MPC5000 reviews, bug reports and fellow user support on the most recent standalone, hardware MPC from Akai
By kaliman Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:34 pm
Hi, I have a MPC2500. On the MPC2500 I chop a sample and divide it over the pads. Everytime I hit another pad the previous pad stops playing and the new pad is starting . (this is perfect!)

On my MPC5000 this is not the case. When I chop a sample and divide this over the pads. The pad plays the whole sample till the end, and if I hit the pad twice it plays teh sample twice. It just plays al samples hit onderneith a pad, untill the samples are at the end. (totaly chaos :( )

My question:
How do I get pads work like on the MPC2500? ( I don't mean:note on)
I looked up in the manual + search on this forum and I couldnt find it, please help this brother out!
By ghosty Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:21 am
ok.. so you just got done choppin and are ready to freak it.


for example purpose.
Select pad
A| 1: ****1 <------- what ever the first region is named
0| 2.(no sample)
1| 3.(no sample)
| 4.(no sample)
................................
Params
.............................
Voice: POLY
Mute Group: OFF
Mute Target: OFF OFF OFF OFF <---- whole other topic and use.
...................................................
Then change to

Voice: MONO <-------- THIS
Mute Group: 1<-------- THIS
Mute Target: OFF OFF OFF OFF <----- Unchanged
Next
Select pad
A| 1: ****2 <------- what ever the second region is named
0| 2.(no sample)
2| 3.(no sample) <--------- I have selected pad 2
| 4.(no sample)
................................
Params
.............................
Voice: POLY
Mute Group: OFF
Mute Target: OFF OFF OFF OFF <----- Whole other topic and use.
...................................................
Then change to

Voice: MONO <-------- THIS
Mute Group: 1<-------- THIS
Mute Target: OFF OFF OFF OFF <--- Unchanged
.............................................

Now pad 1 and 2 are MONO. Meaning you can repeat A kick or sub without phasing , and it will stop the playback and restart the note, on the pad you are triggering.

The Mute Group allows you to assign rules to individual pads regarding cutoff and and how pads work with or against each-other.

So with pad 1 on Mute Group 1
And pad 2 on Mute Group 1
They will stop one another.
Hit pad 1 , sample plays.
Hit pad 1 and hit pad again. It will restart playback each time. Note repeat will now do drum rolls , etc. etc . without phasing each-other out.

Hit Pad one then hit pad 2 , pad 2 stops the playback on pad 1 and begins playback on pad 2.
There are 32 Mute Group Commands. You could through creative arranging use the Mute Groups to control all 64 pads ( banks A-B-C-D )
Keep in mind it is important to use 2 pads per Group number. Unwanted pads will inevitably cut-each-other off and its a logistical nightmare sorting it out.

If you play to make a sequence with a sample ONLY you could use Program Play Mode: POLY and set to MONO
Program Play Mode is a whole separate TuT . And if needed I will provide examples and work-flow direction when using this feature.