Gain Staging

Typically I don't care, because I don't "mix" in the MPC software. There is a need to trim things down quite a bit. All VST's are hot, and distorting from out the gate, and inserting samples on a pad overloads the main bus as well. Further, once you active the classic MPC emulations, there is an Additional 2-3db boost. This makes for a nasty distorted mess. I find it really hard to keep the levels under control. Anyone else having this issue?

Is there a trim plugin included with the software?

I can't say I disagree with you. I've noticed a few of these things but I thought it was just on my end.

Yes I have noticed this as well. Not cool.

You don't need a trim plugin. All you need to do is reduce the pad fader. This will have the same exact effect on pad audio going into the program mixer as putting a trim plugin in on the pad channel for the fact that the sample will still be going into the trim plugin hot. So either lower the pad faders or use the gain process in sample edit.

If you're trying to use trim to reduce pad volume going into other plugins, then you can also use the gain process or just use a simple eq or compressor plugin that you already have and use the output of that plugin to reduce the gain in your plugin chain. And it only requires the same single plugin slot you're requesting the trim plugin for.

Everything you need to gain stage properly in MPC is already included.

Yeah I would probably go into program edit, select change to affect all pads, and lower the volume of every sample on each pad equally. That way you won't have to adjust the rest of your mix because you've lowered a few samples here and there

Jenre wrote:Yeah I would probably go into program edit, select change to affect all pads, and lower the volume of every sample on each pad equally. That way you won't have to adjust the rest of your mix because you've lowered a few samples here and there

Yup! There you go! That works as well by lowering the volume of the sample layer on the pad.

DJ Hellfire wrote:

Jenre wrote:Yeah I would probably go into program edit, select change to affect all pads, and lower the volume of every sample on each pad equally. That way you won't have to adjust the rest of your mix because you've lowered a few samples here and there

Yup! There you go! That works as well by lowering the volume of the sample layer on the pad.

That's my gain knob too.

Jenre wrote:Yeah I would probably go into program edit, select change to affect all pads, and lower the volume of every sample on each pad equally. That way you won't have to adjust the rest of your mix because you've lowered a few samples here and there

Looks like I need to dive back into the manual. Did not this function existed. A throwback to the MPC 4k, and very needed.

Thanks all!

charlieocali wrote:

Jenre wrote:Yeah I would probably go into program edit, select change to affect all pads, and lower the volume of every sample on each pad equally. That way you won't have to adjust the rest of your mix because you've lowered a few samples here and there

Looks like I need to dive back into the manual. Did not this function existed. A throwback to the MPC 4k, and very needed.

This has been there since 1.0.