I love my MPC....but...

.... I have read all the sites on these topics - but I am still confused as to what I should do!!

I basically just want to be able to do all my drum programming on the MPC - but then bring them into Logic for editing on the move.

I also use reason and just got reload 1.0 which converts Akai CD's/ZIP's for use in the sampler etc.

In Logic I have an Akai converter on the EXS24 sampler - so I could use that.......


...but I have a TiPowerbook....so if I got a ZIP for the MPC (SCSI) I would have to buy another for my powerbook!!!

Any ideas?

Cheers

S.

I'm using the same programs as you. The only difference is I'm on a PC (but that doesn't have any relevance in this case). Anyway, unless your Powerbook accepts SCSI then yes, you'll have to get a USB Zip drive OR a SCSI to USB adapter (along with the proper cables) to be able to transfer samples back and forth between the MPC and your comp.

Adapter Info: http://www.mozillaquest.com/Hardware/Belkin/Belkin-SCSI-USB_story01.html

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Hope this helps.

Thanks!

How do you do it?

Do you have an external SCSI ZIP drive and this adaptor?

If so what external SCSI Zip should I get?

Cheers

S.

I had a plain ol' Zip 100, one of the original SCSI ones plugged into the MPC. I got tired of dealing with external drives and wated to be more portable to I bought an internal drive on ebay and installed it myself.

You can fetch a scsi model Zip 100 pretty cheap on the bay nowadays.

I create my sequence in the MPC then sync up to Logic using MTC and dump the sequence into Logic in realtime because it gives me more flexibility when arranging (drops, fills and stuff like that). Sometimes I revoice the drum pattern by routing their tracks to my 950. If I'm using Reason alone (without the need for Logic), I use Reason as the master and slave the MPC to it.

I was kinda in a hurry when I typed this, so if I haven't answered your question, holla back and I'll try again.

Why not sell your MPC and get a MPD-16?

Phedeks wrote:Why not sell your MPC and get a MPD-16?

I love the dirty sound of the MPC for drums - which you just can't get from a computer.

Steveo wrote:

Phedeks wrote:Why not sell your MPC and get a MPD-16?

I love the dirty sound of the MPC for drums - which you just can't get from a computer.

But computers generally create 16-bit audio files, the exact same bitrate used in the MPC2000xl. Same 44.1k sample rate too. Anything that samples at 16-bit is gonna be squeaky clean so the only difference would be any internal filter processing applied by the 2XL during sampling. So unless you're talking about the MPC60, you're sounds might not be all that dirty.

blaqsoul wrote:

Steveo wrote:

Phedeks wrote:Why not sell your MPC and get a MPD-16?

I love the dirty sound of the MPC for drums - which you just can't get from a computer.

But computers generally create 16-bit audio files, the exact same bitrate used in the MPC2000xl. Same 44.1k sample rate too. Anything that samples at 16-bit is gonna be squeaky clean so the only difference would be any internal filter processing applied by the 2XL during sampling. So unless you're talking about the MPC60, you're sounds might not be all that dirty.

Word i wonder where people get this idea from? Like the MPC has built in sounds or something. The drums are only as "Gritty" as they are when you load them into the mpc. You can filter them in the computer just like you would in an MPC along with other things. The mpc is much more limited than the comp.

Why bother with the MPC at all? From the descriptions that blaqsoul and Steveo give of their process, the MPC is just an unecessary step in the processing of sounds in their general purpose office machines. Don't you guys get it: "Midi Production Center"? The whole point of the MPC is to eliminate the computer from your production process. What is it that you don't understand about the MPC? Just ask. I'm sure that there are any number of persons on this forum who would be more than happy to help you get started with using your MPC instead of just talking about it.

blaqsoul wrote:

Steveo wrote:

Phedeks wrote:Why not sell your MPC and get a MPD-16?

I love the dirty sound of the MPC for drums - which you just can't get from a computer.

But computers generally create 16-bit audio files, the exact same bitrate used in the MPC2000xl. Same 44.1k sample rate too. Anything that samples at 16-bit is gonna be squeaky clean so the only difference would be any internal filter processing applied by the 2XL during sampling. So unless you're talking about the MPC60, you're sounds might not be all that dirty.

Wrong, you forgot the D/A A/D converters the MPC has some of the best sounding ones you can get and therin lies the "MPC sound"