Bug reports & end-user support for Akai's MPC Software 'controllers' including the new MPC Studio 2, the MPC Touch, MPC Renaissance & original MPC Studio and MPC StudioB lack.
By Roger504 Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:46 pm
Hello, Using MPC ren as a plug-in, is there a way to record and sequence midi note, using Logic as the Master sequencer?
By cmackg Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:13 pm
Multi-tmbral works in Logic -- set the plugin up as a multi channel one, then in the mixer, the +/- buttons let you pull out each output channel from MPC. Best to handle all automation, etc in Logic from then on out. But no midi from MPC to Logic, so using MPC in Logic ends up being focused on single features (like beat making). It's pretty frustrating going back and forth, really. You have to commit to working in either song mode or single sequence loops, and flipping back and forth (say, you decide in the song that you need to revise a sequence), get tedious. I prefer working in MPC generally, but there's no audio for the next stage of your song.

I like that I can do all my plugin actions without having to have the plugin open on the screen -- the studio buttons, controls, etc, all work fine. It took me a while to realize I didn't need to waste screen space with the plugin opne.
By Eyalc Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:18 pm
cmackg wrote:Multi-tmbral works in Logic -- set the plugin up as a multi channel one, then in the mixer, the +/- buttons let you pull out each output channel from MPC.


That's not multitimbral. That's multi-channel. The MPC software itself is multitimbral - meaning that it can play multiple sounds at once, if the midi is initiated from within the software. But it's not a multitimbral *plugin*, meaning that you can't initiate those midi notes from the plugin host. Every other sampler plugin on the planet is multitimbral except for the MPC plugin.