Sampled into MPC, Wanting to EQ in Logic

I have all my drumbreaks sampled into my mpc. I want to use the EQ in logic, so I was wondering what was the best way around that.

I was thinking, syncing the mpc and my computer, dragging my .wav files from my memory card into logic. then eq'ing in logic. then i'm confused if i should bounce out, or export audio sample after i eq it and make it ready to put back into my mpc. exporting and bouncing are the two options i have, but i don't know exactly what the pros and cons for each would be and which would be recommendable.


once, i put the .wav from my mpc into logic, does the .wav file lose its mpc fidelity? wanting to keep the mpc's fidelity and it's sound is my priority along with being able to eq in logic.

good looks fam!

yep, that's about it - use usb to drag files into DAW, eq, save, then drag back into mpc.

While fidelity is sound, when you eq in logic it will change it yes. It will retain however, the swing and bounce. I make my kits in logic, put on mpc and make paterns, then midu the paterns back to logic.

the technique I use is the following,
*Load samples onto my Zip-disk
*Load those samples into my MPC
*Run my MPC into my mixer
*Run the audio-out from my mixer into my Audio interface

from there I just hit record on logic and flesh out a sequence, then use the logic EQ features to get them sounding the way I want.

tunnelno5 wrote:I have all my drumbreaks sampled into my mpc. I want to use the EQ in logic, so I was wondering what was the best way around that.

I was thinking, syncing the mpc and my computer, dragging my .wav files from my memory card into logic. then eq'ing in logic. then i'm confused if i should bounce out, or export audio sample after i eq it and make it ready to put back into my mpc. exporting and bouncing are the two options i have, but i don't know exactly what the pros and cons for each would be and which would be recommendable.

If you want to put it back into your MPC, then bouncing is what you are after. Just keep in mind that what you are doing is destructive. If you decide later that the EQ wasn't set properly - or you want to tweak it, you will have to do this all over again. Why put them back into the MPC if you are happy with them? I usually finish the arrangement and record into the DAW, then mix from there. You might have a sensible reason for doing this perhaps like a live set?

once, i put the .wav from my mpc into logic, does the .wav file lose its mpc fidelity? wanting to keep the mpc's fidelity and it's sound is my priority along with being able to eq in logic.

You WAV will stay exactly the same. However, it may sound different in each case as you are using different DA converters to hear it. Recording the MPC outs, rather than transcoding via memory card, will capture the sound of the MPC.

make the beat in the mpc

midi slave your mpc to logic and track out your beat

then you can eq your sounds however you want