Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
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By Chapped Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:39 am
I was wondering the same thing..
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By itchyvinyl Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:08 am
There is a .PGM file that you can download that sets up the MPC's pads to trigger the SP's sounds via MIDI. All you need is a MIDI cable.

Download the file at Yahoo Group "drummachine" in the "files" section.
It is named "SP 1200.PGM"

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/drummachine/
(you'll have to register before it will let you download files)

By lo-fi Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:17 am
Yeah, but Davis wants to trigger the MPC's sounds from the SP. The swing on the SP is really nice, but the pads on the MPC feel better than those plastic buttons on the SP.

Over here I just have the two synced, I sequence the MPC's samples in the MPC, and the SP's samples in the SP. When sampling I decide which sampler it's gonna go to - most drums go to the SP, and long samples and stereo things go to the MPC. The SP is the master, so I press play on that and everything starts. Just go to the sync page and set it to 'midi clock' on the port your SP is on. The SP sends midi clock out by default.

I like the simplicity and the swing of the SP's sequencer, but on the MPC I like that you have different tracks, and it's easier to erase a note. Using the two sequencers together works fine for me.
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By itchyvinyl Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:27 pm
What I do is just sync each machine to ProTools, and multi-track separately. This makes re-arranging and editing a snap.

By StylesDavis Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:40 pm
thankz headz im gonna try to do that