2000XL and external sound sources

Hi,

Is it possible to overdub a new track using the sounds from an external source like a keyboard, or would these sounds have to be sampled instead?

Cheers

if i read your question right you want to overdub over an already recorded track using a keyboard?

sure its possible

yeah, basically if i am creating a sequence, say i'd like to add some strings, can i just move to a new track and record/overdub whatever i happen to play on a keyboard, and those sounds will be saved as part of that track, without the need for me to sample those string sounds first?

yea

The Overdub button is if you want to record over top of something you already recorded without you loosing what was already on that track.

so say, on track 2 you have your piano. you like what you have, but you wanna add some strings to that without loosing your piano. then you would use the Overdub button instead of just the Record button.

But if your starting on an unused track and you want to record some strings by themselves you dont need to use the overdub button. all you need is the record button.

make any sense? but to answer your question, yes.

yeah, basically if i am creating a sequence, say i'd like to add some strings, can i just move to a new track and record/overdub whatever i happen to play on a keyboard, and those sounds will be saved as part of that track, without the need for me to sample those string sounds first?

What you will be recording is the midi data of the notes you play. You could then get the MPC to play those same notes but using a different keyboard sound. The sound itself won't be recorded into the MPC. So, as long as the keyboard is part of the same studio set-up as your MPC, & you remember what sound you wanted that MPC track to play (& you should probably name the track with whatever the keyboard patch is called) you will get the same sounds working together each time you load that MPC sequence & program.

But ..... if you just have an MPC & you take it round to your friend's studio because they've got a Triton & you record some midi tracks with that, you won't get to hear those when you take your MPC back home unless you take their Triton home too, or sample the Triton parts.

Ok here's a question... if i'm trying to record from MIDI and i've recorded the loop/sound that I want, how do I switch to another sound, while keeping the same sound/loop I recorded, and record a seperate sound from my synth/keyboard???

No matter what I do with the track type and/or MIDI reception features the sound always changes and will not stay when i change the sound on my synth.

I've had my mpc for just over 2 weeks now and it's boggling my mind I can't find help in either manual for my mpc or my synth, I can't seem to change up and do more than one synth sound at a time, anybody got any help?

What make & model is your synth?

It sounds like you need to look into how to set up a multi voice program for it, so you have the different sounds you want to use all set to different midi channels. So......synth manual for that. It will probably be called something like a program or multi, but different manufacturers use different terms.

Then, you need to make sure your midi tracks in your MPC sequence are set to those midi channels.

But if it is an old synth, or even something like a Yamaha AN1x, that doesn't have a multi voice mode that will also explain why you cannot get this to work.

I think i've figured it out, my Novation K Station is what they call a "mono-timbral" instrument, and it only allows itself to play one sound at a time, this is going to cause much confusion or just make things way longer.

^^^yeah, i think that sounds like your problem.

On like a triton, its "multitimberal" you can have a total of 16 channels of sounds....

But Check the manual, i think you might be able to switch from "mono" to like 4 channels? ALot of VA syths do this, because programmers like "mono" sounds because you can make them fatter, when it comes to like bass sounds,etc. SO they have the feature to be in mono mode, or multi mode.

Your best bet would to sample your sounds. Or create keyboard splits...im not sure if this is possible on your board. BUt basically put a few sounds on like 12 keys, and then the other half of the board, put a differant sound......check out the manual.

Smoove03 wrote:yea

so say, on track 2 you have your piano. you like what you have, but you wanna add some strings to that without loosing your piano. then you would use the Overdub button instead of just the Record button.

make any sense? but to answer your question, yes.

ok, i think i may already know the answer to this, but i'll ask it anyway. is it possible to record the sounds from a keyboard as well as the midi data. can i just link up the midi and audio outs of of the KB to the midi and audio ins of the MPC?

cheers

Yes & No ....... You cannot do this quickly by getting the MPC to sample what it is playing. You need to record the midi data on the MPC, then get it to play the keyboard sound & record that to another machine (tape, mini disk, CDR, DAT, computer etc.) Sample that recording on the MPC, in which case you probably would not need all the original midi data any more, unless you wanted to do something like double tracking effects or creating a layered sound.