Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By axs Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:14 pm
Title kind of says it all. I have a 12 1/2 bar sequence (that's the kind of music I make :-) and I can't find a way to choose fractions of a bar. I see that individual patterns can have various lengths (down to "beats"), but not entire sequences. Anyone know if I'm missing something, or if not, if there is some kind of work around?
Cheers!
By Moho Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:47 pm
how about 25 bars double speed :idea:
By golddope Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:48 am
I find that 8 beats is half a bar ,or create a bar and using the pencil icon next to sequence select half length,that should do it :smoker:
By axs Tue Jul 04, 2017 8:08 pm
Can't get it to work, possibly because I'm using audio tracks. If I try to halv 1 bar on the page that comes up by pushing the pencil button, it doesn't do anything. I hope this will work in the near future, because my music is full of short abrupt stops "between" sequences...
By Denx Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:55 pm
I have the same question. Doubling tempo works, of course, but mid project, that’s a lot of administration. I prefer a more fun way :-D
By SuperKonquer Sun Apr 30, 2023 6:47 pm
Knowing that you may need half bars in your projects, you should always work in double tempo so you can accomplish what you are after. I now only work in quadruple tempo so I can use quarter note bars for song mode.
By jamos Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:31 pm
Since the default time signature is 4/4, you need to insert 12 bars of 2/4. Main | Sequn e | Insert Bars
By Denx Mon May 01, 2023 5:54 am
Oh, you might be on to something! So it is possible to insert or add bars with a different time signature? That will be fun, thank you :-D
By SuperKonquer Mon May 01, 2023 1:47 pm
The issue with insert bars with a different time signature is that it works in seq mode and it works in song mode but when you convert song to sequence it converts everything to one time signature so it won’t convert a sequence with multiple time signatures correctly. It‘a not a problem if you aren’t using convert to sequence to arrange but will scramble your arrangement if you are. Using the tempo work around lets you stay in one time signature and convert less than 4/4 bars correctly. If you are tracking to a daw to do your arranging then insert bars works best.