By dj Trocar
Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:40 pm
Hi everyone--
I have a show tomorrow night and I'm cramming big time!!
Please help me out:
2 questions:
(1) once I've got the MPC autoloaded, how do I check the remaining memory, to get an idea of how many more samples I can load in? Currently, my CF card (half a gig) is smaller than my RAM (128) ... so fitting what's in the machine onto the card is not a big problem. But I want to add more samples for this show and I don't know how close to full the unit is... simple enough, I guess ... but I couldn't find it in the book ...
(2) my second question is in regards to how I might be able to audition the samples on the pads (I don't need to actually hear the samples - only read their names upon touching the corresponding pad...) without the MPC playing through the PA -- basically so I can "see" where they are without the audience hearing them. The first thought would be to turn down the main volume, but I CANNOT do this because I am running outside signal THROUGH the MPC's audio input, which has to remain audible at all times.
So: Is there a "mute samples" setting or something - some way to mute out the sampler section while still maintaing the audio signal passing through the MPC?
Your help would really be appreciated, gang. I apologize if this stuff has come up before; it's just that I'm in a jam and it's crunch time and I need the answers quick!
Thanks a lot,
christopher (TrocaR)
I have a show tomorrow night and I'm cramming big time!!
Please help me out:
2 questions:
(1) once I've got the MPC autoloaded, how do I check the remaining memory, to get an idea of how many more samples I can load in? Currently, my CF card (half a gig) is smaller than my RAM (128) ... so fitting what's in the machine onto the card is not a big problem. But I want to add more samples for this show and I don't know how close to full the unit is... simple enough, I guess ... but I couldn't find it in the book ...
(2) my second question is in regards to how I might be able to audition the samples on the pads (I don't need to actually hear the samples - only read their names upon touching the corresponding pad...) without the MPC playing through the PA -- basically so I can "see" where they are without the audience hearing them. The first thought would be to turn down the main volume, but I CANNOT do this because I am running outside signal THROUGH the MPC's audio input, which has to remain audible at all times.
So: Is there a "mute samples" setting or something - some way to mute out the sampler section while still maintaing the audio signal passing through the MPC?
Your help would really be appreciated, gang. I apologize if this stuff has come up before; it's just that I'm in a jam and it's crunch time and I need the answers quick!
Thanks a lot,
christopher (TrocaR)
"Relax, you have Time .... BSR"
