WHAT KIND OF MIDI CABLE DO I NEED TO LINK UP MPC AND PC

HELP A BROTHA OUT

ummm, a MIDI cable.

MY COMPUTER DOES NOT HAVE A MIDI IN, DO I NEED TO BUY USB
INTERFACE. AND FOR MR. FOO FIGHTER KEEP THE SMART ASS COMMENTS TO YOURSELF.

dude maybe YOU SHOULD PUT THAT YOU DONT HAVE MIDI ON YOUR PC BEFORE YOU ASK THE QUESTION. instead of just saying: "what cable do I need?"
that is like saying: I need to know what kind of gas to put in my car. then saying "but I dont have a gas tank". when someone tells you "unleaded." what you wanted to know was where to get a gas tank, not what kind of gas you need.

Buy a Midi interface, Midiman 2x2 will cost you 40 dollars. the drivers are rock solid. if you have a soundcard, you can also get a midi bracket that connects to the game port of the soundcard for 10 dollars if you want to use that.

it is not rocket science, if you dont have midi on your sondcard, you need "gasP!" a midi box.

dont post an ambiguous question and not expect a stupid answer, or: ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.



hahah Mr. Foo-Fighter? dude cant you read? tis Dr. Foo. not Mr. Foo-Fighter.

If you're having trouble with the hook-ups mpc to pc what kinda programs do you think you'll be running. I'm not being a smart ass but I think you should learn you MPC and build your skills on beat-making before you rely soley on the pc for help. I'm saying that becasue alot of the programs you're going to probably use have a higher learning curve along with getting the mpc to work together. Now that you're going to use midi what kinda input are on your cpu..2in 2out, or is it the standard mini plug, becasue you're going to have to get the sound into the PC somehow...Just something to think about since you're stepping up to the technology plate....

and the computer isnt going to magically make midi work.
you should definitely learn about it.
there is ALOT more than just plugging the cables in and hitting record
once you get into it.
try www.tweakheadz.com read about midi.
and www.futureproducers.com
search for midi.
and you need to calm down.
i would be a little nicer to the people i was asking for help.\

p.s. take f*cking caps off.

hahahahaha,
this sh*t is funny man. sorry trakmaker, we got a bunch of sarcastic @ssholes on here an i am one of em. but you will get good questions answered with good reponses. you just showed your ignorance when asking what kind of midi cable you need. there is only one kind of midi cable, a midi cable. doesnt matter what brand, hell i've built them numerous times and they work fine. it is not like an audio cable where you are super concerned with fidelity. as long as messages are being consistently sent, your straight. dont worry, there is a lot to know about producing and engineering, so do yourself a favor and look around the forum a minute before asking vague questions. when youre ready to ask a question, be VERY specific and usually no one will be a smart ass( no offense foo, i felt where you were coming from, obviously).

none taken. I just wanna know where he got Foo Fighters from? (WTF?)

maybe I shoud of been a little bit more specific regarding what i wanted to know, and sorry for my quick temper. It seems like mesh and Dr.Foo know a lot about computer recording, are you guys engineers, producers
what do you guys do?

Foo Figthers is a group homie.

dont worry about it. i had it out with foo the first time i intercepted one of his posts too, but dude knows is ish and is to be respected.

i am a sound designer by day, producer, engineer, dj by night.

but there are a lot of other cats that know there stuff on here too. mpc3000, for instance, knows his stuff back and forth.

whats a sound designer??? By the way I am a chemist by day... and a chemist with a bucket and some drum sticks by night...

Thanks

Leroy

mesh wrote:
but there are a lot of other cats that know there stuff on here too. mpc3000, for instance, knows his stuff back and forth.

word UP Mpc 3000 is the guy I always ask when it comes down to the internal workings of the MPC and the OS. He wrote the MPC program editor for PC that everyone and they momma uses, (or should use)

word. squash all internet beef, I mean, how can you call yourself a man and be beefing on the internet?

Lampdog wrote:Foo Figthers is a group homie.

ahhh so, yeah with that dude from Nirvana who proved that he had some talent too after Kurt Cobain checked out. my bad, I totally 4got about them.

Leory wrote:whats a sound designer???

you know when you watch tv and you hear a gunshot, or a car screatching up or footsteps or explosions? i am the guy who puts them there.