Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By Siver Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:09 pm
Do you think that it would be a good idea to be able to add folders in program mode? Instead of having to scroll through all the samples that are loaded into your MPC, you could create different folders and decide where you want each sample to go. Say I have a bunch of drum samples I want to load into my MPC. I could create a folder called Drums and when I go to load the samples from my hard drive, I would have them go into the Drum folder. You would do the same with a record you are sampling from. After you chop it up, you would have the samples go into another folder called Samples. Then when you go into program mode to assign all of the samples to a pad, there would be the two folders for you to select the samples from. So if I was making a drum program, I would only have to scroll through the samples into the Drum folder instead of every single sample that is loaded into the MPC. I don't know about you, but after I've been working on a track for a while and I have a bunch of samples loaded in the MPC, it becomes a pain to have to scroll through every single sample. Having folders would make things so much more organized. What do you think? Future OS maybe?
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By Upright Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:53 am
Your making sense,but I doubt we'll see that ever.

By Siver Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:03 am
yea your probably right considering that it hasn't been done yet...but who knows
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By Upright Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:52 am
LOL........yeah but it does make sense!!1
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By the shaman Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:18 am
dablunt wrote:Thats just plain lazy! :lol:


man **** that!!! call it what u want but i think it's smart & efficient... AND I DOES THE DAMN THING!!! feel me?

i was debating about making preset programs- you know, not being lazy & listening thru all my drums, because i you might miss a good one! but i got tired of doing that routine SOOO>>

what i did was get all my favorite drums & made my custom presets.
so to answer you question (in my opinion)- yes! make a drum folder and configure it to fit you! it helps take "them pains" away (lol).

i.e.
DRUMZ- KICK FOLDER- SNARE FOLDER- HAT FOLDER- MISC SOUNDS FOLDER, PROGRAMS FOLDER- PROJECTS FOLDER

every week or two, i do an "integrity check"- to see which sounds i overlooked & want to use in a program or the ones i'm gonna chuck.

i hope that helps (if anybody read the damn thing!) PEACE & HAIRGREASE
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By Upright Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:13 pm
I don't know if you guys do this, but naming your samples i.e Drykick1 or Flatkick........ this really helps when it comes to identifing your samples. I know no one said anything about identifing samples,but I just thought I would throw this out there. I am currently trying to name all my samples to keep better track of what exact kick and other sounds I am using in my tracks. :)
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By starmanwarz Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:20 pm
While i am on program mode,is there any way i can just listen to a sample without having to assign it to a pad?
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By Upright Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:36 pm
Nope. You'll have to assign it or go to the trim page.