Prodigal son returning to the fold....

Hey guys

I sold my MPC1000 6 months ago.... no offense, but I really dont want the "sampler" part of the MPC...or the sequencer for that matter..just the feel and the workflow.... I have a question and although I have searched for hours on the forum I can't find an answer. If I find an answer to this question I'm buying one first thing in the morning...its driving me craaazy

CAN I ACHIEVE THIS WITH ANY MPC??

OK...

With an MPC1000 slaved to cubase, can I send the MIDI patterns from the MPC back to cubase to be recorded on a MIDI channel? I want to use only VSTi drums (Stylus/Reason) and I want to edit all of my performances in the Cubase sequencer. I also want to be able to alter the pitch/sound/patch of the drums after the fact...so I dont want to have to take the conventional route of sampling and recording the output of my sampler into the computer.

Basically, I love the swing of the MPC, I love the workflow, I love syncing it as a slave to cubase to hear all my vocals and instruments but I want to be able to edit the MIDI in cubase.

For me this would be the ultimate because
1: Most of the drum samples I want to use are in Stylus and reason. I wouldnt degrade the sound quality of the samples by rerecording them back via my soundcard.

2: I could edit my creative "performances" from the MPC with ease as MIDI data in Cubase.

3: I would have that awesome, sexy groove back again that has been so lacking since I sold my MPC


I have tried just using an M-Audio trigger finger but with the quantize in cubase...it just aint the same thing...

thanks in advance
mike

why isnt this possible?

do you have a digital out on your sound card? you do realize this would make it so there is no sound difference between whats in your plugin and whats in the mpc?

the mpc 1000 outputs midi, no? cubase takes it in no? your plugin responds to midi? cubase records midi? so then just record the midi output of your mpc in time with the clock in cubase. voila.

of course you may run into sync problems.

well,
your completely correct in all of your statements, I thought the same myself but I recall not being able to send any MIDI from my MPC1000 when it was slaved the last time I tried... or did I perhaps just miss a crucial hardware setting that needs to be made in order to output the MIDI notes...?

It really seems like it should be possible...unless it is a safety feature to prevent the possibility of a MIDI feedback loop?

thanks for answering, these boxes are a bit of a mystery to me

you sold your mpc

thats right, I wasn't using it as a sequencer...and I really didn't want to have to use its audio capabilities...
anyhow, looks like I'll buy another one, they rule, ...even if I dont use all of their abilities
surely Im not the first guy whose wanted to edit his MPC patterns in a DAW?

you dont want to use its sequencer, but you like the mpc swing? you cant separate the two.

i want that canned unoriginal sound from my computer

suueet wrote:i want that canned unoriginal sound from my computer

What's that supposed to mean? The MPC basically is a computer.

yes, you are correct. i guess its more funner (imo)to add effects and stuff with hardware and things with knobs that you can turn with your hands and stuff.

An MPd would be a great idea. i think i might finally get one