By PhonoquO
Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:09 am
Esquilo wrote:robthom wrote:The 500 is a bit of a toy.
Fine for rough demo stuff, but would be awkward if you ever wanted to create a professional quality project.
It could be done, just time consuming and awkward as you'd have to track all your sounds out one at a time to the board and then re sync them because of the single stereo output.
I'd recommend the 1000 unless portability is your main concern.
Yeah, the tracking out is the biggest problem i have with it. I hate trying to sinc up each different track. I have loads of songs that i havent tracked out for this reason. Go with the biggest number you can afford.
It's not hard at all if you try this method:
1. set the computer sequencer project tempo to the same as the mpc project
2. hit metronome button on mpc, go to count-in, select Rec+Play (now the mp give u a 4 beat tick before even playback begins).
3. track out your tracks 1 by 1 (soloed) with that count in track playing followed by your music into your computer sequencer, muting each new track on the computer when it's done recording.
4. once all your tracks have been recorded into computer sequencer, line up the first tick of each recorded track by zooming in to the max and dragging the track around with no grid align until it's right on the money.
5. select all tracks and put a cut across all tracks right before the first metronome click
6. select all tracks and drag them (with grid snap set to bar) to the nearest bar or wherever you want the song to start.
7. select all recorded tracks and put a cut after the last metronome click or at the bar where your beat starts and delete the metronome clicks
now your beat should be time aligned to the computer sequencer project, with all tracks or parts from the mpc playing in sync with each other.
