Help Connecting MPC500 TO Logic Pro

Hi I have followed all the steps to connect my MPC with Logic Pro so that I can record my sequences on to my mac and it is still not working. I have an MPC500 and have it connected to my iMac via a MIDI Audio interface. I am using the logic template given in this tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m0UF9ALnbQ and basically when I hit play on the MPC or Logic all the sounds show up on the level bar for each one as they are hit, so i know that logic recognises my MPC but logic makes really unusual sounds for each one and doesn’t actually play any sample thats coming from the MPC. When I hit record nothing is recorded either. Also I can not record via Line-in because I own a new mac that doesn’t let you do this. If anyone has any advice and can help me out in anyway at all it would be really appreciated. This is so frustrating! Cheers, Jake.

Rather than rely on a template which might only work for very specific configurations, my book teaches everything you need to know about using your MPC With Logic Pro, if you follow everything step-by-step you shouldn't have any problems and you should also gain full understanding of what you are doing.

http://www.mpc-samples.com/product.php/ ... -akai-mpc/

Beyond that, it's very hard to troubleshoot individual set up problems as there are so many factors to take into account - you could try listing your set up, a step by step of what you are doing and ideally screenshots of all settings etc.

JaykoNoice wrote:when I hit play on the MPC or Logic all the sounds show up on the level bar for each one as they are hit, so i know that logic recognises my MPC but logic makes really unusual sounds for each one and doesn’t actually play any sample thats coming from the MPC.

That tutorial shows...

In this setup, we use the MPC as the sequencer, with Logic Pro acting a sound module.

That is using the MPC MIDI output to play sounds out of software instruments within Logic. It will play whatever sounds come out of a Logic software instrument, in response to MIDI note on/off messages coming into Logic from the MPC sequencer.

If you want to record the sounds of MPC sequences playing MPC drum samples within the MPC, you probably want to record the audio output of the MPC into Logic.

JaykoNoice wrote:I can not record via Line-in because I own a new mac that doesn’t let you do this.

Are you sure that you can not record from the Mac line in, or from an audio input on your "MIDI Audio interface."?

MPC-Tutor wrote:Rather than rely on a template which might only work for very specific configurations

Try this...

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