MPC 3000 - disabled recording of sequence?

Hi
I am trying to figure out why I cant record a sequence. After assigning my sounds, I press rec. and play to start writing but I don't even hear my metronome and it reads MMC "record" command sent but nothing is actually happening Why is this happening? I have trouble shot but can't figure out why it's doing that. I have also shut off and restarted but I still can't record my sequences. Anyone?
D.

You have turned on the MMC by mistake. I have done this a few times. Just go in to Midi on Button command D and turn it off ( i THINK) I will check when I'm at the studio later.




Mac

From Rohan, the true master,

It sounds like you "locked" the transport into "Deferred MMC PLAY/WAIT" mode.

The short cut to do this comes from holding down the STOP key and while keeping it depressed, pressing the PLAY key.

Your MPC3000 transport controls will now have the function of sending MMC commands. The MPC3000 will wait then for the reception of compatible MMC start messages via MIDI when in this mode before the transport will start the sequence running.

If nothing is received in this mode then the machine will sit there in a dumb state.

Repeat the key press procedure above to renable the transport into normal operation mode.

As for default bar lengths in SEQUENCES:

With the transport in a stopped position, press ERASE, then INITIALISE, dial in the value you want for default sequence length, perform the initialisation.

Machine should remember this value from now on.

macman, elmaco

thanks so much! greatly appreciated!

dusty