2000xl and note off using 16 levels

Quick question here. When I used to play a bass line over a beat on my 2000 (non XL) I would set one long bass sample to note off and then use 16 levels with note variation/tuning to play the bass. When I would touch each pad even if it were one directly after another quickly it would play out no prob. On my 2000xl I tried using the same method and sometimes when I hit one pad after another too quickly the second hit will not take for some reason. Almost as if it gets cut off. Any idea what I am doing wrong? If I play in mono it works fine...but I can't control the length of the bass sample so easily without having multiple samples.

Thanks for any help!

I apologize for resurrecting this thread, but I cannot seem to get past this. I understand how to make a bass sound (from just about anything), pitch it to fit the sample and assing to 16 levels. I can even hear the bassline in my head and map it out on the pads, BUT I cannot get the bass sounds to record so they don't cut off!

The only way I got it to work is with the step editor, but that takes so much time. I also tried messing with decay settings, which worked, but it doesn't sound the way it should as the decay way too long. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong. or point me in the right direction?

How do you guys bang out basslines without it getting cut off? This is driving me crazy!

Thanks!

Thanks for the reply Lamp, appreciate it!

That's the issue, if I make a bass sound myself, it uses the LOOP function. If LOOP is ON, I cannot assign from NOTE OFF to POLY.

I'm going to reference the manual too. But, maybe I'm doing something wrong with the sound itself. I thought I could copy just about any sound, pick a point and LOOP it to get bass sound... but LOOPs can only be used as NOTE OFF (which is making 16 levels cut off)?

Thanks again!

AoyamaJPN, I think you are right, sample looping can only be used on "NOTE OFF". For "MONO" and "POLY" setting, it plays end of the end point, so loop setting does not apply. Therefore, 16 level cannot be used, if you want to the bass sample to cut each other (like legato).
You should use Auto Chromatic assignment. On XL, you can use up to 4 program at the same time, so just make a chromatic key program (you don't have to use Auto Chromatic assignment, it can be created manually as well)

thanks for the replies!

i think my problem is that when i make a bass sound i just take a few cycles, i am not cutting pasting to make a long sample (long meaning around 2sec).

i tried autochromatic and messing decay, but they still cut off. again, i think my problem is with making the bass sound itself.

i am going to try a longer cycle, which essentially means creating a new sound by copy and pasting, in which case, i will not really need to loop and can just use mono.

i will also try looping longer cycles and make sure the start and a end are at the right points.

i think my issue is that i was making the bass sound with just one cycle...

thanks again!