How to infinitely loop a one-shot sample on a late-model MPC

I have been using samplers a lot the last few years. Without fail, there is some simple thing that seems to be basic functionality that each sampler absolutely will not do. I’m going to refrain from commenting further on that, and just tell you the thing I’m here to tell you: How to infinitely loop a sample in one-shot mode on the MPC Live 3, and probably on all MPC devices running the MPC 3.x OS I pulled my hair out over this one for quite some time, so I thought I’d share. To head off all the “why would you want to do this anyway?” responses at the pass: I want to do it because I have a musical use for it. You don’t? Great! Head pats for you! Guess you can move on! Here’s what you do: Record or import the sample In sample edit (not pad edit!) set sample to looping set some loop points (can be changed later in the pad) and set a crossfade amount (can’t be changed later, as far as I know) Hit “assign”, then assign the sample to the pad. Use these options: New sample to pad (I believe…