sample recording end by threshold level?

I just noticed that it would save much of work when recording samples from my synths with the use of threshold level recording. The old akais had this as far as I remember? Meaning the recording automatically starts over a certain threshold and ends if the audio level drops under it. Instead of this, the recording on my mpc 5000 always goes on until I press the stop button... has akai forgotten this simple but very useful method or did I overread something in the manuals?

Jauly wrote:I just noticed that it would save much of work when recording samples from my synths with the use of threshold level recording. The old akais had this as far as I remember? Meaning the recording automatically starts over a certain threshold and ends if the audio level drops under it. Instead of this, the recording on my mpc 5000 always goes on until I press the stop button... has akai forgotten this simple but very useful method or did I overread something in the manuals?

I assume you know when the 5000 is rec enabled you can set the treshold and the rec. end time. So this must be a specific situation.

I know in some situation these features are nor available.

thanks for the reply!

well, I don't think it is a(n un)specific situation to sample instruments in a row. not every synth sound/fx has the same envelope characteristics, resulting in different lenghts (=times) of the sample. under a certain audio level, the sound gets useless, so why fumbling around by hand with that on every single sample? if every instrument sample would have the same time, it is nice. but that's not real.

I totally agree. You can then just record synthparts back to back without touching the 5000 and pick the best sample. I'm afraid you have to set the end time manually everytime or like you said press stop button everytime.

I'm adding this one to my personal wishlist i'm making while learning the 5000.


Good luck!