By ShadyB
Fri Aug 13, 2010 7:19 am
What up guys, its been awhile since I've posted on here but I'm glad I'm back 
. Anyways I've attained these products in hopes to get them all working in sync
MPC500
Yamaha MM6 keyboard
Stanton Turntable
Mackie 1202 VLZ3
Mbox Mini w/ Pro Tools LE
USB Uno Midi device
My goal is to have the MPC, MM6 keyboard, and turntable routed through my mixer into the mbox to capture audio. The Mbox Mini doesn't come with midi connections, so this is where I'm having some trouble. I'm aware I'm able to slave my MPC to my keyboard or vice versa through midi. The USB Uno device comes with the MIDI IN/MIDI OUT to usb connection, so both connections are taken up on either midi device so I can't slave to another right? I know with what I have I can just set up my keyboard with the midi device and my mpc through the audio, but I want to utilize MIDI as well so I can have everything in sync when I record. Is this the proper way to capture midi and audio?
Just to be a little more clear on my recording method:
I want to capture audio from my turntable into Pro Tools, chop it up, then load the chopped samples back into my MPC as a PGM, and play from there. Is the purpose of connecting the MPC via MIDI just so my samples will snap to each 1/4 note or w/e i set it as? I know midi is just information and not sound, that's why I also have it set up audio through the Mackie mixer.
Add bass lines, synths, etc. from the MM6 into pro tools to accompany track. I want to trigger the modules in Pro Tools with the keyboard and use the sounds from the keyboard as well.
I'm aware I can just record everything audio and record from there, but the whole purpose of midi is so I can have my tracks sync'd with my software so the tempo and everything is perfectly matched, correct? If I chop my samples in the computer, put them into the mpc via CF card, record my track, will the audio be recorded in sync with the midi? I want to do this so I can further edit my incoming MPC sounds, as in distortions and midi editing so I can change up my drums via Pro Tools.
Here is a little graph of my connections, crappy picture but I hope it helps. Thank you for any advice you can shed on this!
***I know the "MIDI/OUT" from the MPC to the "MIDI/IN" of the keyboard is incorrect. The Usb Uno device has both MIDI/IN and MIDI/OUT connections to the midi device to the usb so both would be taken up on the keyboard. Would the USB UNO usb be able to still work with the keyboard as the master and the Mpc as the slave if I only use the MIDI/OUT of the keyboard and left the MIDI/IN unconnected from the USB UNO? Also, should the MPC be the master or keyboard? I want to track into pro tools with MIDI and AUDIO. Thanks for taking the time to read this I know its a lot of questions for a simple answer... thank you wise ones.
http://i36.tinypic.com/f9mb7q.jpg
. Anyways I've attained these products in hopes to get them all working in syncMPC500
Yamaha MM6 keyboard
Stanton Turntable
Mackie 1202 VLZ3
Mbox Mini w/ Pro Tools LE
USB Uno Midi device
My goal is to have the MPC, MM6 keyboard, and turntable routed through my mixer into the mbox to capture audio. The Mbox Mini doesn't come with midi connections, so this is where I'm having some trouble. I'm aware I'm able to slave my MPC to my keyboard or vice versa through midi. The USB Uno device comes with the MIDI IN/MIDI OUT to usb connection, so both connections are taken up on either midi device so I can't slave to another right? I know with what I have I can just set up my keyboard with the midi device and my mpc through the audio, but I want to utilize MIDI as well so I can have everything in sync when I record. Is this the proper way to capture midi and audio?
Just to be a little more clear on my recording method:
I want to capture audio from my turntable into Pro Tools, chop it up, then load the chopped samples back into my MPC as a PGM, and play from there. Is the purpose of connecting the MPC via MIDI just so my samples will snap to each 1/4 note or w/e i set it as? I know midi is just information and not sound, that's why I also have it set up audio through the Mackie mixer.
Add bass lines, synths, etc. from the MM6 into pro tools to accompany track. I want to trigger the modules in Pro Tools with the keyboard and use the sounds from the keyboard as well.
I'm aware I can just record everything audio and record from there, but the whole purpose of midi is so I can have my tracks sync'd with my software so the tempo and everything is perfectly matched, correct? If I chop my samples in the computer, put them into the mpc via CF card, record my track, will the audio be recorded in sync with the midi? I want to do this so I can further edit my incoming MPC sounds, as in distortions and midi editing so I can change up my drums via Pro Tools.
Here is a little graph of my connections, crappy picture but I hope it helps. Thank you for any advice you can shed on this!
***I know the "MIDI/OUT" from the MPC to the "MIDI/IN" of the keyboard is incorrect. The Usb Uno device has both MIDI/IN and MIDI/OUT connections to the midi device to the usb so both would be taken up on the keyboard. Would the USB UNO usb be able to still work with the keyboard as the master and the Mpc as the slave if I only use the MIDI/OUT of the keyboard and left the MIDI/IN unconnected from the USB UNO? Also, should the MPC be the master or keyboard? I want to track into pro tools with MIDI and AUDIO. Thanks for taking the time to read this I know its a lot of questions for a simple answer... thank you wise ones.
http://i36.tinypic.com/f9mb7q.jpg
