Sorting samples

Ok I attempted a search and gave up. Did not look in the manual as I do not have one avaible here at work.

My question is there a way to have your sample sorted in a logical way. I'm talking when you are assigning samples to the pads that order is always silly. My MPC sorts them in the order they were loaded. That makes it a pain in the ass when you have maxed out your 256 sample limit and you need to find that 1 kick. I know you can sort in different ways in the trim window but can you when you are in the program window? Word.

but can you when you are in the program window?

No

that sucks a-hole.

Sounds like it would be easier to: Off the bat, load up sounds (samples) & assign them where you want to in a specific program accordingly.. then you could just refer to that program when need be. As opposed to maxing out your sounds & searching through 256 of em' ? I apologize if my interjection may be irrelevant, I'm still a n00b

Well the 256 samples were a hypothetical. I do on occasion have many samples in memory and want to tweak the samples assigned to pads. Its a douche to go by my memory as to the order they were loaded. I like to have all samples I want in the samplers RAM so I can work fast before the inspiration and idea pass or gets stale. Maybe I should stop blazing before writing.

The most important thing I've found in setting up programs is to use a consistant drum map (ex: bass drum on pad 2, etc). The BEST way to do this is to follow the MIDI spec as you will have the most compatability. Then if you have multiple programs loaded, you can switch them up at any time (even live) and the sounds will change, but they will be the same instruments. To this day I am still converting all my kits to match this format (the pain is then the sequences need reworking too).

MPC3000's page explains this:
http://www.mpc2000xl.com/program_creating.htm

Then on disk, I try to keep all my samples sorted in folders by instrument type. This way, I can easily replace a single sound in the existing program at any point and not mess around. You can have a default kit that auto loads when you boot up so you can bang out right when you turn it on so you at least have your idea sequenced, then you replace sounds as needed.

mrcrappypantson wrote:Ok I attempted a search and gave up. Did not look in the manual as I do not have one avaible here at work.

I keep all the mpc manuals/addendums on my thumbdrive, my desktop at home and work. Just in case I feel the need to review, for myself, for someone else or help them find something. Good practice to get into.

I have to get on PDF's of the manual on every computer I use.

I gotz mine..

Pdf's are the best because you can search for that keyword. The hardcopy doesn't even have an index does it? Trust I read manuals especially whilst on the pooper. Thats a definite draw back of the PDF manual. But if I had laptop....