Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By maintain Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:11 am
Hello!
I have 2 questions:
1.Is there any possibility that hit 10 pads in a short period of time and the MPC will play these 10 samples, one after another, like the first one to end it starts up 2?
In order not to overlap?

2.I have problem with sequences.
I want to do this:
CRASH ----
DRUMS(.....)--------------------- -------
BEAT(........)-------------------------
But when I want to make SONG all sequences are playing one after one ,but not in the same time.
I don't wont to hit the same pads for 40 bars,but I want to have crashes only at start,and drums at all time of beat.
But when I record 10bars with crashes at start,they will repeat.
But when I record 2 sequences:
1-crashes(not loop)
2-drums(loop)
In song will be break,cuz I don't want to crash and drums layering.

I would ask for exact instructions on how to do it?

And I sorry for my language mistakes.

Greets,thanks in advance
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By MoreBuck$ Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:20 pm
I believe you need to download the reference manual in PDF format and start from the begining. You will then grasp how to use your 4000 in the way you need to. I am finding it hard to understand what your problem is.
By maintain Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:25 pm
Yeah,I understand that you are bored answer on stupid and boring questions,but I don't from USA or GB,so I don't understand many phrases.

I have REF manual,but there only tips how to copy/delete/create sequence,but I didn't find answer on my questions.

So can you help me or another one ?

Greets
By Clint Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:01 pm
maintain wrote:Can anybody help me?


1. If you don't want samples from a single program to overlap, set the program's polyphony to 1. If you want each sample to play to the end use the one shot mode and sequence your notes correctly.

2. Sounds to me like you are getting the purpose of sequences and tracks confused. Each element of your beat (kicks, snares, crash etc) should be on its own track, but within a single sequence.
By maintain Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:47 pm
Ok,thanks.
1-OK,but isn't any possibillyty to do that what I written earlier?
2-OK,thanks too.So I must copying steps.
Thanks again,greets
By Clint Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:11 pm
1. No. The samples will be triggered in realtime or as per the recorded sequence. you could get creative with the NOTE REPEAT function to get the effect you want, but that will depend on the sample length and playback mode (note on, one shot, loop etc)

Experiment and have fun doing it!!