Recording Tracks to Computer

Whenever I record from the MPC to the computer, I've gotten in the habit of just recording track by track individually onto tracks within my software (Logic), and then matching them up so I can mix them there..

Does anybody/everybody else do that? Is there some easier way to do this using Midi? (something I have really delved into yet)

Or do most of yall just get the mix right on the mpc itself, and then record the whole mix to a single track?

travel

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i normally just record it in one take, but i might be getting a digi 001 so i might record different tracks once i get that.

mctravel wrote:Whenever I record from the MPC to the computer, I've gotten in the habit of just recording track by track individually onto tracks within my software (Logic), and then matching them up so I can mix them there..

Does anybody/everybody else do that? Is there some easier way to do this using Midi? (something I have really delved into yet)

Or do most of yall just get the mix right on the mpc itself, and then record the whole mix to a single track?

travel

http://www.myspace.com/travelrecords

I record exactly the way you describe.

I start by recording a single track of click, maybe about 10 minutes worth, into Pro Tools.

I work out all the parts on the MPC, putting each sound on its own track in the MPC.

I might do this to up to 32 tracks. Everything must sound right and together when all played together

Then, to the click track, I record each MPC track (in solo mode) to its own track in Pro Tools. What this does is gives me a Pro Tools fader, and access to all my plugins, for each track - so I can mix it all later.

When I have all the MPC tracks recorded to their own track in Pro Tools. I begin the stage of muting and unmuting different sections of all the tracks.

It's very time consuming and labor intensive, but it ultimately gives me the freedom and flexibility to not have to commit to a simple stereo mix from the MPC.

But I think the best thing for me about recording to separate tracks in PT, is that it lets me automate each track. I love to have certain fast percussion parts continually panning from left and right throughout the length of the song.

what do you mean by the click track? please elaborate cause i think i like ur method

i heard doing midi dump would fix the the timing issue when recording to computer but i still haven't done that yet. however i was thinking of creating a midi file from the mp and importing that into live to recall the samples from the mp and record each track for track. I'll let ya know if that works.

Its called Time Code.....MTC, Beat Clock, SMPTE....pick one...

en2 wrote:what do you mean by the click track? please elaborate cause i think i like ur method

click track - a single track with ONLY the metronome recorded on it.

get you a small midi interface. i bought this MOTU Fastlane 2x2 (2 ins and 2 outs) USB interface. I use it to sync my mpc with Cubase using midi. It keeps everything lined up!

bought it for $60 and it does what I need it to do.

I have a Firebox, and I'm pretty sure I can use that to communicate MIDI data between the MPC and the computer.. I've just never worked with MIDI before.. I need to figure it out.. I just record straight audio tracks..

well then you need to connect the correct midi cables from your mpc into your interface. then you need to setup the mpc AND logic to send/receive the midi time code.

if you get it right you should be able to press play/record in logic and it will start your mpc automatically.