Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By ILLESS Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:56 am
Old head here upgrading from MPC-2000xl with rack synths. My old desktop with a Delta 1010LT sound card I kept offline running XP for recording only finally crashed, and I’m now going with a laptop + mpc one setup. My main question is do I need to purchase a usb-c audio interface? Can I plug in a usb hub on the mpc-one and plug both mixer and laptop cable into it? Would I be able to record my rack synth sounds into a DAW and record vocals with the usb mixer attached to the mpc? . I grew up plugging 5-pin cords into everything, so nowadays I’m confused.
By ILLESS Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:23 am
Nevermind about the Hub question. I see there is 2 midi ports on back of the MPC-One. So my main question is only “Can I use the usb mixer that’s plugged into the MPC as an audio interface and record my rack synths and vocals into a DAW? Or do I need to add an external audio interface? I know I’m able to plug the usb mixer into the mpc, run audio cables from rack synths, midi cable from mpc to synths and play fine for production, but what about recording into a DAW?