By henryoakley
Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:23 am
Hi guys, i'm thinking of buying either an mpc500 or 1000. I want to fit it into my set up like this... stop using my laptop, use the MPC for all audio and have it connected up to my microkorg and my blofeld (obviously not both at one as each only have 1 stereo input!).
So basically i'd make all the beats on the mpc, then have them playing and work out and record a bassline in midi... then sample that basline... have all that playing and work out a synth part... sample that... etc etc and so on, until i'd worked out a full track... so i'd have my beats and all my samples phrases in the mpc and trigger them all from there to make a whole track....
....BUT what i want to know is this, can I monitor my synths through the MPC whilst it's playing (and not just when it's sampling) to make this workflow possible??? Is this called audio-thu? i don't know?
I've read that mpc500 has no audio-thru... is this what it means, that i can't monitor anything unless i'm sampling it (as i don't really want to mess around with mixing desks)... so i'd only be able to monitor when i'm recording, and not the rest of the time? Is this the same on the mpc1000... or is it possible on that machine... i hope you can do it on one of them???
Hope this makes sense!
All the best, Henry
So basically i'd make all the beats on the mpc, then have them playing and work out and record a bassline in midi... then sample that basline... have all that playing and work out a synth part... sample that... etc etc and so on, until i'd worked out a full track... so i'd have my beats and all my samples phrases in the mpc and trigger them all from there to make a whole track....
....BUT what i want to know is this, can I monitor my synths through the MPC whilst it's playing (and not just when it's sampling) to make this workflow possible??? Is this called audio-thu? i don't know?
I've read that mpc500 has no audio-thru... is this what it means, that i can't monitor anything unless i'm sampling it (as i don't really want to mess around with mixing desks)... so i'd only be able to monitor when i'm recording, and not the rest of the time? Is this the same on the mpc1000... or is it possible on that machine... i hope you can do it on one of them???
Hope this makes sense!
All the best, Henry
