By snailed
Tue May 31, 2011 9:44 am
Hi,
Apologies if these are somewhat basic questions. I'm new to the MPC and am looking to accomplish the following... is it the right tool for me?
I play in a band. I need to control the MPC without touching it, for the most part, as I will be playing bass at the same time. I have a Behringer FCB-1010 that I've used with Ableton Live in the past for this. I understand that for a lot of MIDI functionality, I'll need JJ OS2XL. The thing is - I don't want to plunk down 100$+ if I don't plan on keeping the MPC.
1) I need to trigger loops will turn ON with a note on message and turn OFF with either another note on or a note off message. The loops need to be indefinitely long (until I turn them off). I know this is really simple - I've looked in trim mode and tried looping through there, but I can't seem to get it to work. Any pointers? I gather I need JJ OS2XL LOOP&HOLD mode for this?
2) I'll need some sort of "kill all" loops trigger on the FCB-1010. Perhaps I can map one of the pedals (CC control) to a master fader using JJ OS2XL?
These are the two most important things. Further down the line I'd like to implement the following:
3) I'd like our drummer to be able to hit a pad (which will go into the other MIDI IN on the MPC) to start a click which will go only to him (I am sure I can use one of the ASSIGNABLE OUTS for this) - and to start a SEQUENCE. Is there any way to trigger a sequence using MIDI? I realize I can change a sequence with a program change... but can I do this all from the FCB (I imagine the MPC will have to be in PLAY mode... so, starting the sequence all from the FCB)
I also would like to avoid changing ANYTHING on the actual MPC during a set. Is this at all possible? If not, what would be a good solution? Basically I'd like to avoid the sequencer as much as possible.
Apologies if these are somewhat basic questions. I'm new to the MPC and am looking to accomplish the following... is it the right tool for me?
I play in a band. I need to control the MPC without touching it, for the most part, as I will be playing bass at the same time. I have a Behringer FCB-1010 that I've used with Ableton Live in the past for this. I understand that for a lot of MIDI functionality, I'll need JJ OS2XL. The thing is - I don't want to plunk down 100$+ if I don't plan on keeping the MPC.
1) I need to trigger loops will turn ON with a note on message and turn OFF with either another note on or a note off message. The loops need to be indefinitely long (until I turn them off). I know this is really simple - I've looked in trim mode and tried looping through there, but I can't seem to get it to work. Any pointers? I gather I need JJ OS2XL LOOP&HOLD mode for this?
2) I'll need some sort of "kill all" loops trigger on the FCB-1010. Perhaps I can map one of the pedals (CC control) to a master fader using JJ OS2XL?
These are the two most important things. Further down the line I'd like to implement the following:
3) I'd like our drummer to be able to hit a pad (which will go into the other MIDI IN on the MPC) to start a click which will go only to him (I am sure I can use one of the ASSIGNABLE OUTS for this) - and to start a SEQUENCE. Is there any way to trigger a sequence using MIDI? I realize I can change a sequence with a program change... but can I do this all from the FCB (I imagine the MPC will have to be in PLAY mode... so, starting the sequence all from the FCB)
I also would like to avoid changing ANYTHING on the actual MPC during a set. Is this at all possible? If not, what would be a good solution? Basically I'd like to avoid the sequencer as much as possible.