Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Dispoise Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:56 pm
This thing really make me nuts.
I ve been preapering live performance with MPC2000XL and my other synths,while I ve been workin on my album.Same tracks for the live and album,but tracks for the album will be mixed mastered and more polished.
I ve stared to record song,route everthynig on multiple outs,when I ve recorded everthing and started to do the
arrange I notice that tempo do not match.I did the sync over Logic X,I ve tried with Midi clock,I ve tried with MTC,and every time I ve tried the same thing,on the start of the the first bar on every sequnce(4bars) it does a little delay like 20ms but only at the first bar.Then I ve tried to record without sync,I will put in tempo by myself I thought,this won't be a problem,just put in the grid,then I ve notice that tempo of mpc is little bit oscilating,like it is not constant :hmmm: :hmmm: .I ve checked sample rates on my AD DA but everything match,I ve tried in logic 9,in Ableton always the same thing.I ve checked tempo change option but it OFF...and I m going crazy...I am producer of Electronic music house/techno and in my genre,the constant tempo/bpm is
really important,maybe not for a a live performance but for releasing tracks it s really important.
Is it maybe hardware issue by mpc...
I really would be thankful for any advice...THANK YOU and sorry for my bad english :worthy: :worthy:
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By distortedtekno Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:24 pm
When the MPC is synced as a slave, it's normal to see the tempo change a bit. As long as it sounds like it's in sync, it shoudn't be a problem.
By SPL10 Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:17 am
The problem is your computer not the MPC ... computer clocks are known for their instability when syncing/attempting to sync external midi gear

i had the same problem myself but got one of these to drive my external drum machines/sequencers and now things are super tight and always on the grid.

http://www.s-n-d.com/acme4e_a.html

expensive but worth it