[SOLVED] experiencing a weird routing issue?

Hello board,

First off, props to the all the people here who've made this site a valuable source for info, help, techniques, etc. I'm new the MPC line and the 4000 I purchased a couple of weeks ago is my first unit. While I'm new to the mpc, I'm not new to music (specifically engineering and production) and have been involved with the technical aspect of music for a little over ten years now. Before I downloaded the manuals, and read bits and pieces of it, I was able to navigate the interface, sync the 4000 to my other gear (mpc as master and slave), import samples, chop some samples, sample from an audio cd and a couple of other things such as making a basic drum pattern.

So what is my problem? Well, one of my pads is not working in sample mode.

I assign a sample to pad 14 which is the pad in question, and it doesn't matter if the type is set to instrument or drum, when I press the SAMPLE button and press the pad, I can no longer hear the sample. This only happens when I press the sample button and press TRIM/LP or REGION and only happens on pad 14. I've pressed GLOBAL + SHIFT, GLOBAL and all pads and buttons work fine. I loaded a sample to see if I could hear it while in this mode and I can hear it.

If someone can help me out I'd really appreciate it as I don't think this is a hardware issue but something that has to do with my routing configuration. If it will help any, I'm on OS 1.71 and this is the white mpc 4000. I'm thinking of backing the sounds and samples up, wiping the drive clean and returing the unit to factory default settings, but that is a last resort.

So again, my problem is one of my pads (14) is not working when I press the SAMPLE button and press TRIM/LP or REGION. All help is appreciated and I thank you guys very much for taking a look at this thread.

P.R.

PARASITE ROPE wrote:Hello board,

First off, props to the all the people here who've made this site a valuable source for info, help, techniques, etc. I'm new the MPC line and the 4000 I purchased a couple of weeks ago is my first unit. While I'm new to the mpc, I'm not new to music (specifically engineering and production) and have been involved with the technical aspect of music for a little over ten years now. Before I downloaded the manuals, and read bits and pieces of it, I was able to navigate the interface, sync the 4000 to my other gear (mpc as master and slave), import samples, chop some samples, sample from an audio cd and a couple of other things such as making a basic drum pattern.

So what is my problem? Well, one of my pads is not working in sample mode.

I assign a sample to pad 14 which is the pad in question, and it doesn't matter if the type is set to instrument or drum, when I press the SAMPLE button and press the pad, I can no longer hear the sample. This only happens when I press the sample button and press TRIM/LP or REGION and only happens on pad 14. I've pressed GLOBAL + SHIFT, GLOBAL and all pads and buttons work fine. I loaded a sample to see if I could hear it while in this mode and I can hear it.

If someone can help me out I'd really appreciate it as I don't think this is a hardware issue but something that has to do with my routing configuration. If it will help any, I'm on OS 1.71 and this is the white mpc 4000. I'm thinking of backing the sounds and samples up, wiping the drive clean and returing the unit to factory default settings, but that is a last resort.

So again, my problem is one of my pads (14) is not working when I press the SAMPLE button and press TRIM/LP or REGION. All help is appreciated and I thank you guys very much for taking a look at this thread.

P.R.

Pads 13,14,15, and 16 are your edit pads when you are in the sample edit page. If you look closely pad 14 is play >to so depending on where you set your trim start and ending what sounds you hear aka playing from the end of your trim point to the next. I mainly use the pad 16 to get my region set and pad 13 to set a loop in the sample page. The manual is your friend. When you are in the main page sequencing you shouldn`t have any problemss.

Thanks, Blue Haze! If this web site had a rewards, thanks or rep feature/system I'd certaintly make sure you got your credit. I was running through the manual but looking in the wrong places as I was looking into the midi settings, outputs, etc. I cracked open the manual again after reading your reply and I found it on page 169 of the Reference Manual but didn't check the User Guide. I would have never thought it had anything to do with actually editing the samples as I was content this was a routing issue. Once again, thanks a million man, I appreciate this.


P.R.

Haze is da man!