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By acronym Thu May 24, 2012 10:32 pm
First my equipment list before Lampdog goes on my nuts again...

MPC2500
3.18 JJOSXL


OK, I imported a midi file drum beat in sequence 1, however, is there a way where I can easily assign say the samples to the corresponding midi notes instead of manually going through the program list if that makes sense.
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By b.read Thu May 24, 2012 10:37 pm
Lamp did what to your nuts?
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By b.read Thu May 24, 2012 11:05 pm
Ok...I will get all the sordid details. 8)
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By Lampdog Fri May 25, 2012 1:01 am
Lampdog never touched yo nutz, nor does he want to.
Fk yo nutz! Anyway, I can't help you with this one, sorry.
By acronym Fri May 25, 2012 1:29 am
Lampdog wrote:Lampdog never touched yo nutz, nor does he want to.
Fk yo nutz! Anyway, I can't help you with this one, sorry.


No worries:)
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By Lampdog Fri May 25, 2012 1:50 am
I don't know jjos is why :lol:

Some things are universal but moved around using different names in different gear though.
By terry towelling Fri May 25, 2012 6:18 am
tracks and sequences contain the midi notes.
programs contain your samples.
to do what you want, save your sequence, tracks and programs together as a project.
By acronym Fri May 25, 2012 9:31 am
terry towelling wrote:tracks and sequences contain the midi notes.
programs contain your samples.
to do what you want, save your sequence, tracks and programs together as a project.


I don't you understand.

I imported a drum midi file I exported, now I can load it up it on the MPC however, its a question of which pad is being played so I can assign a sample to it.
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By MPC-Tutor Fri May 25, 2012 11:48 am
acronym wrote:I imported a drum midi file I exported, now I can load it up it on the MPC however, its a question of which pad is being played so I can assign a sample to it.


The first thing I would assume is that the MIDI file is set up for GM drum mapping.

http://www.mindwaremusic.com/Soundsette ... umMap.html

So in JJOSXL, you start on note 36 at pad A1, so as you can see from that map, that should be a kick. Snare is 38, so that should be on pad A3, closed hat is 42 = pad A7. And so on.

Look in STEP EDIT. If it's using note 35, then as you can see from the GM map, that's also a kick (bass drum), but JJOS doesn't go that low in DRUM programs, so you might want to transpose all 35 events to 36.

If its not GM, you'll get there eventually, just load up a kick hat and snare and mess around with their pad placement. You have to assume the hats will be pretty regular, so look out for those patterns in GRID/STEP EDIT, and the main snare hits will most likely fall on the 2nd and 4th beat of each bar (assuming 4/4). And there' probably a kick on the 1st and maybe 3rd beats.
By acronym Fri May 25, 2012 1:59 pm
MPC-Tutor wrote:
acronym wrote:I imported a drum midi file I exported, now I can load it up it on the MPC however, its a question of which pad is being played so I can assign a sample to it.


The first thing I would assume is that the MIDI file is set up for GM drum mapping.

http://www.mindwaremusic.com/Soundsette ... umMap.html

So in JJOSXL, you start on note 36 at pad A1, so as you can see from that map, that should be a kick. Snare is 38, so that should be on pad A3, closed hat is 42 = pad A7. And so on.

Look in STEP EDIT. If it's using note 35, then as you can see from the GM map, that's also a kick (bass drum), but JJOS doesn't go that low in DRUM programs, so you might want to transpose all 35 events to 36.

Thank you, going to buy your Ableton guide at the end of the month too.

If its not GM, you'll get there eventually, just load up a kick hat and snare and mess around with their pad placement. You have to assume the hats will be pretty regular, so look out for those patterns in GRID/STEP EDIT, and the main snare hits will most likely fall on the 2nd and 4th beat of each bar (assuming 4/4). And there' probably a kick on the 1st and maybe 3rd beats.
By acronym Fri May 25, 2012 2:37 pm
I actually meant to say thanks for the help tutor and not quote your answer like an idiot.