Playing Sample In Time With drums etc

How do I get it so that If I sample something, that I keep the sample playing at the same time as the drums etc i add, because I sample something, and then sample stops whilst drums keep playing, thens sample will start again, this is on the 2000xl, sorry if im a bit confusing

u wanna loop the sample? if so, look in the manual

link to manual: http://www.akaipro.com/supportdocuments.html#MPC2000XL

I rarely use just loops now.. buts here's a quick tip to get your bpm...

now just follow what I do...

sample a ONE bar loop.

goto Trim and trim it so it loops perfectly



Now once that is done... while STILL in the trim window press LOOP(F2) at the bottom of the screen

now once there, hit the EDIT key (F5)

Window will say LOOP FROM START TO END



Press DO IT (F5)

once you pressed DO IT it'll take you back to the TRIM PAGE in LOOP Mode (see how LOOP is highlighted)

Bring your cursor up to where it says LOOP:OFF

Change it to LOOP:ON




Hold your pad down itll show if your ONE BAR loop is correctly trimmed.. but that's not the reason I made you do that...

Now hit the PARAMS button (F4)

Now in the PARAMS window select how many beats your ONE BAR loop is (of course.. 4 beats)

It will display the TEMPO of that loop

Now if your loop is looped up real tight the BPM should be close to exact...



NOW you know how fast your sample is going at... you shouldnt have any problems getting those drums to sync...

ADJUST TUNE: if you want it slower, faster, and/or to match with your current sequences TEMPO






Now this may have seemed liek a lot but once you get it down its a 20 second process, even quicker...

Props on explainging this with the pictures and everything, but I feel already sorry for you 'cause in 2 days someone else is gonna aks the same question again and claim they can't find anything by searching the threads. Perhaps you should add this post to the useful links sticky that Lampdog made in the past. Not that it will make any difference, some cats are still too lazy to read those stickies either.

lol very true... o well, I had some free time last night

Tight work. Good for newbies.

Uno/1

Gams