question about mpc3000drum/midi

[babar141]

hi i got my mpc 3000 connected to my motif, how can i play my motif sounds on the mpc pads without triggering samples at the same time. i kknow when you set drums to midi you can play motif keys but, when you switch it to drum i can play motif on pads but i get then the ssamples are triggerd too. how can i stop the samples being played..?
thanks in advance..

[fooloof]

Originally Posted by babar141

hi i got my mpc 3000 connected to my motif, how can i play my motif sounds on the mpc pads without triggering samples at the same time. i kknow when you set drums to midi you can play motif keys but, when you switch it to drum i can play motif on pads but i get then the ssamples are triggerd too. how can i stop the samples being played..?
thanks in advance..

you need to switch to a pad bank that doesn't have samples on it. for example, if pad bank A is full of samples, then use B, C, or D to trigger the motif. make sure your track is set to "drums" and not "midi." Another option is to simply turn a pad to "off" and then you will only hear the motif and not the sample on the pad.

I am curious why you want to do this? depending on what you are trying to accomplish, there might be an easier way to do it.

[babar141]

Originally Posted by fooloof

you need to switch to a pad bank that doesn't have samples on it. for example, if pad bank A is full of samples, then use B, C, or D to trigger the motif. make sure your track is set to "drums" and not "midi." Another option is to simply turn a pad to "off" and then you will only hear the motif and not the sample on the pad.

I am curious why you want to do this? depending on what you are trying to accomplish, there might be an easier way to do it.

hi thanks for the reply, i need to just play some parts from the pads using motif sounds, instead of playing them from keys, so the method of finding empy pad bank wont work cuz i got use all the scale some times, there got to be another way to stop samples playing..

[fooloof]

Originally Posted by babar141

hi thanks for the reply, i need to just play some parts from the pads using motif sounds, instead of playing them from keys, so the method of finding empy pad bank wont work cuz i got use all the scale some times, there got to be another way to stop samples playing..

have you tried my suggestions? each bank triggers a different part of the scale. otherwise, lay down all your samples to your daw and then just turn the pads to "off." a third option is to turn down the volume of your mpc so that you can't hear any of the sounds in it; that will leave the motif as the only audible sound.

[cpu]

I've made an autochromatic pgm for my mpc2k and 1k to get around this. do a search on mpc-forums.com and you should probably be able to find one...or you could take the time to make your own. Might be a small PITA at first, but you only have to do it once and then you'll have it forever. I've got mine in my autoload folder so it loads every time i boot the thing up.

[babar141]

Originally Posted by fooloof

have you tried my suggestions? each bank triggers a different part of the scale. otherwise, lay down all your samples to your daw and then just turn the pads to "off." a third option is to turn down the volume of your mpc so that you can't hear any of the sounds in it; that will leave the motif as the only audible sound.

Hi, i know the way your trying to explain, heres what im doing
track 1-i got the samples of a kit loaded
track 2-i want some funky stuff from motif and play them on pads
turning the volume down of mpc will loose the kits i just recored..
i want the samples but not on track 2...
Theres got to be a way

[fooloof]

Originally Posted by babar141

Hi, i know the way your trying to explain, heres what im doing
track 1-i got the samples of a kit loaded
track 2-i want some funky stuff from motif and play them on pads
turning the volume down of mpc will loose the kits i just recored..
i want the samples but not on track 2...
Theres got to be a way

maybe you understood everything I was saying, but I'll try again and be as specific as possible. I have an MPC 3K connected to a Triton rack, so everything I'm about to say is based on my experiences with that particular setup. I assume it would be very similar for the Motif:

track 2 needs to be set to "drums" and the channel needs to be on the same "midi out" port as the one going into the Motif. And, of course, the Motif needs to be connected back into the MPC's "midi in."

assuming that pad bank A is full of your samples, you will need to use pad banks B, C, and D for the Motif. Each of those banks will have different notes from the Motif, but not necessarily in order. If you want to "tune" the pads with Motif sounds on them, then go to the midi-assign function on the MPC and manually tune each pad. You will be adjusting the midi note number (35-98) and tuning by ear.

[babar141]

Originally Posted by fooloof

maybe you understood everything I was saying, but I'll try again and be as specific as possible. I have an MPC 3K connected to a Triton rack, so everything I'm about to say is based on my experiences with that particular setup. I assume it would be very similar for the Motif:

track 2 needs to be set to "drums" and the channel needs to be on the same "midi out" port as the one going into the Motif. And, of course, the Motif needs to be connected back into the MPC's "midi in."

assuming that pad bank A is full of your samples, you will need to use pad banks B, C, and D for the Motif. Each of those banks will have different notes from the Motif, but not necessarily in order. If you want to "tune" the pads with Motif sounds on them, then go to the midi-assign function on the MPC and manually tune each pad. You will be adjusting the midi note number (35-98) and tuning by ear.

ok thanks i get your way, but there has be a normall way were you dont have to do that...thanks tho

[fooloof]

Originally Posted by babar141

ok thanks i get your way, but there has be a normall way were you dont have to do that...thanks tho

can you be as specific as possible about what you're trying to do? I honestly cannot imagine a way more "normal" than that, as it requires very few steps. Maybe I don't fully get what you're saying.

[babar141]

Originally Posted by fooloof

can you be as specific as possible about what you're trying to do? I honestly cannot imagine a way more "normal" than that, as it requires very few steps. Maybe I don't fully get what you're saying.

ok say for example i load a program of samples that are all over the pad bank a,b,c and d.
now i want to play sounds from motif but i wanna trigger or should i say play motif sounds on the pads of mpc, when im hitting the pads im getting to sounds , sample and motif.
i dont want the samlpe to play when i want to use the motif sounds on pads is there a way of turning samples off?

[fooloof]

Besides, just putting the motif on unused pad banks, I do not know of any other way of doing it besides turning some of the pads to "off." By this, I mean, turning off the pads from which you want to trigger motif sounds. Are you trying to tell me that you've got 64 (4 banks X 16 pads) worth of samples going at the same time?

[babar141]

Originally Posted by fooloof

Besides, just putting the motif on unused pad banks, I do not know of any other way of doing it besides turning some of the pads to "off." By this, I mean, turning off the pads from which you want to trigger motif sounds. Are you trying to tell me that you've got 64 (4 banks X 16 pads) worth of samples going at the same time?

well i got 4banks x16 loaded, and yes im not using all them sounds, i could just leave some pads empty, i thought if you turned prgm to off would do the job but it dont, i think there is no way to do what im trying to do. i do remember i could do this with my mpc 2500 and 4000...
but thanks 4 trying to help.