MPC ONE Midi Sync With RC505

Hey guys,

I'm attempting to set up my MPC with my RC505 to play some existing songs...before I got the MPC I would have the backing track on the RC505 as a "one shot" and then play in bass lines and vocals bits live using a mic and triggering samples from an Akai mpx16...but this meant I had to be extremely precise with my timing as nothing was midi synced. Now I am trying to achieve a similar set up with MPC and I feel I am so close to getting there! i just have a couple of questions...

So now I have the (stripped back) backing track of my song as an audio file on the MPC on Sequence 1 (Audio 001)

I have also loaded the samples I'd like to play live as a drum programme

RC505 is master and MPC ONE is slave. All syncs up and plays great however...

1) I can’t record anything from the MPC into the RC505 as a loop - I want to record a bass line from MPC drum programme I created onto the Loop station for opening of the song.

2) For this particular song I want to loop some stuff on the RC505 before I trigger the backing track on the MPC - at the moment - as soon as I press anything on the RC505 it triggers the backing track on the MPC. I found a way to cheat it where I press “stop” on the MPC as soon as I start the first loop on RC5O5 - so I can layer my loops and then press play on the MPC when I want to bring it in. Is there a better way around this? Maybe setting a specific amount of bars at the beginning of the backing track that are “blank” ? This gives me less freedom but might be less fiddly?

3) Smaller issue but still annoying - The pads play but don’t light up on MPC for the samples that I want to trigger. Can I change that?

I tried connecting my MPK MINI to play the live/trigger samples into the RC505 - they played fine but again - can't seem to record into RC505.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks!

1. Put the audio output from the mpc to the RC505. Make sure the RC505 is set on record that input
2. If i understood correctly, you could have some fun in the track mute screen > Put all of your tracks on mute in that screen. Then start your RC505. Then when you are ready, you can unmute track per track on the mpc and have them come in the mix.
2b. Or instead of using track mute, you can turn down the volume on each track, and dial them into the mix
3. Yes, read the manual how to set pad lights. Link to the manual in my signature.

Have fun!