Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By TheBeatSmith Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:18 pm
do you do ur sequencing in pro tools by recording sperate track and all or on the mpc i mm having problem getting shit to fit right so i might turn to pro toolsand record snare drums seperated and do the melody on the mpc even with the timecorrect shit my hihtats seem to be off anyone wanna share their techniques
By deaf-mute Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:36 pm
TheBeatSmith wrote:do you do ur sequencing in pro tools by recording sperate track and all or on the mpc i mm having problem getting **** to fit right so i might turn to pro toolsand record snare drums seperated and do the melody on the mpc even with the timecorrect **** my hihtats seem to be off anyone wanna share their techniques


The first thing you need to do is to slave the mpc to protoos... sgo into the midi set up of protools and tell it to send mtc to the mpc. then put the mpc sync to external so that when you press play on pro tools or records, the
mpc starts at the same time.. then just solo the track you wanna record and hit record on PRO TOOLS. that way each track will be in sync and you won't have to move things around...

I do alll my midi sequencing in the mpc, then I just do tracking (recording each track to it's own audio track) that way I can get it sounding real tight with plug ins etc... then I always stick it back through my analog console to warm it up a little..

Hope this helps

Andy

By TheBeatSmith Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:42 pm
can i do this with my mbox iand do i need to get midicables

By deanovinson Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:42 pm
Hey Deaf-mute. When you are recording your 4000 into protools does it record midi data as well or just wav data. It would be nice to move midi data around in Pro tools as well but I love the MPC sequencer as my main sequencer.

By Ol'Sparky Mon Nov 08, 2004 11:14 pm
TheBeatSmith wrote:can i do this with my mbox iand do i need to get midicables


You need a Midi setup