Archive for May, 2009

I make music with the MPC1000 and every time I start a new sequence I find myself naming my tracks the same, over and over and over. This takes a few minutes each time I start and is productivity play dough (it slows me down). 90% of the songs I create have the same track order and track name, simply for organization (for track mutes, tracking, etc).

Example:

Track# – Track Name

1-Hat
2-Snare1
3-Kick1
4-Kick2
5-Hat2
6-Cymbal1
7-String1
8-Shaker1
9-Empty
10-Empty
11-Empty
12-Empty
13-Empty
14-Empty
15-Sample1
16-Sample2
17-Empty
18-Empty
19-Empty
20-Loop1
21-Loop2

I wanted to set this up as a default template when I start the MP1000. Therefore I can start sampling or programming beats as soon as I turn it on. This would save me a lot of time. Here’s how to do it:

Start your MPC and name your tracks (as I have done above).

Now save this sequence to your CF card via [MODE] –> PAD3 (SAVE).

If you do not have an AUTOLOAD folder create one. Anything in the AUTOLOAD folder will be loaded when the MPC1000 starts up (if this does not happen, see the bottom of this post for how to enable the AUTOLOAD feature).

Save the sequence (in this case, Sequence01) to the AUTOLOAD directory.

Now, when your MPC1000 boots up, it will load Sequence01 as your default sequence. All of your tracks will have names and you can start programming your beats right away.

If you restart your MPC and your new sequence does not AUTOLOAD, its most likely that you do not have AUTOLOAD enabled. To enable this you must go to the load window: [MODE] –> PAD2 (LOAD) and hit F4 to enter the A.LOAD window (I’m using the JJOS1 for this, if you’re using another OS, it could be different for you).

Once in this window select “MEMORY CARD AUTOLOAD” as shown below. This will enable the AUTOLOAD feature to load from the memory cards AUTOLOAD directory. (You can also define your own folder if you want to).

That’s it, you should have your track names loading upon start of of the MPC, as shown below.

Enjoy