how do I record track mutes??

I think I managed to do it somehow but I have no idea. I bought the mpc-manual from this site but I didnt understand how to record the track mutes. Pressing record and muting tracks on and off doesnt work.

pleeease help man. Im really into Damu the Fudgemunk(my fav producer) so I wanna try do beats like him(the best I can).

Assign the tracks to the pads and everytime you hit it, it mutes the tracks you want. You can even record it to a sequence. For more info read the manual on track muting. Damu would've done the same.

thanks, I did read the manual before making this thread. Thanks anyway, gonna try it again. Dunno why recording the mutes didnt work.

Fo real?! cuz there aint nothn' in the manual about recording track mutes. If this is true
Than please explain me in detail of how its done.

peace

oraziodelcore wrote:Fo real?! cuz there aint nothn' in the manual about recording track mutes. If this is true
Than please explain me in detail of how its done.

peace

You're right oraziodelcore My bad, I guess I've been playing the MV too much lately and mixed up the operations. But no, the track mutes has to be recorded live to a DAW.

Akai did added that to the 1000 in their latest OS where you can record the track mutes.

oh you cant record those? a friend of mine I think wondered about that... and I think I may have said it should be possible.... oops. I just assumed it was.

If it were possible to record track mutes it would have been a hole lot easier to arrange a song. Been trying to figureing out if there is a way to get around this thing....
I know that the mp sends midi, even when the track mute function is entered. Ex. when you slave a external unit( s950/software plug etc) the outgoing midi can be muted by unselecting an desired track in the track mute function.


Perhaps having a DAW as a slave to the mpc5 and recording the midinotes, then reversing the procedure so the mp recieves the recorded midi back to it self...

Guess someones need to try it out and see if it can be done.

Just got back from my little experiment.... and I managed to record the sent midinotes from the track mute screen on the mp5 to my mpc2kxl... the mpc2kxl can record multiple miditrack simultaniously. Dont know how this worx with a DAW, but if there is anyone willing to try this perhaps? Since my Cubase 4 dosent sync with the mp5..

this is how did, roughly explained:
slaved the mp2k(synced in with midi clock ) and configured the mpc500 as a master. (midi out on the mpc500 to midi in on the mpc2kxl)
configured the tracks on the mp5 to individual midichannels.
set each track on the mpc2kxl on "M" then highlighted it with the open window botton, then configured so the tracks where set from midi 1b to 16b.
Set the same bpm on both machines
turned the loop off on the slaved mpc2kxl
held down the rec botton on the mpc2kxl and simultaniously pressed play on the mp5

then after the notes where recorded I had transfer the notes back to smaller mpc.

mpc500 set to slave and mpc2kxl as master +swapped the midicable to (out) on the mpc2kxl and (in) on the mp5.
Chosed a unused sequence on the mp500, turned loop mode off
held down the rec button on the mpc500 before pressing play on the mpc2kxl

there were some limitations on the transfer back to the mp 5..
the mpc 500 can only record to 1 miditrack at a time, so all of the midinotes ends up on 1 track. + only 1 program at a time

I guess this procedure where more hassle then just using the song mode.. hehe but It can be done

Best way IMO is to just set a number of sequences like say you have 10 different combinations of track mutes to record. All you have to do is have a Seq 1 with all the track mutes and set to the length of the sequence you need it to be. Done, go on to Seq 2 and make it have all the track mutes you want as well as length, bam keep doing that until you're done. Next, just input all the parameters into a Song.

yeeep ..mutes are saved with each seq so I just duplicate and set different mutes fo the same seq. and then song mode it.

a bummer is that you can't mute/unmute in the middle of a seq ...just on the 1st

a quick thought regarding track mutes, haven't tried it but it might do.

1. Load a blank sample (or record a few seconds of nothing)
2. Set this sample to the same mute group with the pad/sample you want to mute/unmute as your sequence is playing. Say for example Kick & Blank sample on mute group 1.
3. Press record and whenever you want your kick to be muted, hit the pad with the blank sample. So you're recording a blank sample that is muting your kick.

it might work, will try it when at home and let you know.

zakary wrote:a quick thought regarding track mutes, haven't tried it but it might do.

1. Load a blank sample (or record a few seconds of nothing)
2. Set this sample to the same mute group with the pad/sample you want to mute/unmute as your sequence is playing. Say for example Kick & Blank sample on mute group 1.
3. Press record and whenever you want your kick to be muted, hit the pad with the blank sample. So you're recording a blank sample that is muting your kick.

it might work, will try it when at home and let you know.

I tried it but not very handy. I think the only workaround is to assign the qlink slider to control volume of pad and record slider movement.

zakary wrote:a quick thought regarding track mutes, haven't tried it but it might do.

1. Load a blank sample (or record a few seconds of nothing)
2. Set this sample to the same mute group with the pad/sample you want to mute/unmute as your sequence is playing. Say for example Kick & Blank sample on mute group 1.
3. Press record and whenever you want your kick to be muted, hit the pad with the blank sample. So you're recording a blank sample that is muting your kick.

it might work, will try it when at home and let you know.

Yep, thats what I do and it works. Just mute-group it with a silent pad or leave certain samples on Note On and just release your finger.

But Track Muting is so much better on the fly, wish it can be recorded. I don't think OS 2.0 will ever come out but if it does, recording track mutes should be a priority.

I started a beat today on the MPC500, which I hadn't done in a while (been on the Ren mostly) and went to record a live performance of me muting/q fader editing/soloing live only to find outthe 500 doesn't record the mutes.

Bloody frustrating!!!

Oh well, will just have to record this to a DAW as one take live jam and be done.

How unfortunate this feature wasn't implemented :/

I remember it was Mastasteez or Ralphyartist that figured out how to record Track Mutes. You had to trick the OS by connecting the MIDI IN to MIDI OUT of the 500 and some other feature. Kinda glitchy though but there are reports of it working.

EDIT: Niether of them. It was Riggs!!

Riggs wrote:I figured out how to record track mutes on the 500 a couple of weeks ago. Maybe someone here can get some use out of the idea.

Make a track that loops nice.
Let's say it's a 4 bar loop
It's got tracks 1-5 like kick, hat, snare, bass, and piano
The tracks will all need to use the same program
Let's say you want to make a 16 bar verse with live track mutes
Use the copy bar feature to make 3 copies of the 4 bars on the end of the sequence
Now you have a 16 bar sequence

Here's the trick
Set track 1-5 to midi channel 1
Switch to track 6, set program to off and set track type to midi and set midi channel to 1
Now take a midi cable and connect it to both the midi in and out of the mpc. Yes, it will be sending midi to itself.
Make sure you are still on track 6, then switch to track mute mode
Hit record and play start and get your track mute thing on

Now the midi from tracks 1-5 is recorded on track 6.

Copy track 6 to a new sequence, set the program and there you have it.