Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
By bearrrr Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:39 am
Ok say I make a drum pattern and I wanna copy three tracks I made so I don't have to record over and over. I press track, param, then I go to copy, and select to and from. After that, how do I get the tracks to play in the next measure? If that's not even right please let me know, cant find it on the manual anywhere.
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By crossings Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:48 am
the easiest way to do it... instead of copying... is go into the SONG menu, add the sequence you want to "copy"... set it to repeat 2 or 3 or however many times you want that sequence to repeat... then press the CONVERT button... this will consolidate them into one longer sequence.
By bearrrr Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:10 am
Did what you said but it still isnt repeating, the param was set higher but no sound after 4sec. I'm probably doing something wrong, thanks though.
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By Ill-Green Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:20 am
Oh I got you now. So you are copying tracks to make a longer sequence, is that what you are trying to do? Because copying a track will not cut it. If you hit a pad at 1:1 and recorded it on the track then when you copy, it just stays at 1:1 not at 2:1 where you thought it'll end up.

I'm gonna need more info.
By bearrrr Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:59 pm
As far as my problem with the audio still not repeating, is the params were set above 4 and I didn't notice, so when I went into SONG and repeated the sequence, it would play till 4 then cut off until however long I had the params set to.