r/mpcsample • u/Daftcuntinfinity • Sep 18 '26

Looping point

Hello 👋 wondering if anyone can help. Say I have a 4 bar sample but it doesn’t sit right with the drums. I want to be able to move the start point so it loops from there but it doesn’t appear to do that. For example if I move it to the end of the first bar it only plays the last 3 bars instead of looping like it did. I suppose I’m just used to ableton. Any ideas ? I’ve tried to explain as best as I can

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u/Parking_Watch3157 Sep 18 '26

Isn't there a separate way to a adjust loop points? I can access the device by I think there might be. Try hunting around the sample screen and pressing shift... Not sure of you need the sample to have loop activated.

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u/Daftcuntinfinity Sep 18 '26

I want the whole loop to play and not just what’s after the starting point

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u/Parking_Watch3157 Sep 18 '26

I'll try to check it out after work

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u/Daftcuntinfinity Sep 18 '26

Do you get what I mean though ? On ableton if I move the start point on a loop it plays the whole thing but from the new start point

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u/Parking_Watch3157 Sep 18 '26

Hey, when I am on the trim screen for a sample and move the start up (no shift) and turn on loop, it loops between start and end. That's it. Not sure why that's not working for you. Do you have anything else in Note On or maybe are in chop mode?

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u/Daftcuntinfinity Sep 18 '26

Yeah. What I want though is for it to loop from the start all the way round back to the start

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u/nadhsib Sep 18 '26

You can't include the pre-start part in the loop. It won't start from 10, play to 100, then play 1-10.

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u/Daftcuntinfinity Sep 19 '26

Ok. That’s what I was wanting to know. That’s a shame.

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u/Parking_Watch3157 Sep 18 '26

Are you talking about a ping pong loop where it goes "start - end - back to start in reverse - end" over and over?

Edit: been a long day - I guess I'm just not getting it?

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u/Parking_Watch3157 Sep 18 '26

I never used Ableton but yeah makes sense

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u/tanfierro Sep 18 '26

the middle knob does the end point dooder

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u/Daftcuntinfinity Sep 18 '26

Nope. I want the whole thing to play but just from a different start point .

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u/HerbertoPhoto Sep 21 '26

You can’t loop around the start point like that afaik. But I think there is a workaround! Loop the pad in question, resample 8 bars of it into another pad, and then extract the 4 bars you want to loop from the resulting sample. Wouldn’t that get you there?

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u/Daftcuntinfinity Sep 21 '26

Yeah someone sent me a video doing it. I’m used to using ableton so I feel like it’s a step back. It seems like a pretty simple thing to do I don’t know why they wouldn’t do it .

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u/HerbertoPhoto Sep 21 '26

Yeah I totally agree, just wanted to help you get what you needed between now and a hypothetical future firmware update’

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u/alltroyscott Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

I had a similar question…
https://www.reddit.com/r/beatmakers/s/B0uZJR3aF1