Stop a playing sample with "release"

Hi all, I'm new to the world of MPC but experienced with sampling and music production in general. I have a MPC ONE that I intend to use for live performance and have started to learn and prepare for that.

I have a program with samples triggered as on-shots from the pads. Most often in a series of samples the "new" sample/pad will mute the previous sample/pad set up as the "mute target". However I would sometimes like it to have a bit of release when turned off. How can I achieve that? Thanks!

When a pad is muted it stops dead, there is no release available, that pad is effectively no more. 'Release' is only available when 'note on' pads are released.

You could use a subtle reverb or delay on the program perhaps.

Not applicable to your specific problem, but you could trigger a separate release sample by combining NOTE OFF and simultaneous play as per my tutorial here:

https://www.mpc-tutor.com/mpc-program-t ... -note-off/

Thanks! Ok, sorry I'm new at the terminology, "note one" pads mean I have to press the pad down with my finger all the time until I release and it stops?

Is the no way to trigger a sample and have it kling off when released except for to hold my fingers on it until released? I don't have enough fingers to hold all the pads..

I have used reverb on some samples which helps with the release but I don't want reverb on all of them.

EDIT: release samples could be an option but some samples does not sound the same all the time so a general release sample would not really be an option for those because I don't know when the sample will be released.

Could you explain exactly what you are trying to achieve, what type of samples are these?

L i n u s wrote:Hi all, I'm new to the world of MPC

Just wanted to say - congrats on the MPC One purchase!

MPC-Tutor wrote:Could you explain exactly what you are trying to achieve, what type of samples are these?

For example one song I’m working on now has four different string chords which works fine as one shots because they are just a quarter note with a natural decay of a couple of seconds.

Then it’s a melody line on two different sounds (synth and brass) where each new note mutes the previous. Would be nice to not have the notes stop immediately but with a bit of decay because it would sound more natural and also to avoid clicks.

Then there’s also a kind of processed choir loop which goes over the choruses. This one need to be shorter sometimes and to have a natural tail when stopped.

EnochLight wrote:

L i n u s wrote:Hi all, I'm new to the world of MPC

Just wanted to say - congrats on the MPC One purchase!

Thanks!

Add polyphony to the program ( 4 or even 8 ) and add some release time.

For samples that you want to loop endlessly (like some ambient drone), consider an external trigger like a Launchpad where you set a pad as "toggle".

Bonsaipanda wrote:Add polyphony to the program ( 4 or even 8 ) and add some release time.

For samples that you want to loop endlessly (like some ambient drone), consider an external trigger like a Launchpad where you set a pad as "toggle".

Thanks, is it possible to set the MPC pads as ”toggle”? What do you mean by add polyphony to the program? It is already polyphonic?

Just to throw it out there but most samplers I owned do this; did you try holding Shift and hitting the pad with the oneshot setting?

L i n u s wrote:
Thanks, is it possible to set the MPC pads as ”toggle”?

Not in a DRUM program, but you can in a CLIP program.

Did you try to mute the Midi in the mixer instead of muting in the track/pad mute page ?