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By jturn12 Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:28 pm
I am going to try and explain this and I hope it makes since. I am thinking about getting another MPC. And what I want to do is, use the MPC for the Drums and Sequencer. I then want to use my computer for my sounds(Keys, Organ etc.) I use a lot of soundfonts in FL and Reason. Is it possible to midi my Computer to my MPC so that I can use the soundfonts in say FL or Reason and have them sequence on the MPC? I will also be getting an Audiophile 2496, which I am assuming has MIDI out. Thanks in advance
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By stereoroid Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:57 pm
It's possible, using a MIDI setup where the MPC sends out MIDI to the PC on different MIDI channels. But you don't have to let the MPC do all the sequencing, because FL and Reason are also good sequencers themselves. You can sync the MPC to the PC via MIDI Clock, or vice versa, it comes down to what your software supports.

Start by checking out the MIDI features of the MPC and your software, e.g. multitimbrality, MIDI channels, Program Changes, all the stuff in the manuals. Exactly what you can do and how you do it depends on what all those pieces can do, we can't really give you an exact recipe to follow... and it's more satisfying and stable if you figure it all out yourself!