Here's something to consider when creating programs on the MPC
When creating drum kit programs I try to use a GM type layout. I do not mean GM drums themselves, but kits that are laid out in GM order. 35=kick, 36=snare, etc. Here's the default layout of the MPC with GM names:
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Crash Cymbal 1 |
Splash Cymbal |
Ride Cymbal 1 |
Ride Cymbal Bell |
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Short Guiro |
Long Guiro |
Short Whistle |
Hand Clap |
Hi Mid Tom |
Lo Mid Tom |
Low Tom |
High Floor Tom |
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Cowbell |
Mute Hi Conga |
Open Hi Conga |
Low Conga |
Electric Snare |
Acoustic Snare |
Open Hi Hat |
Pedal Hi Hat |
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High Timbale |
Low Timbale |
Hi Woodblock |
Lo Woodblock |
Side Stick |
Kick Drum 1 |
Closed Hi Hat |
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Tambourine |
Cabasa |
Open Triangle |
Mute Triangle |
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C |
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D |
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Open Cuica |
Acoustic Bass Drum |
Low Floor Tom |
High Tom |
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Maracas |
Long Whistle |
Claves |
Mute Cuica |
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Hi Bongo |
Low Bongo |
High Agogo |
Low Agogo |
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Chinese Cymbal |
Crash Cymbal 2 |
Vibraslap |
Ride Cymbal 2 |
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Using a this layout will make your sequences compatible with any other GM style mapped kit. I've created hundred of programs using this method, any of which can be used on any of my sequences. I might not like the sounds I started with when writing a song so another compatible kit is only a knob turn away by changing between loaded drum kits. This layout is compatible with outboard drum machines that are GM compatible. If I do not want to use the MPC's sampler, I just change from DRUM to MIDI and presto, new set of sounds (kick gets replaced by kick, snare replaced by snare, hats replaced by hats, etc.). It is not necessary match and use all the sounds, but matching the core sounds (kick, snare, claps, hats, crash etc) is at least needed. Changing kits is fun to do while playing live too.
Anyway, if you still insist on using a different layout, just create a new
program with the different pad layout and without sounds. Save this as a template
to use each time you create a kit. When you save the program, the pad mapping
gets saved with it.
Any reputable sample retailer or sample CD creator WILL use this layout. If they do not, then I would never, ever use that kit whether I paid for it or not. It is not worth the hassle.