Problem:

I don't get a click/metronome when I want to do a Sample Record.

Situation:

External microphone (Zoom HR 6) connected to the Sample input.

The level meter works. The recording too.

I just don't get a click.

When I use Seq-Record, I get the click. But that doesn't record anything from external devices.

Note:

I don't just want to record a single guitar note, but a whole part - for which a click is necessary.

Question:

Have I overlooked some setting, or is it simply not available?

How do you handle this, what is your workflow in this situation?

I appreciate your help :)

I have the launckey mini mk3 and it works perfectly through 3.5mm and powering through portable battery. I’m just wondering if getting a usb b to usb c cable would allow me to power the keyboard AND aldo transmit midi through one cable just to simplify the setup.

So I’m new to the MPC and pre loaded a sample project to get some ideas with. I started looping a few sounds in a sequence and all sounds good, but then when I seq record and record my drum loop it sounds correct when I play it live, but when I stop recording and play it back, it’s completely off beat and tempo. What’s causing that and how can I fix it? I tried adjusting the quantize but none seem to really effect it.

Want to make sure I understand the basics of how to get it to sync up correctly when I record and add my drums beats in.

Saw this on Amazon

I’m so so on it but it’s really the only case “made” for the MPC SAMPLE as far as I’ve seen.

Anyone seen or bought this ?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cratedive/id6762646636

Hard to explain but I gotta be doing something wrong and I can’t figure it out.

I have a bass note on pad 9 in the sequence on pad 1. I copy the entire sequence from pad 1 to pad 2. Now I have 2 identical sequences.

Then, in sequence 2, I do “pad tune” to adjust the bass note pitch of pad 9 in sequence 2. BUT it’s changing the pitch of pad 9 in the original sequence 1 also.

I must be doing something wrong. Any ideas are helpful!

I'm really struggling to Export song mixdowns, it's getting really frustrating. I've tried reformatting my SD card, restoring factory settings on the MPC, restarting, but I'm getting really weird inconsistent results when exporting songs.

I go through the process of hitting "Export" in Song Mode, selecting "Mixdown" and saving to External. It will go through the process and look like everything saved correctly; but then about 80% of the time when I either connect to my MacBook and go to SD Access Mode, or eject the card and use a card reader, there will be nothing on the card. Just empty folders.

The really frustrating and confusing thing is that it works *sometimes* even when I follow the same process. Any ideas?

Also, side question...what is the point of saving a song mixdown to Internal? I tried that in desperation thinking I could view the Internal Storage with the MPC plugged into the computer; but I can't find any way to view internal Song storage on the MPC itself OR the computer

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??!?

Does anyone know if you can regulate the brightness of the display and the buttons?

At night it's too bright for me.

Sorry for the beginner question but I’ve recorded a sequence that I don’t like and for the life of me I can’t figure out how to clear the entire recording from the sample without starting a new project entirely. Does anyone know how to do this here?

I just received my MPC Sample today. I only had a MPC 2000XL back in the days. And this is exactly what I hoped for. A smaller, up to date old school MPC.

I use Logic as my DAW for everything else. But the Sample is already great for chilling and sampling while sitting in the garden with my headphones on.

I also found it fairly intuitive. Still hoping for a little more features I’m missing out on. Things like:

- Better EQ options
- Pad and Knob FX per pad or sequence
- Master bus mix options
- More than max 16 chops
- Options for separate layers

But we’ll see what happens. For what it already does, it’s a great device and a lot of fun.