that dratted SONG mode Copy bug.

Have you ever had a bunch of Songs in your MPC4000,
and wanted to re-arrange them into the same order as your intended set list for a gig?

If so, you'll have discovered that there's been a bug in the SONG mode Copy function since about OS 1.20...

You should be able to select a Song in Song mode, press the magic orange WINDOW button, and get a dialog which lets you press F6 to COPY, and you can do a "move from position-X to position-Y" kinda thing, to shuffle them all round, one at a time..."

But, the damn thing doesn't work, grrrrr!

However I actually noticed there a "workaround".

If you have a bunch of songs in memory such as...

1. Yesterday
2. Come Together
3. When I'm 64
4. I am the Walrus
5. ...

Say you select I am the Walrus, press WINDOW, and do COPY 4. I am ther Walrus
> 2. Come Together


I am the Walrus should over-write Come Together.
But it doesn't.

But I discovered that if I then press WINDOW on 2. Come Together,
select DELETE, then I am the Walrus *was* copied and it was there underneath all along!
Wierd!

Definately a bug, but it means you can work around it.


(PS I am not in a Beatles tribute band, these are just examples

Cool, I'll have to keep this in mind. Although I've not used the 4k in this manner, it's still good to know just in case.

KACHICHA

Actually ... this was implemented as a feature for top producers to hide / secure their work in case the mpc got lost or stolen ...

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ok.. sorry, terrible humor ... but thanks for posting this, ..its good to know..