Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By jb4play Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:40 pm
Here's my problem...

1. I sync Reason to the MPC, I'm using the redrum as a soundbank basically, but controlling the midi with the MPC.

2. After everything is sounding just how I want it, I save my sequence in the MPC, import the midi to Reason and BAM! For some reason now the drums sound off beat and robotic(as if its locked into a stiff quantization).

3. I dump the same midi to Pro Tools 6.7/ Nuendo 3.0 to try and add the MPC 50% 1/16 swing to see if that will make the drums sound the same way as they do coming straight from the MPC but it doesn't help, they still sound off.

Why is this happening? Why is the midi while the MPC is master sound correct but when I dump the midi to Reason/Pro Tools/Nuendo it sounds off? I know a work around but that involves me actually tracking the midi into Pro Tools/Nuendo as I make the beat but that involves me arming tracks and having the MPC as a slave(recording and quantitizing with Pro Tools/Nuendo) and that slows down my tracking making process.

Here's what I'm using if that helps:

Akai MPC 2K XL
Reason
Pro Tools M Powered
Nuendo
M Audio Midisport 1 x 1
M Audio Delta 44

Thx in advance!

By jb4play Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:33 pm
Never mind, I figured out another way to solve this
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By BlackImpact Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:05 pm
How did you do that, and How did you make the MPC the Master in Reason?. IF you hit Record and PlayStart on the MPC, Does Reason start Recording without having to hit Record directly on reason? Peace.
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By Deep~C~Did Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:38 pm
i was asking the same question earlier....how do you connect your reason (computer) to your mpc? i have reason and an m-audio midi keyboard....any help would be tight!
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By poast pr Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:41 pm
BlackImpact wrote:How did you do that, and How did you make the MPC the Master in Reason?. IF you hit Record and PlayStart on the MPC, Does Reason start Recording without having to hit Record directly on reason? Peace.
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The Mpc is ALWAYS the master in Reason. That's the way Reason works.
For the recording into Reason u have to arm it (not really sure, i can't check now). :D