Tracking MPC2000xl / Triton Studio into Logic Pro 8?

Hello people,
I have a lot of beats I've made over the years using an MPC 2000xl as my sequencer with a Triton Studio. I recently got an iMac and Logic Pro 8. I have the eight outs on the MPC and am using a Motu Ultralite MK3 interface. I am trying to figure out how to properly sync the MPC with Logic and exactly how everything should best be setup. If anyone knows how to do this I would certainly appreciate some guidance. I've got everything plugged in but haven't had any luck getting them to sync yet. If possible I'd like to know exactly what I need to change midi sync wise on both the mpc and in Logic, plus any other obvious things I may be missing. Thanks in advance!

-Time

time wrote:I am trying to figure out how to properly sync the MPC with Logic and exactly how everything should best be setup. If anyone knows how to do this I would certainly appreciate some guidance. I've got everything plugged in but haven't had any luck getting them to sync yet. If possible I'd like to know exactly what I need to change midi sync wise on both the mpc and in Logic, plus any other obvious things I may be missing.

Have you tried following the instructions contained in your manuals?

In fact, why not tell us what you have tried? Plugging stuff in doesn't make things work automatically!

Have you checked by searching for advice on Google? YouTube? mpc-forums.com?

Have you checked the contents of this thread? viewtopic.php?f=5&t=93193

I suggest you do those things before you ask for help, call it self-help.

If you still cant get them synced try reading this viewtopic.php?f=11&t=97274

Good luck and welcome!

Hi Clint,

Sorry it took me a while to reply, been trying to reread all the relevant parts of the manuals, search the web and experiment with settings. I'm much closer to having this figured out now. Here's where I stand:

I am able to record track one at a time by 'soloing' the tracks. I have made a series of sequences on the MPC into a 64 bar song which is converted back into a sequence. I have the sequence set to loop 'on' as this is how I usually listen to it as I mix the levels in the MPC. I can record the tracks into Logic, and they do sync up nicely on each pass. I solo the track I want to record, press pause and then record, make sure the track in Logic is in record ready mode, press pause (or play) again in Logic to start the recording... But for some reason the MPC always jumps to exactly the beginning of the 37th bar in the sequence as opposed to starting at the beginning. If I turn the loop setting off on the sequence in the MPC then the location in the MPC jumps to the end of the sequence (bar 65) and I lose the sync Logic (MPC won't start when I hit play in Logic). I'll detail all of the settings in the MPC, Logic, and the Mac's 'Audio Midi Setup' below. I appreciate your patience and help! Sorry I'm a little slow at all this. I'm excited that I'm getting closer to sorting this all out though. Here are the settings for everything:

Tracking the MPC2000XL / Triton Studio into Logic Pro 8 on a iMac (Intel) using the MOTU Ultralite MK3 Firewire Interface

MPC2000xl settings:
"Midi Sync"

Sync In (In:1)
Mode: Midi Time Code
Frame Rate: 25
Receive MMC: On

Sync Out
Mode: Off
Send MMC: Off

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Logic Pro 8 on an iMac (Intel) settings:

-Sync button on transport bar
I've tried turning this on and off and doesn't seem to alter the way I'm made things work one way or the other...

-The settings found by clicking the Sync button and the control key:
Internal Sync: On
Auto Sync In: On
all others off

-The 'Syncronization Settings':

General:
Sync Mode: Internal
Auto Enable External Sync: On
Frame Rate: 25
Auto Detect Format of MTC: On
Validate MTC: Always
Bar Position: 1111

Audio Sync Mode:
MTC:25
Sample Rate: 44100
Deviation: 0
Audio Sync Mode:
Core Audio: MTC Continuous
Dae / Tdm: MTC Trigger (greyed out)

Midi:
Midi Clock
Transmit Midi Clock
Dest 1(MPC): Off
Dest 2: Off
Midi Time Code
Transmit MTC: On (MPC)
Midi Machine Control (MMC)
Transmit MMC: Off
Listen to MMC Input: Off

Unitor:
Set at defaults
Read: On
LTC: On

Recording:
default

MIdi Sync Preferences:
default

*Now outside of Logic in the Mac's 'Audio MIDI Setup' that relates to Core Audio:

System Settings:
Default Input: MOTU Ultralite MK3
Properties for MOTU:
Clock Source: Internal
Audio Input:
Analog

Midi Devices:
Configuration:
Default

MOTU Midi out to MPC's Midi In

I know this is a lot of info, probably overkill, just trying to give you enough to see where I may have went wrong. I really appreciate that anyone even made it this far in reading all this, thanks in advance if anyone is able to help. My problem now is trying to figure out why the MPC starts at bar 37, instead of bar 1 and why I can only get the MPC to start from Logic if the MPC's sequence loop is turned on. I can't wait to figure this all out so I can begin recording and enjoying the music again!

Thanks!
-Toby (time)

Hi, just wanted to bump this to see if my long winded previous post clarifies my situation for anyone. Thanks for your help!

-time

Clint is a joke - he has no answer because he is clueless. Why have this forum if you have to rely on the manual, which is ambiguous to the extreme. I am new here also.

I have an MPC 2500 an am using Logic Studio 8. I have been exploring setting up my MPC and the limitations setting it up with Logic 8.

Are you using the sounds in the MPC or Logic?

Space City Beats wrote:Clint is a joke - he has no answer because he is clueless. Why have this forum if you have to rely on the manual, which is ambiguous to the extreme. I am new here also.

I have an MPC 2500 an am using Logic Studio 8. I have been exploring setting up my MPC and the limitations setting it up with Logic 8.

Are you using the sounds in the MPC or Logic?

U think clint has all the answers?
He did refere him to other links, and he is doing what he can to help.
Even if he had the answers.. do u think he would type a whole page everytime a new guy asks how to do this and that?
I dont think you would;)