synth lines

I thought I read that with the input thru you can record a synth directly into the sequencer on the mpc as its own track..is this true???Or do have to continue making samples of the synth or make midi tracks??

I got the triton and it does it almost flawlessly. midi out to midi in both ways is how i do it

im having that same problem i wanted to record my juno d synth into my mpc but i never tried the midi thru feature. That would save a lot of sample time an would be a breeze to record my stuff.

what i really want to do is record audio directly to a track.Lets say I've got a beat then could I put down a bass line from the synth to a track??I'd like to not use midi unless I could somehow record the audio that is put out....I realize that midi is only info and I don't really want to have my synth always connected to the mpc..
Is it possible or is input thru just for filtering samples before you record?

the MPC is a midi sequencer, not a hard disk recorder. you can use audio thru to mix and additional imput over your Sequence or song, like a synth giving you in effect an additional set of input to your set up. But you can record audio as a track, unless it is one long sample.

It works fine to go into record mode and just make a big sample of yourself playing the synth, then just use that sample in your sequence.

ok,
thanks for the reponse....long sample it is.

invisigoo wrote:ok,
thanks for the reponse....long sample it is.

yup the only small hassle is trimming the sound to the beginning then triggering into the sequence.

i got used to doing that really fast though.

make sure not to forget what beat it's supposed to start on,
or if you plan to start later than 1, make a short noise on beat 1 to help line up.

The _nice_ thing about this whole method is you can easily nudge the sample forward or back to change the groove feel.

i noticed a cool thing .......

if u use the (very good) 'sample threshold rec trigger' thingy, like set the cursor to the corrct level - low enough to catch your first bit of audio coming in, but high enough not to start recording prematurely, it catches your kybd part or whatever very neatly after you press 'rec'.

shagarkagey wrote:i noticed a cool thing .......

if u use the (very good) 'sample threshold rec trigger' thingy, like set the cursor to the corrct level - low enough to catch your first bit of audio coming in, but high enough not to start recording prematurely, it catches your kybd part or whatever very neatly after you press 'rec'.

Yeah, threshold actually works well.

I didn't want to use it at first cause i didn't want it to miss the first bit of my sample...

But then i realized it actually records a little 'extra room' before the startpoint so that you can adjust the start backwards later on if you need to. That rocks.

yeah , i almost mentioned that, like it was a pain, but in other programs , like daw software ones, a pre-record 'buffer is very sought after.! : )