os2xL Audio track

Hi Guys,

Was just wondering how you guys used them????


Are they just for recording in instruments live??? Or am I missing something?

How do you guys use audio tracks?

I use them fro time to time to REC and premix a scratch chorus.

Sounds like a ur putting it to good use bro

Nice

I've never used JJ OS, but audio tracks is one of the main features I want to try. My use depends on how they're implemented, and if they have perfect synchronization. If done right, I'd use them for rhythm instrumentation and vocals, saving the multitrack recorder for layering lead stuff.

It'd be useful to be able to "freeze" synth sounds as software sequencers can do. For example, let's say I want to use a monophonic synthesizer for multiple layers of instrumentation. I could play one track, tweak the sound, then patch it into an audio track and mute the MIDI track.

That'd free up the synth for other tracks, but the MIDI is still there if I need to change something later. It's also useful for being able to disconnect from your synths. Like if you want to move your MPC into another room or building to do something there, but still play your tracks with all instruments.

Vocals is a big thing. Samples are okay for short phrases, but for full verses it'd be better to record an audio track. That way as you work on the composition around the lead vocals, you can still hear them as you start/stop in places that don't trigger the vocal sample.

It's major to me. I got audio tracks with my MPC-500 by hooking up a multitrack recorder using MIDI, but there's only 1 MIDI in/out, so that isn't ideal. My MPC-2500 comes tomorrow, and audio tracks will be one of the first things I try. My prediction is they'll be flawed somehow.

One major drawback of audio tracks in the MPC is only 128MB RAM and 32 voices. Sequencing a lot of short soundbursts works, but once you start layering lots of long sounds like audio tracks do it eats up all your internal resources. That's when you need to hook up more external.

Probably for more extensive audio tracking the best setup is to connect an external multitrack recorder, MIDI sound modules, and sync everything. Then the MPC is used more for central composition, MIDI sequencing, basic sampling, basic audio, everything else is external.

the limit is actually 32 voices.

Audio tracks are better for relatively short phrases. Piecing together different vocal takes etc is best done on the computer.

I like to use the pad locate on audio tracks for jumping around a sequence, remix stlye.

I use them for my Bass Station and Nova Tracks mostly.

When I use either synth, I record the sequenced track into the mpc and place it in a audio track.

I use AudioTrk for a lot. A small piano loop, or just to add a sound effect. I scratch live most of the time but have no issues with using AudioTrk to get the job done. I really like the AudioTrk option. Matter of fact... I love it. It really opened a new world for me.

as stated already, I use audio tracks to cheat around the fact that my mono synth can only access one sound at a time.

I lay down a synth line, track to audio track, create new midi track with a new sound, record to audio track, etc, keep it moving.