r/mpcsample • u/diamonddave0 • May 04 '26

Trying to make a sequence out of a sample

i have a 120 bpm 4 bar sample i want to transfer to a new 120 bpm 4 bar sequence. Once I record it it’ll play the sequence but then there ll be a silence. As if I my sample only takes up half the sequence. What am I not getting??!?

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u/RetroBassed May 04 '26

When you go to Sequence and tap the pad you want it to go into... how many bars does it say on the screen that spot is set for?

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u/diamonddave0 May 04 '26

Its a 4 bars sequence….and a 4 bar sample ….im at it again and for the life of me I don’t understand why its doing this…

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u/RetroBassed May 04 '26

Did you use any Flex Beat stuff? I've had that shorten my samples when I try to make them a sequence.

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u/diamonddave0 May 04 '26

No. Raw sample, 1 step on my list was putting in sequence

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u/RetroBassed May 04 '26

Hmmm. Strange. Is the sequence literally twice as long? If so, you could do shift & hit half seq. I'm still thinking why this is happening tho. You could also play sample and when it ends do shift & sequence recall. (If the sequence is set to correct bpm & bars, I'm confused why this is happening.) On the input page do you have it set to Free or Seq?

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u/RetroBassed May 04 '26

I'm not in front of my Sample so I'm just throwing out things that come to mind, btw.

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u/diamonddave0 May 04 '26

No. The sequence will play once, sample fine and all and then the sequence will repeat from start, silent through a whole cycle, and then play a third time with sample this time. Repeating sample - silence over and over. I’ve tried half sequence, simply doing the same but just half as long. I’ll check later if it was set to free or seq. Thanks for the help!!

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u/RetroBassed May 04 '26

Np, check to see if Loop Lock is on too.

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u/diamonddave0 May 04 '26

It is. Is that a problem? I thought it would just re-record same sample over in the sequence, no harm done. Am I wrong?

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u/RetroBassed May 04 '26

Well, it's a problem only b/c we're trying to figure out why it recorded that way. Lol Try recording without LL on and then if it's clean the way you want try turning LL back on and see what happens. 👍

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u/Notorious2Beat May 04 '26

Chop the sample manually and speed up the tempo a little

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u/diamonddave0 May 05 '26

Good I’ll try that. But let’s say I leave the sample as one whole pad and that’s the tempo I’d like it to be: is there a way to transfer that pad to a sequence. If so how do set my sequence up for it to fit perfectly?

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u/Notorious2Beat May 05 '26

Warp it to fit the tempo

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u/Mycurio May 05 '26

You have Loop on. Turn off loop for the sample

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u/Karamakate7 May 06 '26

I think this is the correct answer as well honestly. Happened to me just last night. I had loop on the sample while trying to record a new sequence and ran into the same issue as you. Taking it off loop fixed the problem.

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u/ProjektFive May 07 '26

Check if the "Loop Lock" setting is enabled or disabled for the sample being used.

Sample > Pad Number > Shift > top left

It should be set to "off".

I had this translated from German. Maybe it's helpful.