how do i get pro tools to record whats on my mpc 1000

love how this thread turned out.

crossings wrote:i grew up listening to late 80's and early 90's hiphop as a young one... watching Rap City and Yo MTV Raps when i'd get home from school, so my true passion is for 90's hiphop... the golden age stuff... around '97 [once more music-making software started coming out for the PC] i started getting into that and was making drum n bass and other faster-paced electronic stuff by then [IDM i guess you could say] on a computer with strictly software... at some point i took a break from making tracks, but i eventually went back to my roots and once i actually had money to drop on gear i started buying hardware samplers & all that good stuff and got back into the classic hiphop sound... i now have about 5 samplers [including 3 different MPCs] and find myself using the mpc1000 the most for some reason... i do also have the 2000xl though, which is built better, but the JJOS for mpc1000 and mpc2500 is pretty unbeatable when it comes to operating systems for the MPCs... i love the art of sampling, digging for sounds off of records, chopping stuff up and turning it into something different than the original source [as do most people here]... i'm from that time when hip-hop was a bit of a mystery as far as how it was made... you had to EARN the knowledge and skills and put your time in if you wanted to make beats of your own... hence why i have such a low tolerance for dipsh!t kids that want instant gratification on some "how do i plug this in?" sh!t... hiphop doesn't come with tutorials as far as i'm concerned... equipment comes with a manual and that's all you get imo... this forum is cool for sharing knowledge, but you gotta figure the basics out on your own if you wanna get any kind of respect from me or most other ol school hiphop heads for that matter. that's where i'm coming from...

Actually, I got into the MPC around 2004. I was deployed to the middle east (just retired from th the military about a year ago). Getting back to point. One of my buddies (a DJ) bought a 2000. It was beat up, but sounded like magic. After playing with it for a couple of weeks, I order the 2000xl right away and have been hooked ever since.

We share a common ground as I too grew up on the 90s hip hop. Although, I must confess, I don't sample much. I use the Mpc as a sequencer mostly. I sample maybe about 30 percent of the time.

I attended Berklee College of Music (specializing in Pro Tools). I use to live right down the street from Digidesign in Daly City when I was stationed in San Francisco. I became friends with one of their engineers (never could get a discount though). Lol

I met Quincy Jones ( during Berklee time) and I will NEVER be the same. The man is AMAZING! As a result, I love arrangements, especially orchestral. I really dig vocal chants and cellos. If you ever hear any of my music, that would be very apparent from the first note. Lol

Studio:

2000xl
Triton extreme
Fantom xr
MoPhatt module
Roland XP-30
OLD Korg X3 ( my first synth)
Korg mini
Voice prism plus
Tc hardware effects unit
2 aural exciters, with big bottom
line 6 guitar modeling unit
Line 6 bass modeling unit
Tascam cd rewritable/recordable rack mount
MOTU 828mkll
Digi 002
Echo Layla
Fender strat Eric Clapton anniversary addition guitar
Fender precision bass

Monitors:

Mackie 824s
Event 20/20
Alesis(I forget the model)

Several mixers that I no longer use and various mics. Other misc equipment.

Software: Pro Tools, Sonar, Reaper, Waves Gold Bundle effects plug in, Reason, sample tank, ect. Too lazy to list all. Lol

Also, lots of apps on iPad. I have become very engulfed with the iPad for producing, lately.

I hope you will forgive any typos as I am typing on an iPad. My MacBook pro and Mac pro are in the service center getting upgrades.

Man I love this stuff called music. It's a gift to us from above in my opinion.

popp1234 wrote:
Man I love this stuff called music. It's a gift to us from above in my opinion.

^^^sig worthy.

damn you got a nice setup man, wanna trade

i have a macbook pro running logic 8, also protools m-powered but i never use it.
a tc electronics impact twin firewire interface
grace m101 mic pre
fmr audio pbc-6a limiting amp
audio technica 4050
mackie mr5 monitors

none of my stuff is set up for recording right now though, but what i do use all the time is

mpc 2500 jjos 2xl
mpc 1000 jjos 2xl

also battery 3 for when im using my logic.

been doing stuff all in the mpc 1k lately, and i have to say im really digging the workflow of that now.

welcome to the forums man.

Studio:

2000xl
Triton extreme
Fantom xr
MoPhatt module
Roland XP-30
OLD Korg X3 ( my first synth)
Korg mini
Voice prism plus
Tc hardware effects unit
2 aural exciters, with big bottom
line 6 guitar modeling unit
Line 6 bass modeling unit
Tascam cd rewritable/recordable rack mount
MOTU 828mkll
Digi 002
Echo Layla
Fender strat Eric Clapton anniversary addition guitar
Fender precision bass

Monitors:

Mackie 824s
Event 20/20
Alesis(I forget the model)

Several mixers that I no longer use and various mics. Other misc equipment.

Software: Pro Tools, Sonar, Reaper, Waves Gold Bundle effects plug in, Reason, sample tank, ect. Too lazy to list all. Lol

Also, lots of apps on iPad. I have become very engulfed with the iPad for producing, lately.

I hope you will forgive any typos as I am typing on an iPad. My MacBook pro and Mac pro are in the service center getting upgrades.

Epic

damien907 wrote:

popp1234 wrote:
Man I love this stuff called music. It's a gift to us from above in my opinion.

^^^sig worthy.

damn you got a nice setup man, wanna trade

i have a macbook pro running logic 8, also protools m-powered but i never use it.
a tc electronics impact twin firewire interface
grace m101 mic pre
fmr audio pbc-6a limiting amp
audio technica 4050
mackie mr5 monitors

none of my stuff is set up for recording right now though, but what i do use all the time is

mpc 2500 jjos 2xl
mpc 1000 jjos 2xl

also battery 3 for when im using my logic.

been doing stuff all in the mpc 1k lately, and i have to say im really digging the workflow of that now.

welcome to the forums man.

What's up? First of all, thanks for the welcome. I wish I would have joined sooner. I look forward to learning and sharing with everyone in this forum. Thanks for the words. I just accumulated this stuff over the years, man. How do you like Battery 3? My friend has it also and he absolutely loves it. I also plan to download Logic, now that it's available through the App Store.

By the way, I am currently overseas (Philippines), so if I am delayed getting back to anyone, it's because they are 12 hours ahead of the States (eastern time).

battery 3 is dope, whenever i use logic, i use battery 3 for my drums, its really easy to use and has alot of great options for sculpting your sound. the sample library is pretty good too, there is alot of stuff i dont use, but the samples that i do use work great. there is also alot of quirky off the wall type stuff that is pretty cool too.

they also added some sp1200 and mpc 60 modes, havent used them too much, but i hear that they are pretty dope.

if your using logic i would consider battery and instant buy, you can get it for pretty cheap now too.

the only gripe i have about battery 3 is that the panic button isnt cc assignable, that gets kinda old if you have a long sample looping over and over, although you can go click it and it works fine. if your just using it for drums this isnt much of a hassle either cause they cut off so quickly anyway.

here is 8 short tutorials that come with battery 3 to get you off your feet, watch them.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... ature=plcp

where are you at in the phils? alot of my friends have family there, always wanted to go.

damien907 wrote:battery 3 is dope, whenever i use logic, i use battery 3 for my drums, its really easy to use and has alot of great options for sculpting your sound. the sample library is pretty good too, there is alot of stuff i dont use, but the samples that i do use work great. there is also alot of quirky off the wall type stuff that is pretty cool too.

they also added some sp1200 and mpc 60 modes, havent used them too much, but i hear that they are pretty dope.

if your using logic i would consider battery and instant buy, you can get it for pretty cheap now too.

the only gripe i have about battery 3 is that the panic button isnt cc assignable, that gets kinda old if you have a long sample looping over and over, although you can go click it and it works fine. if your just using it for drums this isnt much of a hassle either cause they cut off so quickly anyway.

here is 8 short tutorials that come with battery 3 to get you off your feet, watch them.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... ature=plcp

where are you at in the phils? alot of my friends have family there, always wanted to go.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, I've been doing some research on Bat 3. I am impressed. I will watch the videos.

I am in Cebu City (Talisay City). I love the weather here, although day-to-day living can be a little frustrating at times if one is use to the States. Overall, not too bad.

I was asked to judge a hip hop competition two days ago and I must say, some of these kids are very talented. Hip hop and R&B are not as big over here as in some of the other countries I have been to. But it's beginning to catch on. I'm trying to do my little part.

thats cool, there is alot of good pinoy rap coming out of the states, havent listened to much from the philipines though.

in those tutorials, there is a little musical intro to each one, and they all use a different kit that battery 3 comes with.

the one other gripe i have is that you cant make it go fullscreen, but thats fine i guess.

there is also a really handy place you can add solo sounds to cells,

so if you right click on one then you can scroll thorugh all the snares, kicks, open hats, closed hats, sfx, ect.

then if you choose the top one you can just hold down ctrl or alt, (if your on pc or mac) to go to the next snare sound for instance.

all the sounds are divided into acoustic, digital and analog also, so you have 3 sets of snares, 3 kick, ect. ect.

damien907 wrote:thats cool, there is alot of good pinoy rap coming out of the states, havent listened to much from the philipines though.

in those tutorials, there is a little musical intro to each one, and they all use a different kit that battery 3 comes with.

the one other gripe i have is that you cant make it go fullscreen, but thats fine i guess.

there is also a really handy place you can add solo sounds to cells,

so if you right click on one then you can scroll thorugh all the snares, kicks, open hats, closed hats, sfx, ect.

then if you choose the top one you can just hold down ctrl or alt, (if your on pc or mac) to go to the next snare sound for instance.

all the sounds are divided into acoustic, digital and analog also, so you have 3 sets of snares, 3 kick, ect. ect.

Sounds great! Seriously looking into getting this beast. The only thing will be paying for shipment here and paying for customs duties and taxes. Too large of a file for them to offer download. I have a friend coming over next month. I think I'll have him bring it with him.

good idea

harry.ethics wrote:gonna need a MPC 500 for that homeboy.

1000 can't record into ProTools as far as i know....

lol..that made my day!!