Hello,
I still use my MPC 3000 a lot.
Various configurations for me, but I almost always sample from the computer, where my samples are stored/edited. Usually, I pitch the samples at +6 semitones and I go to the MPC quite hot.
- Most of the time, I use the MPC as a drum machine, sync'ed to the DAW via midi clock. In that case, I program the beat in the MPC (sometimes at a slower tempo) and then record each track in the daw to edit and arrange.
- Sometimes I tend to use it by itself, i.e. no connection to the computer or DAW, except the incoming samples, from an audio editor. In that case, I record only one track in the DAW, while arranging on the fly on the MPC.
- Sometimes, I hook my other synth (juno), drumboxes (TR), sampler (SP, 950) to the midi outs of the 3000, with the MPC as a master.
- Finally, sometimes I "play" the MPC on a midi track in the DAW. It's very convenient for the timing, but in that case I miss the 16 levels fonctionnality wich is really golden in that machine (and not only for the basslines).
Have a nice day.