Global Q-Link settings

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Global Q-Link settings

By sparky Fri May 29, 2020 3:28 pm
I miss the global filter and pitch controls from the MPC4000.

Obviously slapping a filter on the master is a rough workaround but doesn’t produce the same results as it colours everything at the same rate as opposed to just the programs where a filter is active, as the 4K used to do... and a pitch shifter on the master doesn’t do the same thing at all.

Has anyone found a workaround for this?

Re: Global Q-Link settings

By 40Beatz Fri May 29, 2020 4:33 pm
You can set Filter and Pitch control on the Program level by selecting "All" Pads within the Program. Other than that...It seems like your workaround is the only way i can think of...

Re: Global Q-Link settings

By Lumi Fri May 29, 2020 4:44 pm
sparky wrote:I miss the global filter and pitch controls from the MPC4000.

Obviously slapping a filter on the master is a rough workaround but doesn’t produce the same results as it colours everything at the same rate as opposed to just the programs where a filter is active, as the 4K used to do... and a pitch shifter on the master doesn’t do the same thing at all.

Has anyone found a workaround for this?

Just put the filter and pitch effects as inserts on programs or tracks and assign them to qlink project mode.
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Re: Global Q-Link settings

By Lampdog Fri May 29, 2020 5:01 pm
sparky wrote:I miss the global filter and pitch controls from the MPC4000.

Obviously slapping a filter on the master is a rough workaround but doesn’t produce the same results as it colours everything at the same rate as opposed to just the programs where a filter is active, as the 4K used to do... and a pitch shifter on the master doesn’t do the same thing at all.

Has anyone found a workaround for this?


Dive into and get to know Q-Link edit, everything you want is in there.

Global would be PROJECT now.
PROGRAM is each individual program when selected on main.
More Q-Links and much more robust.

Customize your shit and get that MPC 4000 q-link magic happening again, I did.

Re: Global Q-Link settings

By sparky Fri May 29, 2020 10:09 pm
Thanks Lamp... What I’m really looking for is the functionality of the global or ALL setting in the 4K - it created some really dynamic and distinctive effects as it affected all programs relative to their original state. Haven’t seen anything like that in the X’s q-link options - which are great in other ways but just don’t seem to have project-wide settings other than volume, pan, mute... the master pitch control is also a big omission.
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