Tracking out one track at a time

Hi,
I'm getting a computer soon to track out my beats and mixing everything in it. Until now I used to track out in a digital recorder, but I didn't mix my beats, I just recorded all the tracks of the MPC in one single track in the recorder.

But now, I would like to mix my beats properly. My MPC 2000 doesn't have the 8 outs so I will have to track out one track at a time. I was wondering if there was a way to make all the tracks match up perfectly in the DAW. I guess I have to move the tracks manually in the DAW so everything is in time. But is there another way to do it?
I don't know if my question is really clear Thanks!

Borat wrote:Hi,
I'm getting a computer soon to track out my beats and mixing everything in it. Until now I used to track out in a digital recorder, but I didn't mix my beats, I just recorded all the tracks of the MPC in one single track in the recorder.

But now, I would like to mix my beats properly. My MPC 2000 doesn't have the 8 outs so I will have to track out one track at a time. I was wondering if there was a way to make all the tracks match up perfectly in the DAW. I guess I have to move the tracks manually in the DAW so everything is in time. But is there another way to do it?
I don't know if my question is really clear Thanks!

It's called Midi SYNC. Some kats do it the ghetto way and let everything free fall, then line things up like you stated. Some do it like I suggested and let the computer be the master or vise versa (let the mpc be the master) and take it from there.

Recording two tracks at a time isn't a bad thing, it just takes a lot longer. Don't get hung up on principles, work with what you have at the moment and then upgrade when the opportunity presents itself.

Ok thanks, I need to learn about this thing!

If you continue to do it the way you currently are; one track of audio at a time I recomend adding a 1 bar sequence to the beginning of each track with just one sound in it like the same snare or high hat in the the same place on each track so after you have recorded them all into your DAW you can just match up that sound in each track to get them lined up back in the right place and timing. Then just cut off the sound from the beginning and everything should be lined up nicely.

Yes thanks, it seems to be a good idea!