Forum to discuss all matters relating to the MPC1000 and MPC2500 operating systems created by 'JJ' (all versions).
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By primebeatz Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:54 am
On a keyboard, you can assign a "split", and set up a point where your left hand plays one instrument sound while your right hand plays another. Is there a way to do something like this on the MPC?

By dtaa pla muk Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:19 am
you mean while having a keyboard controller attached to it, correct?

i apologize in advance cuz this is going to be a lot.

there are a bunch of different ways, actually. tons and tons. since you can assign any sound to any pad/key, you could presumably do that with either a multisampled INST pgm (as long as 1 hand played notes of a diff inst that much higher unless you transposed each sample in trim mode/sample list, left their OG notes the way they would have been otherwise and then just assign them on a higher range)

or both more simply and more time-consuming, you could assign each note/sample to various pads/keys in a traditional DRUM pgm. but let's just say that for the time involved, you'd best be damn sure that those very sounds are the ones that you want to use. me, that's very hard to know. i load tons of these kurzweil INST pgms and others just surfing for a "preset" if you will that sounds relatively close to what i want. then, tweak tweak tweak.

but what's the purpose here? performance, or songwriting? cuz if it's the latter, wouldn't you just be better off playing/recording the notes "simultaneously" via different tracks, different pgms?

interesting thinking though, i haven't ever heard anyone ask this question before. makes me again think/dream of my would-be "FR" for "simult pgms." this would be somewhat easier to set up via simult pgm.
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By primebeatz Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:29 pm
Good lord. I am stupid when it comes to MIDI. Ill try that this weekend. Very helpful as usual. Thanks.

By littlerob Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:23 am
the thing that has thrown me off this os is that certain things i would take for granted on a soft synth requires a fair bit of setting up on the mpc. what we need is a good selection of basic templates to download. i.e an instrument with just basic synth tones, and then some user presets would b cool to do things like hav split sounds in one program (if thats possible). wheneva ive had a little play with os2, it just seems a lot more complicated that using the mpc previously. obviously the complication arise due to the millions amount of amazing new features. im looking forward to the point where ppl are used to the os and understand it fully, and the community is fully sharing templates/programs. mayb a new section within the forum could provide such needs. i.e. a section dedicated to user created instruments. os2 demands this much attention, but for ppl who r just used to using the mpc as a drum machine, as many resources as possible would b a great help.
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By undersound Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:47 am
im pretty sure there is a basic tone patch on the JJ site

By littlerob Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:36 pm
undersound wrote:im pretty sure there is a basic tone patch on the JJ site


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