MPC 1000 novice (dumb questions)

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can you split the pads into 2 - 8 piece drum kits?

can you route them independently into the A/B and C/D inputs of the octatrack?

and can you change the samples on the top 8 pads (maybe muted?) while the samples on the bottom pads are playing? in real time… as in Live PA?

all this is / and would be very interesting to me

thanks in advance :slight_smile:

also, can I send them as two mono drum racks.
1 into the OT A input and the other into B. leaving CD for the Analog 4?
( I believe so)

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  1. yes - just assign different samples to the pads (this makes me wonder how well you understand the mpc at a very basic level…so bear with it)
  2. yes - route the pads to different outputs of the mpc, then plug those into octa
  3. i’m not really sure what you mean - maybe like you’ve got the top pads playing and you want to switch samples WHILE they’re playing? that doesn’t really make sense - but there are a ton of ways to do what you are talking about.
    probably simplest answer is to build a program with the four banks being identical on the bottom half but with different samples on the top half, so you can just switch by hitting a bank button.

The best tip I can give you is ditch the akai os and at least get the free jjos.

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I understand it a bit… I’ve used a NI Maschine before so I get that you can assign different samples on the pads… and doing what you said jeffe, using banks with the same samples on the bottom makes a lot of sense.

thanks

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That’s cool you’ve got some experience with maschine - I would say use it just as you are used to until you hit a road block.
I know there are some big differences in terms of scenes / groups from the maschine and how that translates to the mpc.

You can tell maschine is inspired by the mpc but they definitely did not do a carbon-copy.

Another technique I’ve heard for swapping samples is using the velocity layering and the q link slider…this might be a more advanced premium jjos feature though.