Playing live question....

I've been thinking about the same for a minute. I've got a 2500, couldn't I split the programs for each track out to 2 of the 8 outs, and then route those to a 2 channel mixer? I guess the only downer is I'd have to know which tracks I wanted to play in what order ahead of time so that I could create a "transition" sequence with tracks from both songs. Maxing out the RAM is a worry, but is there anything else I'm missing? Anyone else done this?

I'm going to try it out this weekend and report back.

grimly_i wrote: Maxing out the RAM is a worry

that is the problem I am having.

grimly_i wrote:I guess the only downer is I'd have to know which tracks I wanted to play in what order ahead of time so that I could create a "transition" sequence with tracks from both songs. Maxing out the RAM is a worry, but is there anything else I'm missing? Anyone else done this?

I'm going to try it out this weekend and report back.

i dont know for the first part of your question but for transitions: you can name your tracks on the 2500 right? that will really help. usually to make a whole song with transitions and such i make one master sequence. then copy a bunch of them. i set them up in track mute to what they correspond to in the song. then name them to what they are in the song: verse, hook, pre-verse, pre-chorus etc. the transition part can be tricky, but fun because thats where you want to put in drum fills, synth fills, mix up the time signature (instead of your 8 bar loop on your master seq switch it to 4). ive maxed out my 2xl a bunch, but still learned the hard way and havent really made more than two beats for a program. usually when i have more than one beat on a program organization getsreally tricky. i just always want to use different drums for each beat! anyway this could be different on the 2500.

Here you go!

http://www.mpc2000xl.com/live_tips.htm

After 5 years for pretty hardcore mpc use, I just discovered you can't jump to the next sequence in record mode!!!!

This would make performing a lot easier. Imagine recording in some live sequences, then jumping to the next sequence and starting fresh...you literally have to dis arm record THEN hit stop. THEN you can advance to the next sequence!!!

I've hit some pretty big WTF moments with the mpc but this is by far the biggest.

Anyone run into this? Workarounds? (besides just loading up tracks and muting them?).

bump.

any info on doing live recording? do I need a second mpc?

I've my 1kJJOS set up so that it changes programs on any connected synths automatically in the first bar. Since drums and percussion come out of the mpc there's no more problem of silence in your live shows. Just define every loop from i.e. bar 2 to bar 9 so the programchanges are only played once.

This way you also got enough free hands to arrange all tracks live and filter some synths as well. For me mpc is THE live machine!

I'm not sure I understand that. You've got a synth connected to the mpc that you record before the loop starts? Are you recording via an AUDIO track or via analog sampling?

No, I usually don't sample my synths but play them live via midi. This way you can modify the sound while it plays. I put program changes into the midi-synth track which select the desired sound on your synth so you don't have to worry for changing them while you play live.

This is something I've been working on lately. I've been trying to incorporate a lot of different things into my set to keep it interesting for people. Been using live MPC, synth (played live and sequenced, depending on the song), percussion, guitar and more. Also got visuals and been using a wiimote to control my synth.

Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90efk60m8OY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuT5xn6oeXE

I won the uni band comp, which was funny cause I was solo and not playing rock music, so people were definitely liking it

DennisFromHamburg wrote:No, I usually don't sample my synths but play them live via midi. This way you can modify the sound while it plays. I put program changes into the midi-synth track which select the desired sound on your synth so you don't have to worry for changing them while you play live.

yo dennis what mpc are you using? that would help clear up some things....sounds like you are using 2500.

love to see the mpc being used live. looks+sounds good M02

wallstreet wrote:love to see the mpc being used live. looks+sounds good M02

Thanks!

Yeah its great not having to use a laptop live. With the JJOS its so much easier to make the MPC the backbone of my set.

I would like to up this thread and hear about more people using their MPC live, without it looking booring for the crowd. Im in the making of this myself and don't really know how to doit in an interesting way. Experimenting a bit atm with a MPC2500, Kp3, DSI mopho and a Novation K-station.

couldn't I split the programs for each track out to 2 of the 8 outs, and then route those to a 2 channel mixer? I guess the only downer is I'd have to know which tracks I wanted to play in what order ahead of time so that I could create a "transition" sequence with tracks from both songs

you could make alternative pgms by copying and adjusting the output parameters:
you could quickly copy the programs, assign the copy to different outputs. then select whichever pgm is routed into the desired channel. the same principle applies to sequences - copythe seq and reassign the pgm's to the new ones with the alternative ouptut routings. this will fill up no more sample memory than just having the original pgms without alternatives.