Help, mpc1000 as a synth jjos2xl

Hi, I have jjos2xl for my mpc1k, I hear it can be a stand alone synth,is that true? I downloaded some adventure kid waveform synth thing(sry,I'm not sure of the proper name) thinking it would do the trick. We'll I load it and it comes up as a program like it would work, but no sound comes out... I am a quadriplegic w very limited hand movement so if the mpc could be a synth, that'd b perfect... Can you guys please help me out? Any comment is appreciated.

Also, I wanna slow a sample down, even play it backwards... I know there's prob something on it on this site, but ic nt find anything.

One more thing, where's a great place to find samples,sounds, ideally synth sounds,that's in a compact flash card I could buy. I'm broke but I love music so.....

Thanks guys,
Stef

Hi Stef,

You can typically map a sample across multiple pads and tune each pad differently -- the MPC 1000 is a bit limited for this kind of thing, but it can do stuff that's not bad so long as you're prepared to mess with the settings a bit.

As for samples... I don't know about anyone else, but I'd be happy to record a load of synth sounds from my modular and send you a CF card, if you let me know how to get it to you. (For anyone else wanting a copy I could send out a Dropbox link or something).

You take any sample, go trim mode, loop it there until you hear nasty sounds like broken TV/ radio.. in program menu you have to set pads to NOTE ON, now use Low pass filter and ADSR. For this task over 200kb files I consider BIG files. To make a synth you don't need more than 50-100kb of raw sample - and it can last long as you want with "loop" - sustain loop.

There is an option in either the program or trim menus to reverse a sample. I'm at work so i can't look for the buttons on my mpc right now, but they should be easy to find.

make new inst pgm and map sample(s) across keys....tuned appropriately for you.

If you have more samples (i.e. note hits of raw sample) the better the mapping and tonal stretch. be sure to assign note samples on same key (A1# to A1# etc...)

I downloaded some adventure kid waveform synth thing

Maybe these sounds 8 bit needs to be resaved as 44khz , 16 bit with a batchprocessor (Wave editor) program to be usable with the mpc.

These waves are really small , so you probably have to put them on loop to hear something.

I saw on the site that there is other format packages (already processed).