Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By poeticmic Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:20 pm
I am trying to figure out how to resolove this issue. I have my Triton workstation hooked up to the MPC200xl with both MIDI IN/OUT connected. When I record a track for one MIDI sound and do a second track with a different MIDI sound. playback plays changes all MIDI sounds to the last sound I recorded for a MIDI track instead of the different MIDI sounds Here is the question, How do you keep the sounds from changing on alll tracks that have MIDI when a new MIDI track is loaded with a different sound in the same sequence?
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By beatfreq Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:59 am
I think that you have to assign a different midi channel to every track that has a different sound. I'm not familar with programming on a triton, but you should be able to give a different channel to each sound if you can play them simultaneously.

By KO'LES Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:04 am
^^^Correct^^^

By poeticmic Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:32 pm
thanks for the replies, I guess I forgot to mention that I can get different sounds as long as its within the same programmed kit on the triton and I am able to operate those through MPC but when I switch kits on Triton all the sounds that I previously made in the previous tracks change to that new kit. Is there a way I can keep those previous sounds in MPC and then change kit on keyboard so I can have different kit on new track without changing old kit sounds
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By trupro Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:27 pm
Each time you start to make a new beat, do this as soon as you make your first midi track: cursor down and over to the midi channel number on your mpc screen and hit Open Window. Set the 'Soft Thru' to 'Off'. This stops the message from doubling back into the Triton, and this method is used when your synth is also the keyboard controller. You only need to do this once on any midi track per beat, meaning, it's a global setting. You can make a template like that and save it, or else, just do it every time. If you don't want to do that, the alternate method is to turn the Local Control of your keyboard to "OFF" in your Triton. This should stay like that even when you power down/up again, so you don't have to do it every time.
Just remember though, with method number two, you won't be able to trigger the triton from it's own keys unless the MPC is powered on and there is an active track with midi channel on the screen. This may not solve your problem you mentioned, but it's a good start. And also, it will always keep midi info from clogging up the sequencies. When the keyboard is re-triggering itself through the MPC, there are all sorts of glitches that can happen, so it's a good practice all around.