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By DJah808 Sun Oct 26, 2008 6:43 pm
SUP FAM. IM FAIRLY NEW TO THE MPC GAME. BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON SOME BEATS FROM SCRATCH USING MY KORG MICRO-X SYNTH WITH THE MPC 1000. HERES MY PROBLEM. I GOT MY MIDI CONNECTIONS & SETTINGS RIGHT. (AT LEAST I THINK I DO) I GOT THE MPC1000'S MIDI OUT (A) GOING INTO THE KORG MIDI (IN) & MY MIDI (IN) FROM MY KORG MICRO-X INTO MIDI OUT (A) ON THE MPC. ALL SETTINGS HAVE BEEN ENTERED ON THE SYNC MENU LIKE I SET IT UP AS. I ARM THE TRACK WITH MIDI, SET THE CHANNEL TO 1, RECORD THE RIFF AND SO FAR SO GOOD. BUT NOW...WHEN I WANT TO RECORD A NEW SOUND ON A NEW TRACK, THE 1ST TRACK I JUST RECORDED CHANGES TO THE NEW SOUND THAT IM TRYING TO RECORD. IN A NUTSHELL, I CAN ONLY GET ONE TRACK TO PLAY FROM MY MIDI SET-UP. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO CORRECT MY SET-UP SO I CAN LAYER MULTIPLE SOUNDS. OTHER THAN THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY WAY AROUND IT IS TO SELF SAMPLE MYSELF. BUT IF ANYONE CAN HELP A BROTHA OUT WITH MY MIDI SET-UP I'D APPRECIATE THE VIBES. PEACE FROM HAWAII. DJAH