sequences/ programs and sounds ques

when i save my sequences on my mpc 2000(classic) do i need to load my programs and sounds first for the sequence to play correctly. for instance, if all my kicks are in one program, snares in another, ect....
save my sequence that i do,
then load some new sounds into the mp i relize i dont have a enough memory in the mp(i have the memory upgrade) for the snares, would my sequence play with out snares?
hope its understandable

2 answer your question the MPC is going to play the sequence rather you have the sounds in it or not. Your sequences are saved as data/midi. Although it will not sound like you recorded it with missing or substituted sounds it will play whatever sounds are loaded up or are coming thru a module or workstation that is connected to the MPC and are assigned to the pads you originally used to record your song with. As for your memory issue sampling in mono is the way to go as mono is half the size of stereo. If your sampling into your MPC whatever sound you sample is probably already in stereo as most sounds sampled are already mixed and mastered. So sample in mono. If you're curious as to which channel to use left or right when you sample from vinyl you will find that the left channel carries most of the sounds/data. If you use a wav editing program like Adobe audition, Soundforge, or any other sample convertor program you can change the stereo samples you already have. Honestly it's very unlikely that you will be able to hear a difference.

im a little confused, i forgot to mention, im loading all of my sounds from a floppy, so for instance, if i loaded up all my sounds, made a good sequence, then saved it turned the machine off, then only loaded the sequence, no sounds would it play(i got confused when u started mentioning midi and modules, im only loading sounds from a sample cd, and sampling from vinyl)
thanx blaz

My bad, but yeah the information is always there. Only the sequence/all songs and sequences are a lil different from saving sounds. Where saving the sounds the programs looks for the specific sounds, when dealing with the sequences the Save command only saves information pertaining to which pad is played and how long it is held. So in short whatever sound is assigned to the pad being played the sequence(s) will playback using the sounds you have loaded up wether they are the right ones or not. This isn't always a bad thing. With some practice you'll be able to switch drum parts. Example you may want to audition anoter snare oppsed to the one you originally used.

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all right, i was wondering cause im gonna get a zip drive the first of the month, and i want to u know save and organize my sounds, u know, kicks there own folder, snares, effects ect. so im figuring ill only be able to hold 64 kicks in that one program(64 pads), so when making a beat i would pick which kick i want, do the kicks in track 1, then load up all my kicks in another program(which im figuring im gonna have to replace the kicks)with my snares and do track 2, so when i save my sequence, it will use more than one program, meaning if i loaded the sequence, which ever program im running(snares for instance)my beat will only be snares

hope u understand what im saying,
but im sure there is a way around it(like do i pick what im using, program them to pads after i figure what im using, then save that as a new program and name it the same as my sequence, think i just answered my own question)

captkickass wrote:like do i pick what im using, program them to pads after i figure what im using, then save that as a new program and name it the same as my sequence, think i just answered my own question

Yeah, you did, that's it right there, I do that same thing.