Is it just me?

It's probably my bad timing, but when I am looping a lifted drum pattern it sounds fine. As soon as I try to put it down in a sequence, the kick drum at the beginning is now doubling up when the four bars come back around. Is it me? Am I not letting go of the pad in time before the overdub starts and the kick is inserted again? I may be explaining this all wrong, so clarification is possible. Thanks.

go to program-->select your bass drum-->go to parameters and set polyphony to mono.

Either that, or it could be too long for the particular bpm of the sequence?


Try making the sequence slower...




ronJ

sounds like it's looping over onto itself, your holding too long and the kick is doubled.

What mpc are you using so that someone may be able to give you the "correct" menu info or page in the manual to check your poly/mono/note off settings.

Lampdog, I am using the 1000. I know where to find the poly/mono settings. Any other suggestions, as I have not had a chance to check out the poly/mono suggestion?

So, I tried changing polyphony to mono and that did not resolve the issue.

95 ticks in a beat.
4 beats in a bar, 95 x 4 = # of ticks in a bar.
How many bars is you loop?

If you have 4 bars it's 95 x 4 x 4, that's how many ticks (length) the sample should last (set that up in step edit). Make sure it hits on the very first tick of the very first bar and you should be fine, DOES/ IS it supposed to start on the very first tick of the very first bar?

If so, there's your answer. It should not loop back ontop of itself now.

Yeah, you always gotta make sure it tstarts on the first tick in the edit screen. If it isn't, copy the whole thing, use the move function to get it to the beggining. After this, if there's a pause after the loop you're seq1 is too slow, if it starts up again too quickly you're sequence is too fast, you need to lower the bpm.

Thanks for the info Lampdog and RE:, these are great pieces of info. Hopefully I will be able to get this straightened out.

did u try- slowly increase the tempo of the sequence until it sounds right?


also, it sounds like you set loop points for the loop in trim mode? be aware that might not be necessary...

The issue appears to be the tempo. I need to use trial and error to find the right tempo so the loop will fit within the four bars. Thanks guys. I am learning slowly but surely.

bboymoves wrote:The issue appears to be the tempo. I need to use trial and error to find the right tempo so the loop will fit within the four bars. Thanks guys. I am learning slowly but surely.

Can't you just check the params of the loop in the TRIM mode, or is that just on the 2000xl? I sure hope you can, 'cause that'll save you MUCH time.

here is my quasi-professional opinion.

CHOP THEM DRUMS UP!!!


make them more funky.

I found the right tempo and the loop fit. I am all for chopping and isolating my kicks, snares, etc. to their own pads. Sometimes you just want to loop though.