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By quietizkept Mon Dec 04, 2017 5:24 pm
I've searched Google & YouTube, and just tried to figure it out on my own, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to multi track out from the MPC plugin in Harrison Mixbus. I've tried to set both tracks & submixes to 1-2, 2-3, etc, but neither worked. In Mixbus, all it sees is a stereo out from the plugin. The corresponding tracks or busses in MB only see the output on 1-2.
For instance, the Knowledge Base shows a popup dialog about routing in Logic, but not in Sonar. It just shows how to do stereo out.
Alternately, I could perhaps try Rearoute or Jack Audio and MTC from the stand alone software, but this is not ideal. Am I tripping? Multi track out from the plugin is a thing, right?
I'm on Windows 10 x64, the latest edition, and use MPC software 1.9.6.1, with Harrison Mixbus (not 32c) version 4. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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By quietizkept Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:20 am
All the videos on YouTube about using other multi-out plugins say
Add a midi track - select an instrument - and if it's a multi-out a popup appears and asks how many tracks you want. MPC doesn't even show up in this menu, even after several rescans. It is the 64 bit plugin & daw. However you can add an empty midi track then right-click on it and add the MPC plug to that track that way, but it's just the stereo out version. It works as suspected, except no multi tracks. I tried to add 16 tracks to the pinout, but neither the MPC outputs nor the Mixbus inputs see them. I tried to join the Mixbus forum but the confirmation email never came. If I had hair, I'd pull it out. I was hoping for a better workflow than exporting stems to import in MB.
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By quietizkept Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:17 pm
I figured it out, or at least the audio routing, in case anyone else needs the info. I had to add a blank midi track, then add the mpc plugin to it. Then, with pin out, add 32 outs for 16 stereo outs. The trick was to add audio tracks one at a time, and to configure each track's input to correspond to the appropriate mpc output with the routing grid. They would not work added all at once. Now, if I could only figure out how to control transport from my hardware.