Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By pipecock Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:53 am
what is the best way to hook these two up.... 1/4' cables, midi cables... any help would be great.

for example i once tried to record sound from the mpc directly into digi 001 via 1/4's cables... i tried getting sounds to come in and out.. something was being registered on the meters but.... i guess there's some sort of way configure this in the aux/sends and line inputs and outputs in the mixer section of pt.
any help would be amazing!
thanks and peace.
P. Cock

By homershines Mon Jun 28, 2004 7:56 pm
Connect the MPC's outputs to the Digi001's or your mixer's imputs. Use 1/4" cables. They provide the audio.

Connect you midi outs and in from the MPC to the Digi001 or your midi interface. They provide to midi note information, but no sounds.

You will need to decide how and if you wanna sync your MPC and Digi001 for recording.
You can use either Midi Time Code (MTC) or Midi Beat Clock.

Do a quick search on Midi Time Code or Midi Beat Clock and MPC or Digi001 here or at the Digidesign User Conference for detais.

Here's 2 links that explore using using MTC (Midi Time Code) or Midi Beat Clock and the MPC:

http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.php? ... Post639785

http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.php? ... Post514664

Peace.

By Teh-Wei Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:42 pm
I would just use midi, I figure you have more than 8 tracks you
want to record. That way you can separate your tracks/
record them all at the same time. Then bus
each output of the midi tracks into individual audio tracks for mixing.

Bymrvives Fri Jul 23, 2004 7:23 pm
... Sounds simple, but make sure you have Pro Tools outs hooked up to either your speakers or headphones. Otherwise, well, you won't hear anything.

Also, for you experts, which is better sound quality wise -- using MIDI or straight 1/4" audio? I have not used the midi set up yet. Any help works. Uno.