Tracking Out

Hi guys,

I have recently brought the MPC 1000 with the jjos 2xl. When i used to have the MPC 2500, when tracking out of the unit, i remember having to ensure that each individual hit, e.g kick, snare etc was on a separate track as you were only able to mute tracks to separately record into your DAW.

I just wondered if this was still the way it needs to be done, or whether on the new JJOS a pad mute, or similar feature exists to make this process slightly easier? If not are there any other more practical solutions for tracking out of the unit that any of you guys use?

Thanks in advance.

Any advice?

Huh? You don't need to do it that way if you use the program mixer. The program mixer will send each pad in a program to an output, so if you had kick, hat, and snare all on one track you could still track them out to different outs.

I don't recommend that method though. I do use an individual track for each sound or group of sounds I program as you said, but I use the track mixer in the JJ OS. This is like an ensoniq board where everything** on a specific track can be routed to an output.

Thanks for the info, very helpful!

Are there any obvious disadvantages with tracking from the program mixer as opposed to using individual tracks for each part and using the main mixer?