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

hey just wanted to know how do i record a beat from my mpc 1000 to pro tools...

hardware that i have is:

mpc 1000
mobile pre m audio hardware interface
axiom 25 (if neccessary)

the same way you would record anything else into Pro Tools.

if you don't know how to use Pro Tools... then why are you insisting on using it?

Umm yea that was helpful. Im just now starting to use and protools I kno people track out the mpc using midi , but my mobile pre hardware interface doesn't have any midi connections ... Let's try to help me here now. No need for smart asses...

gonna need a MPC 500 for that homeboy.

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

Not sure if the keyboard functions are the same on m-powered as LE (I assume they are) but once you create an audio track, you arm the track by clicking the "R" button on the track, then hit F12. Once it begins recording, press play on your MPC and bladdow. Muzak.

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

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

Oh yeah... forgot. Forgot the above advice.

huh how is that i see people tracking their stuff from their mpc 1000 all the time on you tube.... my protools is not even picking up a signal from my mpc... do i need to sync it via midi

It was a joke...sure, it can track into PT.

How are you currently running the mpc into your interface?

sheet man, i dunno - in the vids you saw, were they using the the blue or the black MPC ?

I know there was something on another thread about the blue ones not being able to sync with any software...

you do need to look up midi sync , and look into the midi headphones.

smart ass? well, sheeit... at least i'm SMART muthafugga.

Was waitin' for you to chime back in over here...

alrite its like this

theres more then one way to record into ptools
the way i know how to is pretty easy and universal to all recording programs

use an aux cord (the cord with 2 headphone jacks on each end) and
plug one jack into the headphone jack on ur machine and plug the other into ur labtops microphone port

have your program record the audio input from the micraphones port
if u dont know how to do this then
look on protools for audio input settings and change it to microphone

hope this helps man
good luck

- D1

are you multi tracking or 2 tracking?

Either way is pretty much the same.

1/4" to 1/4" from MPC outs to interface ins.

Set the MPC to send out of the line outs, or just leave it as is and record the main outs.

In Pro Tools, create auxiliary tracks for each input on your interface. I think the MobilePre has 2 outs, so two mono aux tracks, or a stereo track.

Then create the audio tracks you are going to record to and match to the aux tracks (stereo to stereo or mono to mono).

Set the inputs of the aux and audio tracks to the correct input of the sound card.

Arm the track(s) hit the record button in the transport section and hit play or spacebar to start recording.

If you aren't midi'd up, press play on the MPC and you should be recording. I think that's everything. It's late and I may have forgotten something, but I don't think I did...

maddoctorbeats wrote:hey just wanted to know how do i record a beat from my mpc 1000 to pro tools...

hardware that i have is:

mpc 1000
mobile pre m audio hardware interface
axiom 25 (if neccessary)

On the MPC1000:
Go to the MIDI/Sync Menu:
Press Mode + PAD 9.
Sync [F2].
Sync In: 1 or 2 (whichever MIDI input you plugged your MIDI cable into).
Sync Out: Off.
In Pro Tools:
Set your tempo in Pro Tools. Refer to your Pro Tools User Manual for more on this.
Go to the Setup menu and choose "MIDI Beat Clock." Check the boxes for "Enable MIDI Beat Clock" and the corresponding MIDI output port.
Press play. The MPC should now be playing in-sync with Pro Tools.

crossings wrote:the same way you would record anything else into Pro Tools.

if you don't know how to use Pro Tools... then why are you insisting on using it?

Wow, I am new to this board and I am sure this thread is very old. I mean no offense, but I hope responses like yours are not commonplace on this board. The OP is asking a question in a "getting started" section and you blast him for not having knowledge of certain tools of the trade? May I remind you, hence the section "getting started"?

No offense, but can we show at least some semblance of understanding? The guy is asking a question in a "getting started" room and he is being grilled because he is asking a question that a newbie SHOULD know already. Please don't take this personally.