Program mode settings

MPC1000/JJOS2XL.

Sorry if these questions are way basic !!!

In program mode there is this screen:


In the "sound" column there are options : STEREO, L, R, L+R

I have a few questions :
1- the screen capture shows a "MONO" setting but I do not have the "MONO" setting in the "sound" column. I have only "STEREO", "L", "R", and "L+R". Is this normal ?

2 -when I set "sound" to "L+R" the sample always plays louder than in "STEREO" or "L" or "R". Why is that ?

3 -when I set "sound" to "L" or "R", I can still hear the sound in both of my speakers. I should only hear one speaker, shouldn't I ??

4 -what I select in the "sound" column is not affected by the program setting "play:" "MONO" or "POLY" (top right corner), right ?

Then pressing F2 I get this screen:


5- there I am a bit (well quite...) confused: what is the difference between the "play:" setting (top right corner) and each of these "voice" column settings ??

Hi,

1- It's normal because you're using stereo samples. If you use something mono or sample in mono, "MONO" will be displayed.

2 - It's because you sum both channels so it sounds louder indeed

3 - No if you want to hear it only on your left or right speaker, you have to go to program mode or mixer mode to set panning differently. What you hear is the sound of the left channel or the right channel of your sample. Handy if you sample vinyls for example

4 - Yeah correct. This "POLY" / "MONO" refers to how samples overlap or not.

5- At the upper right hand corner it's the setting for the program and in the voice column it's for individual setting.

Build a drum program with drum sounds. Try to play or record something. If your program is set as MONO you won't go far So it depends on your samples and what you want to do.

Enjoy

le rat wrote:Hi,

1- It's normal because you're using stereo samples. If you use something mono or sample in mono, "MONO" will be displayed.

2 - It's because you sum both channels so it sounds louder indeed

3 - No if you want to hear it only on your left or right speaker, you have to go to program mode or mixer mode to set panning differently. What you hear is the sound of the left channel or the right channel of your sample. Handy if you sample vinyls for example

4 - Yeah correct. This "POLY" / "MONO" refers to how samples overlap or not.

5- At the upper right hand corner it's the setting for the program and in the voice column it's for individual setting.

Build a drum program with drum sounds. Try to play or record something. If your program is set as MONO you won't go far So it depends on your samples and what you want to do.

Enjoy

thanks !
but concerning 5: which setting overrides the other one ? for example what happens if the program is set to "POLY" and one sample or more is set to "MONO" , or conversely program = "MONO" and one sample or more = "POLY" ?

also I wonder a bit what do you mean by "If your program is set as MONO you won't go far" ??

You're welcome

PROGRAM > SAMPLE

If you set POLY for your program you can make samples overlap
If you set it to MONO your samples won't overlap.

At the sample level if you set it to MONO it won't overlap when you press the same pad many times in a row.
If it's set to POLY it will overlap.

So for example when I create a drum program for my drums I set the program to POLY and some individuals samples to POLY or MONO.
When I create a drum program for my chopped samples I often set the program to MONO and some samples to MONO or POLY.

So it depends on what you want to do. Quite easy to figure out if you have your hands on your MPC while reading this