Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By ironmic716 Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:03 pm
Just switched from 1k to 2kxl, So Ive been attempting to approach chopping on the 2kxl as follows-

Ive always chopped a break, saved it as a separate program so i can use it for another beat if i want, and then would do my drums however i did them, lets say kick-trk1, snr-trk2, hat-trk3. Then i would chop the sample and do the same thing, save it as a new program and then play my samples on trk 4.

When i do this in the 2kxl, I end up messing something up somehow. I made a beat, did the drums as i stated, lets say the drum pgm was called "sly" and the sounds were called "water" and now i go to play the samples and all 3 drum tracks are now playing the sounds from "water" instead of the drums from "sly" Its like when I make a new pgm it dominates the other ones lol...

what am I doin wrong here?
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By Lampdog Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:29 pm
2kxl has 4 active pgm's at once. DRUM1, DRUM2, DRUM3 and DRUM4.
Everytime you create a new pgm it's slotted to DRUM1, can't change it, that's just the way it is. You'll have to manually place your new pgm's in whichever DRUM you want.
You did nothing wrong, it's just the way the machine works when new pgm's are created.

SLY=DRUM1
WATER=DRUM2

If you create a new pgm it will be placed in SLY and your seq made with SLY will playback with new pgm sounds but SLY sequencing, is that what happened?
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By *Pilchard* Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:46 am
As far as I remember...
If you select a [DRUM] holder before you make the new program, the new program will be installed into that [DRUM] holder.

For example,... Press [SHIFT] & [PROGRAM] and select [DRUM 4]. Then make your new program (Whether a regular program or one made from chopped zones).
The new program will be automatically loaded into [DRUM 4]

This is useful when making a new program while in the middle of making a beat, to stop the new program messing up your settings.

:mrgreen:
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By Lampdog Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:52 am
I've always just moved them in place manually.

That there is something else that op can look into then.