PG wrote:ight waz up people....i need help right bout now...I know its been posted up in the video tutorial but the video doesnt play all...I just got M-audio Firewire 1814, M-audio Radium 49, i have a MPC 1000, Roland JV 1080 sound module, wit a iMac G5....now i need to know how to connect all of this together if anyone knows can u PLEASE help me!!!! THANX U
Hey dude, here's how i'd hook up the midi....
keyboard out ------> mpc in 1
computer out ------> mpc in 2
mpc out 1 ----------> jv1080 in
mpc out 2 ----------> computer in
Then i'd hook the audio outs from yer gear into your audio inputs of your m-audio, i dunno how many inputs that m-audio has, but if it only has 2 you may want to get a little mixer and hook your stuff into that and and your mixer into your m-audio. otherwise you can swap cable in and out as needed or something llike that.
i'm assuming the radium is a keyboard, and you've got midi in/out on your M-audio. If you don't I don't know those peices of gear, so i could be off on your hookup. If your m-audio doesn't have midi in/out then you may want to look into getting a little midi interface for your computer.
Anyways that should do it. you didn't mention what softwaRE you're using, but since you'll probably be just recording audio you'll just want to sync your mpc to your computer through your midi, although this isn't totally nessesary, it just makes it easier if you want to record your tracks individually, in which case if you're not recording midi into your computer you can have the midi from your jv going into the mpc midi 2 rather than the computer. but if you're using soft synths or Live you'll want to have the midi going into your computer. it all depends on how you want to work and what software you're rocking. The only reason you would want to have the midi from the jv into your mpc is for dumping your patches into the mpc so you can recall them more easily. The manuals that came with your gear shoudl have some example illustrations on typical setups, you may want to study those a bit to get an idea. This ish can get confusing and take some time and thinking to figure out. I'm always changing my hookups to get something better. the more gear you get the more puzzelling it is. Lots of time is spent looking at the gear with a blank expession on face. after awhile you'll figure it out.
good luck mang!
