Mpc through computer

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Mpc through computer

By TheGodfatha Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:42 am
Hey guys i have had my
mpc 1000 for a while and im
finally deciding to get an imac ro hook the mpc to.. Now can anyone explain what i need to hook up the mpc to ableton on the mac, and be able to run my mpc through the computer and will i need studio monitors and shit?..
And is it really neccesasary? Or just explain to me how u make urr beats and what u use n shit thanks
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Re: Mpc through computer

By boxcutter butta Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:37 am
midi interface just to control/sync to ableton (no audio from your mpc)
or an audio interface (sometimes have a midi interface built in them) for you guess it
AUDIO from the mpc
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Re: Mpc through computer

By Pastor-of-Muppets Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:28 am
you don't need studio monitors, your PC speakers will be OK if they're not total budget cheapo ones

you could buy better monitors, but you might as well figure out how to hook everything up before deciding if you need to spend more money

Re: Mpc through computer

By beach_break Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:38 am
you can also use USB to connect the 1000 to your computer. but it will only allow you to transfer wav files between the two machines.

you can resample your tracks and drag them in to your DAW, without having to buy an expensive audio interface. you also get better sound quality, as your audio isn't passing through any convertors.
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Re: Mpc through computer

By J-tawn Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:52 am
let me break it down.

basicaly your goal after geting the computer is to get the best anolog to digital converters, basicaly a audio interface recognized by whatever daw your using. If your looking at the over all view, interfaces under a grand are crap compared to a grand up, just to let you know.

Lot of people like to use midi on this forum.

what i like to do is not use midi. what i do is plug in the 8 outs of my xl in to the 8 inputs of my interface.
recored the different sequences, unwarp the audio, select all tracks and start the audio right where the first sound hits
(use zoom to look at the waves for this) once thats done you just set the abelton tempo to whatever tempo you had on the mpc and you should be good..

i prefer this because I just hate trusting the midi sync flow, Its just not the same for me im sorry

Re: Mpc through computer

By TheGodfatha Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:24 am
J-tawn wrote:let me break it down.

basicaly your goal after geting the computer is to get the best anolog to digital converters, basicaly a audio interface recognized by whatever daw your using. If your looking at the over all view, interfaces under a grand are **** compared to a grand up, just to let you know.

Lot of people like to use midi on this forum.

what i like to do is not use midi. what i do is plug in the 8 outs of my xl in to the 8 inputs of my interface.
recored the different sequences, unwarp the audio, select all tracks and start the audio right where the first sound hits
(use zoom to look at the waves for this) once thats done you just set the abelton tempo to whatever tempo you had on the mpc and you should be good..

i prefer this because I just hate trusting the midi sync flow, Its just not the same for me im sorry


thanks man heaps good advice..
can i just ask what the whole point is in hooking it up to ableton though.. im guessing its coz u can mute tracks n stuff right??
**** i sound noobish, im really not, i just never had a need to use all the stuff all i do is record and put to comp via usb . cheers
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Re: Mpc through computer

By Lampdog Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:28 pm
TheGodfatha wrote:what the whole point is in hooking it up to ableton though..

Read up on Ableton and see what it's about, then proceed from there.
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Re: Mpc through computer

By J-tawn Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:40 pm
reasons i recored into a daw.

1. the mixing and effects in a daw system is far more superior then hte mpcs ( some plugins have replaces 1000$ hardware thease days)

2. I like to finish my beats in ableton- i wire reason to abelton and i can easly add any extra reason sounds
or draw in any drops i want

3. yes you can mix vocals in to your lists of tracks in the daw

if your satisfied with your method then dont feel like you need to force yourself to buy a mac
and multitrack. F*ck it its really all just a sense of ear how you wana do it
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