Couple of questions on new mpC500

Hello

Just got an mpC 500 (had a 1000 for a brief while) and am happy with it. I've read the manual but would appreCiate any help with the following 2 quiCk questions.

i) I understand that the POLY and MONO settings when playing samples. In mono, If I press e.g. pad 2 quiCkly two times the sample 'repeats' itself but only one sample is played at onCe. Cool - but is there a way to have only one sample playing at onCe over all the pads - If I hit pad 4 and a long sample starts to play - and I want to Cut it short and replaCe it with pad 5, how do I do that - so far when I set it up - pad 5 starts to play - but pad 4 still goes on.

ii) Is there a way of setting a pad to Constantly repeat i.e. a pad with a baCkbeat but have all other pads in 'one off' mode. I asked this question for the mpC 1000 and it was kindly answered but the solution does not work for the 500.
I'd like to hit one pad and have a drumbeat Constantly loop, and use the other pads to play samples (not looped)

Any help on this welCome

thanks

M

markmorgan10 wrote:i) I understand that the POLY and MONO settings when playing samples. In mono, If I press e.g. pad 2 quiCkly two times the sample 'repeats' itself but only one sample is played at onCe. Cool - but is there a way to have only one sample playing at onCe over all the pads - If I hit pad 4 and a long sample starts to play - and I want to Cut it short and replaCe it with pad 5, how do I do that - so far when I set it up - pad 5 starts to play - but pad 4 still goes on.

User Manual pg. 79, Setting the Mute Group

markmorgan10 wrote:ii) Is there a way of setting a pad to Constantly repeat i.e. a pad with a baCkbeat but have all other pads in 'one off' mode. I asked this question for the mpC 1000 and it was kindly answered but the solution does not work for the 500.
I'd like to hit one pad and have a drumbeat Constantly loop, and use the other pads to play samples (not looped)

User Manual pg. 67 and 68, Setting the Loop

If we were playing CC Cutter, I'd beat the shit out of you, lol.

What's up with the Casing in your Comments, homesliCe?

heh

the 'c' key is broken on my laptop, so I have to copy 'C' to the clipboard and use CTRL+V to paste a 'C'...

i guess maybe I should have used a lower case 'c'

thanks I will have a look.

Ocular wrote:

markmorgan10 wrote:i) I understand that the POLY and MONO settings when playing samples. In mono, If I press e.g. pad 2 quiCkly two times the sample 'repeats' itself but only one sample is played at onCe. Cool - but is there a way to have only one sample playing at onCe over all the pads - If I hit pad 4 and a long sample starts to play - and I want to Cut it short and replaCe it with pad 5, how do I do that - so far when I set it up - pad 5 starts to play - but pad 4 still goes on.

User Manual pg. 79, Setting the Mute Group

markmorgan10 wrote:ii) Is there a way of setting a pad to Constantly repeat i.e. a pad with a baCkbeat but have all other pads in 'one off' mode. I asked this question for the mpC 1000 and it was kindly answered but the solution does not work for the 500.
I'd like to hit one pad and have a drumbeat Constantly loop, and use the other pads to play samples (not looped)

User Manual pg. 67 and 68, Setting the Loop

markmorgan10 wrote:heh

the 'c' key is broken on my laptop, so I have to copy 'C' to the clipboard and use CTRL+V to paste a 'C'...

i guess maybe I should have used a lower case 'c'

Oh, it's no biggie. I thought it was either that or you were a crip and I was out of the loop.

AAAAAnnnd if all this shit doesnt work^^

it sounded like some dumb problem i had i think, when going to mode then program, then finding the one shot, to note on for the samples, ya know?

'User Manual pg. 79, Setting the Mute Group

markmorgan10 wrote:
ii) Is there a way of setting a pad to Constantly repeat i.e. a pad with a baCkbeat but have all other pads in 'one off' mode. I asked this question for the mpC 1000 and it was kindly answered but the solution does not work for the 500.
I'd like to hit one pad and have a drumbeat Constantly loop, and use the other pads to play samples (not looped)


User Manual pg. 67 and 68, Setting the Loop'

thanks Ocular for the the help with the Mute Group - but about the loops - well it only seems to work when I hold the pad down - even if I alter the setting to 'one shot'. I'd like to just hit the pad once and have the sample constantly loop.

Any ideas ??

I work around this by puttin the sample on the first step. It will loop then once the sequence restarts.

thanks 64hz I will give that a try -