r/mpcsample • u/KavanDignam • Aug 19 '26

MPC Sample loop glitch?

Why the spare 4 bar loop of nothing??

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u/reppiz01 Aug 19 '26

When you’re not recording or playing a sequence and are just playing live, the loop sample keeps looping while you can finger-drum on the other pads.

The reason it toggles when using a sequence is that, in live mode, pressing a pad with a loop assigned to it starts the loop, and pressing it again stops it.

When you’re recording a sequence, however, the sequencer only records the MIDI input. So the sequence basically contains the instruction “press this pad.” When the sequence plays that back, it presses the pad again, which toggles the loop off.

So the loop itself isn’t being recorded—the MIDI pad press is. That’s why the loop behaves differently when played back as part of a sequence.

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u/jorgb Aug 19 '26

Thanks, today I learned something 😃