How Do You Use The 2KXL By Itself To Make Whole Beats???

The Associate wrote:Isn't 32 sounds at once enough????????????

Isn't 256 sounds loaded enough????????????

Are you trying to duplicate a symphony?

The Associate.
_____________________________________________________________
MPC 2000XL, Dave Smith Evolver, Juno 106, Mackie 1202.

and with the right kind of sounds even that wouldnt be that difficult

Damn. I've never had to use more than one program. Matter of fact, I can't...

The Associate wrote:Isn't 32 sounds at once enough????????????

Isn't 256 sounds loaded enough????????????

Are you trying to duplicate a symphony?

The Associate.
_____________________________________________________________
MPC 2000XL, Dave Smith Evolver, Juno 106, Mackie 1202.

the problem i am asking about that i might run into is say if i wanted to use a piano sound. if every keys has to be a sample (61 keys) then i'm in trouble. that is why i am thinking it is not enough but if you only have to have one sample of the middle C and use the "auto-chro" feature then problem solved. Also when i had it b4 i was trying to make programs like drum kits to have ready to load up but then i found out the hard way about the 4 programs but like isaid up top i can just use m sample library as one huge kit and basically have the programs specific to whatever beat i;m making. no extra samples like if i was trying to use the programs as kits. I didn't know that was how mpc's were used back then. when i had mine i made beats but i just basically made drum beats from 4 different programsi made up likedrum kits and then just control all of my boards for the "sounds" (pianos, bassline, synth).

Reading the manual and buying the MPC Tutor book might help.. Just a thought. AKAI does let you download all the manuals for free at akaipro.com. Comparisons of MPCs features and capabilities are easily found. Go buy a 4000 and sell it to me when you're fed up with confusion. Get an MPD16, and a cheap synthesizer, and work with software if money is an issue. That would be under a G. Peace.

damn homie. i have a 2000 classic and it can only run one program. but thats still 64 sounds. my drums take up like 6 or 7 pads, my sample is chopped into like 16 pads, put the bass note on 16 levels. thats still like 40 + pads left over to use. if you're trying to get one note to fill up 61 slots, get a midi controller man.

you gotta use your imagination. thats how you work out whole track with the mp.

Jacpot wrote:Yous your head...

Its obvious you haven't been use-ing yours.

DeeSprm wrote:you gotta use your imagination. thats how you work out whole track with the mp.

Agreed.

why do ppl get 2 deep , tryin 2 work out dat and dat etc !
jus do wht u wana do ,
the beauty of tha mpc is it let u do that ,
jus use tha thing and bloody get 2 know it !!!!!

Its true you can use the auto chromatic feature, but its going to sound like crap once it spans a few notes. You want to read up on multi sampling. If you really need a full 61 keys a lot of the time, you really should be looking into sound modules which excel at this and leave your sampler open for other things. I find a lot of electronic music only uses a few notes from an instrument, so in that case you should only need to sample those specific notes and sequnce them in.

Program changes are very simple once you learn exactly how they work. I work with live sets that use many programs and I have to be able to have every seq pull up different kits on the fly (sometimes all 4). If you think that is the method for you, just get it down, then you will be able to easily do things you couldn't do before.

Like said above, 4 programs at once maxed out is 256 sounds. The XL can only hold 256 sounds in memory anyway, so you are very unlikely to load up the full 24 programs at once unless each only has a few sounds. If you feel limited with sampling, its time to get a seperate dedicated sampler (you can get an old Akai for very cheap) or upgrade to the MPC4000 and do it all in one.

If you are just working on a single track with lots of sounds there are 2 ways to go about it. 1) custom program for that sequence that you build which has all the elements, drums, keys, bass, whatever. 2) use multiple existing kits, up to 4 or more with program changes. Method 1 will be the easiest to load up, save and work with but will take some time constructing the kit. Method 2 is great if you have a lot of existing kits and want to be able to switch programs on the fly and layer multiple programs, but will be a bit harder to manage the project and is more complex (saving an APS in a new folder helps there).