Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By myshowback Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:02 am
Sorry, there is probably a completely obvious solution to this problem, but i've tried the manual, and searched the forum, to no avail.

I recently started multi-tracking my sequences, so that i could use my XL for live performance. However, when i load my multi-track sequences, for some reason all the tracks have disappeared, and are now all in Track-10. So instead of having a multi-layered piece, ive got a sequence that has no real progression.
Sorry if this is completely stupid, but ive got a show this weekend, and really need to fix this ASAP.

How do i load my sequences so that the tracks remain seperate for triggering live?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers
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By Fung45 Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:29 am
So what you are saying is that there were 10 different tracks when you saved your sequence (.MID) but when you load it there are 9 blank tracks and all the sequence information is on just track 10??
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By myshowback Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:40 am
yeah precisely, when i load the sequence, every track is unused, except track ten, which has combined all the tracks into one.
So the sequence is still playable, i just cant layer the tracks individually.
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By Coz Thu Jan 08, 2009 3:46 am
If this happened on my 2kxl I would probably copy track 10 multiple times and delete all the individual elements on each track that weren't needed. Not the quickest way of doing it i'm sure, but it should work.
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By four eyes Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:07 am
never heard of this happening. all the tracks usually will stay seperate unless you combine them yourself.

did you record them seperately in the first place?
By myshowback Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:24 am
yeah all recorded seperately, i was wondering if it was something to do with me not saving them correctly, but i guess that's usually automated.

good idea with the copying over, i'll try that, but it would suck to have to do that on every boot up.

I'll try again and see if there's any progress.

could it be something to do with a setting that i need to turn off? or maybe how i saved the sequence?
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By Lampdog Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:02 am
There are 2 different type of MID files that you are able to save.

Sounds like you don't know the difference between the 2. I think you saved as 0.

2kxl manual, pg 157:

Select the type of standard MIDI file in the Save as: field.
MIDI FILE TYPE 0
The sequence data will be saved together on one track. The MPC2000XL proprietary
track data, such as the track name, will be erased.

MIDI FILE TYPE 1
In contrast to MIDI FILE TYPE 0, data saved in this format will reproduce the conditions
of the data. Normally select TYPE 1.

and then again from the world wide web:

http://www.google.com/search?q=mid+file+type+0+and+1&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.sonicspot.com/guide/midifiles.html
Number of Tracks
The second word simply defines the number of track chunks that follow this header chunk. A type 0 MIDI file may only contain a value of 1, because they can only contain one track. Type 1 and 2 MIDI files may contain up to 65,536 (0xFFFF) tracks.
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By Lampdog Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:08 am
Yeah, APS and ALL is the normal most used method.

MID, maybe if you are going to be exporting the performance seq/trk data
to other other sequencers/track machines....
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By Fung45 Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:04 am
Lampdog wrote:Yeah, APS and ALL is the normal most used method.

MID, maybe if you are going to be exporting the performance seq/trk data
to other other sequencers/track machines....

Even if my song screen is blank, I always save an .ALL file, that way I can just work on arranging my sequences later and save over the old .ALL(REPLACE)