By 3n9
Thu Aug 11, 2016 5:09 pm
I have the following gear:
1) Fantom X6
2) Akai 950
3) ASR-10 (operating without midi functionality)
4) MPC 2000xl
5) Alesis midi verb unit
5)Mackie 1642 mixer
I am have been making music for a while but I have usually used one sampler as my main machine. Over time I have accumulated other pieces (most recently the MPC 2000xl) and I am trying to determine the best way to wire everything so I can make the MPC the brain of my system. Since the MPC does not give you mucyh in the way of filters and effects I want to be able to run signals from my turnable into the mixer then out to my various samplers/synths above so they can wind up in my MPC so I can chop and arrange from there. That way I can have some of the sound that I love from the ASR, some of the instruments that I like from my x6, some of the crunch from the 950 but then ultimately have one place to actually make the song. Once configured this seems easier than midi-ing everything up and recalling everything later.
Unless I want to constantly re-patch the output from my turntable mixer into the input of whatever sampler I am working on, I am thinking I just run the outs of each piece into an instrument input then maybe run it out of the control room outs or maybe the sub outs to the MPC. Eh, here is where I get shaky and the hookup diagrams don't seem clear, at least for this specific situation.
If I can do this without getting a patch bay great but if any of your guys have a similar set up, I would appreciate any thoughts you have on this.
1) Fantom X6
2) Akai 950
3) ASR-10 (operating without midi functionality)
4) MPC 2000xl
5) Alesis midi verb unit
5)Mackie 1642 mixer
I am have been making music for a while but I have usually used one sampler as my main machine. Over time I have accumulated other pieces (most recently the MPC 2000xl) and I am trying to determine the best way to wire everything so I can make the MPC the brain of my system. Since the MPC does not give you mucyh in the way of filters and effects I want to be able to run signals from my turnable into the mixer then out to my various samplers/synths above so they can wind up in my MPC so I can chop and arrange from there. That way I can have some of the sound that I love from the ASR, some of the instruments that I like from my x6, some of the crunch from the 950 but then ultimately have one place to actually make the song. Once configured this seems easier than midi-ing everything up and recalling everything later.
Unless I want to constantly re-patch the output from my turntable mixer into the input of whatever sampler I am working on, I am thinking I just run the outs of each piece into an instrument input then maybe run it out of the control room outs or maybe the sub outs to the MPC. Eh, here is where I get shaky and the hookup diagrams don't seem clear, at least for this specific situation.
If I can do this without getting a patch bay great but if any of your guys have a similar set up, I would appreciate any thoughts you have on this.