you can do it easily because there are no other sounds on the same track.

Or if you go into a studio to track out your beats you can track all of the instruments individually because they are on separate tracks. Otherwise if they're all on the same track there's really not much that you can do to them, mixing wise..

The list goes on and on and on..


It's easy as pie:
When you have recorded something to a sequence, just press the F5 button under the screen afterwards. Above the button (on the screen) it should say Tr+, and that means that when you press the button it will switch to the next track. You are still within the same sequence, everything you just recorded will still be playing. Nothing has changed, except that you are now recording to track 2.

Thanx Cheech.I got you........Peace.