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 zoot Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:40 pm
I want to play out with my guitar (charlie hunter 8 string guitar - 5 guitar strings and 3 bass strings) and backing tracks.

I want to know if an MPC Renaissance can play back stereo wav files.

I produce/record/mix my songs in Pro Tools 11 and plan on bouncing down loops: intro... verse... chorus... etc to play back live.

I want to be able to set up a song so I can stay on a loop for X amount of time (or just have it play once) prior to moving onto the next loop. Every loop will be a stereo wav file bounced directly from PT|HD. I check them in loop playback mode to ensure that they are seamless loops.

Can I use song mode on the MPC Renaissance to do this? That is, can an MPC sequence be a stereo wav file that I can assign as a step to a song?

Can I also assign mono/stereo wav files to the pads, so I can trigger them while my song is playing in song mode?

I also want to set up a footswitch so that I can start/stop and move to the next sequence (sudden or at the end of the loop)

This has been relatively frustrating, as it does not seem like many people are doing this with an MPC. Please help.

Thanks.
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By DJ Hellfire Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:14 pm
There are no audio tracks, which would be the best way to accomplish what you want to do. But, you can sample while the sequencer is playing. So for example, you can plug in your guitar amp, hit play on your seqeunce and record your playing into the sampler. Then just trim the sample and play it where you want in the sequence. You can even program in a count in.

The other alternative is to run the MPC inside pro tools and just record your guitar to an audio track in pro tools as the sequence plays.

As far as the footswitch, there is a footswitch connection, but I'm not sure if it functions the way you want it to.
ByMPCHolland053 Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:15 pm
Load complete sample/audio on One pad or chop it and spread it on more pads...thats what I do with my external synth...but its far from ideal....but it does work...fingers crossed for future updates...cant be loaded as a sequence but u can record with your sequence running and then sample it