MPC60II: Jumbled notes when using Next Sequence & Song Mode

Hey guys. I've recently noticed an issue on my MPC60II (running OS 2.12) where upon changing to the Next Sequence during playback, the drum notes at the very beginning of the next sequence are slightly delayed and/or jumbled when the sequence initially changes over during playback. I tried stringing together several sequences in Song Mode and I'm having the same issue. I even tried using no other MIDI tracks, only the Drum channel. Same problem. I don't even have a MIDI controller connected to the MPC either, so it can't be an issue of the machine receiving excess MIDI data. I have also tried only leaving a single drum note on the first step of each sequence, but there is still a lag. I'm using the same tempo and 50% swing settings on both sequences. Any thoughts on what could be causing this problem?

-Chris
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Could be the known issue of ANALYSING SEQUENCE DATA. Do yourself a favour and upgrade to 3.10. There is no reason to be running an operating system that is over 20 years old when you don't have to.

Hmm...I don't have that issue nowadays; but it happened to me a very few times in the past. Maybe it's recording extra hidden stuff in the settings and you may want to turn off some stuff (like breathe control, aftertouch, etc.)

Also, have you tried converting the Song into a Long Sequence? This is known/done to keep the timing solid.

Clint wrote:Could be the known issue of ANALYSING SEQUENCE DATA. Do yourself a favour and upgrade to 3.10. There is no reason to be running an operating system that is over 20 years old when you don't have to.

Yeah, good point. I've been dragging my feet on upgrading to 3.10. The 60II is actually my back-up machine, in case something goes wrong with my 3000, but I do like to fire up the 60II every so often.

fooddude wrote:Hmm...I don't have that issue nowadays; but it happened to me a very few times in the past. Maybe it's recording extra hidden stuff in the settings and you may want to turn off some stuff (like breathe control, aftertouch, etc.)

Also, have you tried converting the Song into a Long Sequence? This is known/done to keep the timing solid.

I reset all the settings to default and then went into the MIDI menu and turned almost all of the events off and that seemed to do the trick. Weird, I don't see what events could have been throwing the timing off, since I had no other MIDI devices hooked to the machine. Thanks for your help, guys!

Ya, it helped me too back then...but now that I think of it, I haven't "turned off" all those things in quite some time, more than a year, and I think it happened when I still had a battery in it. So..I think from not having a battery, it always automatically "resets" everything, so that could be it too..it was I either turn off all those midi things, or, from never having a battery in it it always resets. Sometimes it's good not to have a battery in your mpc/synths, hehe.

fooddude wrote:.I think from not having a battery, it always automatically "resets" everything, so that could be it too..it was I either turn off all those midi things, or, from never having a battery in it it always resets. Sometimes it's good not to have a battery in your mpc/synths, hehe.

How come you don't save your default settings to floppy ?
They autoload and saves time setting things up every time you power cycle.,

fooddude wrote:So..I think from not having a battery, it always automatically "resets" everything

Yes.

Parameter settings are saved by the back-up battery. If your battery has died, you can save your preferred default parameters to a PAR file on floppy disc. There is a list of which parameters are saved in the manual. Quite a few things in a PAR file.