Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By macmusic78 Sat Jan 14, 2006 10:31 am
i often prepare my 1 or 2 bar loops in logic and load the to the mpc for life use - now when i programm the seqences - 4 to 8 bar loops i need to trigger the loops 4 to 8 times. If i trigger them as 1 shot samples programming is easiest - but when you stop the seq you got all those loops still playing. If i trigger them note on its har to play that 8 times for exactly 1 bar - not too short or too long.

Now ok - when i set the length for the loop in seq edit- what is the exact SAMPLE length for 1 and 2 bars? you can´t choose 1 bar, right?
Or how do you handle this?
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By jahrome Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:39 am
macmusic78 wrote:
If i trigger them as 1 shot samples programming is easiest - but when you stop the seq you got all those loops still playing.


If you have an MPC 2500, assign these loops to the continuous sample track and the loops will stop playing when you stop the MPCs sequencer.

macmusic78 wrote:
Now ok - when i set the length for the loop in seq edit- what is the exact SAMPLE length for 1 and 2 bars? you can´t choose 1 bar, right?


The tempo of the sample and/or the tempo of the sequencer plays a part in these settings.
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By macmusic78 Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:54 pm
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If you have an MPC 2500, assign these loops to the continuous sample track and the loops will stop playing when you stop the MPCs sequencer."

yes i know - but can´t i only assign one track to that? I have different loops on different tracks so i can mue/unmute them.

How do you calculate the bar/sample length?
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By Fist Full of Dollaz Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:04 pm
macmusic78 wrote:"
If you have an MPC 2500, assign these loops to the continuous sample track and the loops will stop playing when you stop the MPCs sequencer."

yes i know - but can´t i only assign one track to that? I have different loops on different tracks so i can mue/unmute them.

How do you calculate the bar/sample length?


u just gotta count it

one bar can be different lengths depending on how fast or slow u have the tempo set

By peezie Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:58 pm
96ppq x 4=384 ticks per bar. When using note off mode, you can edit the sample length in step edit. Try putting in 384 as note length and it should play for one measure.
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By udenjoe Sat Jan 14, 2006 8:15 pm
Can't you timestretch and set the loop length with the phrase feature?
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By macmusic78 Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:11 am
peezie wrote:96ppq x 4=384 ticks per bar. When using note off mode, you can edit the sample length in step edit. Try putting in 384 as note length and it should play for one measure.


thanks peezie - i think this whas what i needed!