Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Metaphysician Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:13 pm
I recently started to use this function on my 2000xl after reading the creating and editing programmes section of the mpc manual.

Basically I have a whole bunch of emu soundbank cd's that I wish to use with my mpc, they work fine. I am able to use the auto chromatic function.

But what I want to do is have a different sound on each track. E.G. Bass on one track percussion on another. When I lay a sound accross the keys on my keyboard a program is created. Which I thought was good, meaning I could do many auto chromatic assignments with different sounds and use each program created on a seperate track.

The problem is my mpc isn't letting me use a program on its own track.

If I am on track-01 and I change PGM to e.g. 2 and by DRUM1:OFF NewPgm-B shows then I move to track-02 to use another program and change PGM to 3 so the program on that track changes to NewPGM-C when I go back to track-01 the program changes to NewPGM-C there aswell.

All I am trying to do is use any program I create on any track I want. I want to build up a tune out of different programmes on different tracks but I cant seem to assign a particular program to a particular track. E.G. Track-01 .... PROGSTRING............ Track-02 PROGDRUM ... Track-03 PROGBSDD ......... all these programmes are suppose to be ones created while I was using the Auto Chromatic Assign function.

Ive been creating my tracks on protools and my mpc has just been sitting there. I have got them to sync perfectly and now want to use my mpc more. So I need to know how to get this program thing working.

Anyone?
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By Lampdog Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:48 am
I think you got the whole hierarchy wrong and/or mistaken.

1 drum = 4 programs.

4 banks = 1 program.

Once you record to a drum, LEAVE that drum alone and don't change it out to another drum, what you just recorded goes hand in hand with that drum so dont change/swap it out.

I was trying to follow along with your explaination but I got lost.

Once you use autochrom to make a new program, it swaps out your drum 1 with whatever was in drum 1, you have to go back and MANUALLY change drum 1 back to what it was and assign the new autochrom program to a different drum.

How many programs can the 2kxl hold max, 4 active (drums 1 - 4) and others in memory, 24. You can access the ones in memory by inserting program changes in step edit at the beginning of your sequences can't you?