Jumpy Pads

Are any of you have this problem with pads:

You hit pad1, it will play the sample on pad1, hit pad 1 again, and it will play samples from other pads, but will eventually go back to the sound that is suppose to be on that pad..it does this no matter if it is pad 2,3,etc.. It is like the sounds are jumping around on 1 pad..cant even really get going cause every time you hit a pad, you get a new sound from another pad!

Just started doing this last night!


Thought it might have been something with velocity assignment, but the program that i set up, doesnt have anything to do with using the velocity?

The other thing could be a hardware issue?

Possibly a midi issue(bad midi info/program change info)?

Last, thing THE OS having a bug!

I am running OS 1.21..

everything was running good until this!

Any suggestions?

Never had that problem , but the mpc is a strange machine.
When i have Q-link knob 3 set to around 500 (the middle) and i move slider 1 up and down , the value of knob 3 changes , try it out.
That is a nasty problem when you wanna change volumes on 8 pads at once and you see all the pan settings turn back to center.

But since you're the only that posted the problem , i would say try reinstalling the OS and if that doesn't work , i would think there's something wrong with the pads.

Greetz...

I am going to try that OS reinstall Fasttracker..Maybe that will get me back to normal..was even thinking of installing 1.2 never had that System test message..will give it a shot!

Just searching the forum here, and it seems another member had the same problem, but nobody replied with an answer.

Fasttracker wrote:Never had that problem , but the mpc is a strange machine.
When i have Q-link knob 3 set to around 500 (the middle) and i move slider 1 up and down , the value of knob 3 changes , try it out.

Yes, there have been a few people already reporting that, the sliders movement affecting the knobs values slightly. Seems like it behaves that way on any MPC, mine does it too. Maybe someone should report that to Akai support

my pad 13 started doing that....had to take it in....broken cencer!!!wackness

I re-installed the OS, And it still does it. But one thing that I did notice is that when you hit the harder you hit the pad, the more it jumps around! I will hit pad1 soft, and it plays the sample on that pad. Hit pad 1 hard, it will play pad4, or 5, 9 etc.. That is one of the reasons i think it is an OS bug.

Even with the Full level button on or off, it does the same thing. Still dont know if this is hardware or software related?? It does it on all banks a,b,c,d. The only thing that does work with out a glitch is playing the samples from my Radium 61.

I know on the older MPC you could assign velocity triggering, but this seems to be automatically done, with no way to stop it.

I also notice in the 16 levels there is no problems on any of the settings(velocity, attack..)

Will cant compare OSs because it did it in 1.2 an 1.21

its a hardware problem...if u have a warranty take it in....me and a few people had this problem and had to get their cencer replaced. if u search u will find my thread about it

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P.S how long did it take for this too happen....for me it was in the first 4 months and believe me I m no gorilla with my pads ...nice and soft...and shit still broke....akai must be cutting corners somewhere.....P.P.S what pad is it ...13?

savilion It is a hardware issue!! i opened the damn thing up, wiped the censors down with a cloth and fliped the rubber 16 around. Back working without a hitch! As for the time for this to happen: About 8 months. I aint ballistic with the gear, but as far as MPCs goes, this is a 1st with the pads! Must be cutting corners for sh*t like that to be happening! I could deal with others malfunctioning buttons, but the PADS! Come on, that the center piece of the damn thing! Machine is almost useless without the pads!

Every now and then a button would trip after years of wear. Which is resonable, but not for a machine that aint even a year old!

Ended up with the MPC2500 as payment for a beat I did. So the warranty and all that is out the door. Plus the funds aint all that at the moment for this type sh*t to happen. Have to do ghetto logic repair work


PS: Where is that thread!!???

Dam son Thats a payment for one beat!!! DAM SON HOOK ME UP WITH YOUR CLIENTEL HAHAHAH!


here is the thread

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... highlight=

head034 wrote:savilion It is a hardware issue!! i opened the damn thing up, wiped the censors down with a cloth and fliped the rubber 16 around. Back working without a hitch! As for the time for this to happen: About 8 months. I aint ballistic with the gear, but as far as MPCs goes, this is a 1st with the pads! Must be cutting corners for sh*t like that to be happening! I could deal with others malfunctioning buttons, but the PADS! Come on, that the center piece of the damn thing! Machine is almost useless without the pads!

Every now and then a button would trip after years of wear. Which is resonable, but not for a machine that aint even a year old!

Ended up with the MPC2500 as payment for a beat I did. So the warranty and all that is out the door. Plus the funds aint all that at the moment for this type sh*t to happen. Have to do ghetto logic repair work


PS: Where is that thread!!???

Here the thing, had jumpy pads at first it seems like PAD 1 then noticed it was all the PADs more or less.
PAD 1 just was the worst PAD.
Pulled the 2500 apart and noticed that the PADs were strange.
The have those two locator dimples that go in the notches in the metal frame, but the notches would only line up with the PADs in one position.
If you rotated them or postioned them any other way they did sit flush.
After setting them so they were actually flat and in the notch the problem stopped.
I also repositioned the metal assembly that the sensors are on for better alignment with the rubber when the PADs are in squares of the top plate.
No sensors were replaced justed repositioned and aligned.
Could explain why it doesn't seem to be to wide spred a problem and Akai techs are correcting the alignement when they put new sensors in.

The Maker wrote:Pulled the 2500 apart and noticed that the PADs were strange.
The have those two locator dimples that go in the notches in the metal frame, but the notches would only line up with the PADs in one position.
If you rotated them or postioned them any other way they did sit flush.
After setting them so they were actually flat and in the notch the problem stopped.

You say, the rubber pad was not aligned with the two notches when it came from the factory?

_Stilo_ wrote:You say, the rubber pad was not aligned with the two notches when it came from the factory?

Yes.
I had to move the metal plate with the sensors slightly to get them to fit into the notch correctly to line up with the squares in the top plate.
It was aolmost like when you would tap a pad you were actually making other pads bounce.
The first time the pads acted up was whening I was naming a sound.
You would tap a pad and get an entire scoll of letters.
In other words tou tap the letter "C" and you would get "CJDAAPKUUEUQWA"

Maker, This is me 100%!!!! been pretty scared to open up, but i guess there is a 1st for everything. The letters keep jumping around also when trying to name.

The Maker wrote:Yes.
I had to move the metal plate with the sensors slightly to get them to fit into the notch correctly to line up with the squares in the top plate.
It was aolmost like when you would tap a pad you were actually making other pads bounce.

That explains a lot.