By Hash410
Sat Jan 03, 2004 8:50 pm
I just got the MPC 2000XL with the internal zip two days. I don’t have upgrade to the 32 megs yet. I’ve been practicing using the zip disk that came with the MPC. I’m struggling and frustrated with the drum programming.
I’ve figured out how to load the zip disk and assign them to different pads whether in bank’s A, B, C, or D. Right now I’m reading and practicing the material in Chapter 3 of the MPC 2000XL manual “recording sequences”. I’m struggling man with these drums. and fitting the melody with the drums. What I do is assign a kick, and a snare both in Bank A to two separate pads. (The Mistake) Then using the metronome clicking, by, tapping pad 1-kick pad 2-snare. I go kick, snare, kick, snare, kick, snare, kick, snare. Then I quantize it and it still sounds off. I’ve also tried using the “DRUM 1, 2, 3, and 4” and I’m struggling with that.
Correction: What I've learned thus far is to seperate each track in the same sequence on a different track. For ex. Seq 1- track 1:kick, track 2: snare, track 3: hit hat, track 4: bass, track 5: loop (piano). Then what I did was for example track one:kick, I lowered the BPM to 88.7 (instead of using 120.0). I hit record the metronome plays and at the same time the metronome play I hit the kick pad. So I try to match the kick drum with the metronome click. I don't know if that's right. I'm just experimenting so much right now.
Do you have any suggestions (some steps of som sort) for me as a first time MPC 2000XL user to improve my drum programming, and matching the loop with the drums? This is my 3rd day using the unit. I've so much to learn. Thanks in advance for any advice/tips.
I’ve figured out how to load the zip disk and assign them to different pads whether in bank’s A, B, C, or D. Right now I’m reading and practicing the material in Chapter 3 of the MPC 2000XL manual “recording sequences”. I’m struggling man with these drums. and fitting the melody with the drums. What I do is assign a kick, and a snare both in Bank A to two separate pads. (The Mistake) Then using the metronome clicking, by, tapping pad 1-kick pad 2-snare. I go kick, snare, kick, snare, kick, snare, kick, snare. Then I quantize it and it still sounds off. I’ve also tried using the “DRUM 1, 2, 3, and 4” and I’m struggling with that.
Correction: What I've learned thus far is to seperate each track in the same sequence on a different track. For ex. Seq 1- track 1:kick, track 2: snare, track 3: hit hat, track 4: bass, track 5: loop (piano). Then what I did was for example track one:kick, I lowered the BPM to 88.7 (instead of using 120.0). I hit record the metronome plays and at the same time the metronome play I hit the kick pad. So I try to match the kick drum with the metronome click. I don't know if that's right. I'm just experimenting so much right now.
Do you have any suggestions (some steps of som sort) for me as a first time MPC 2000XL user to improve my drum programming, and matching the loop with the drums? This is my 3rd day using the unit. I've so much to learn. Thanks in advance for any advice/tips.
