Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
By eyeofthebeast Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:31 am
I want so say hello to every person in this forum. I just bought an MPC60 today an its the very first time i ever use one. Im having trouble with using the mpc as a midi sequencer, I have an midi/audio interface that i connect to my pc through usb to connect the mpc.

so when i plug the midi cable into the mpc in Midi out 1 and then to my interface to Midi In then I open the program which is FL Studio 9, and nothing happens. the guy that sold me the mpc told me i had to mess with the midi settings of the mpc. but i did for the past 3 hours and nothing. I am really really new at this so I could use any help

Thanks
Last edited by eyeofthebeast on Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
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By ChewoBeats Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:16 am
What are you trying to do? Do you want to trigger FL with the mpc or should the mpc control some softsynth or whatever? Or do you want to sequence the mpc in FL just using it's sound generator :lol:
By eyeofthebeast Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:35 pm
Thanks for your reply. well I'm trying to use the MPC as a midi controller so that I can press a pad and have sounds from FL like samples or drums.

When i open FL studio it recognizes the usb midi interface, it says its there and that its connected, so i have my mpc connected to my usb interface through midi cable, midi out 1 in the mpc and midi in into the interface, but when i play a pad nothing happens!!

someone told me to take a look at the midi settings on the mpc, which gives me like 4 options but like i said im really new at this I've never touched an mpc before, if some one could help me that could be awesome.. thanks
By Clint Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:10 pm
I suggest that you get used to using the mpc by itself and getting familiar with it.

You've only had it a day or two so take things ONE STEP AT A TIME.

Check that the MPC is actually working properly, and that you are comfortable with it BEFORE moving on...
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By mr_debauch Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:08 pm
can you use the 60 with the older OS as a padcontroller to trigger external stuff? I would have thought 34 notes would not be enough for it to do any good even if I knew how to change the midi note number of a pad. (never tried that) however what I do sometimes to is run the axiom to trigger the sound module and from that I got midi in/out to the mpc so it records the notes.
By eyeofthebeast Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:28 am
Thanks everyone for your reply, yes ive only had the mpc for a couple of days now, but i do not own a turn table to get the samples into the mpc and it came with a few but wack sounds on disks to play with. thats why i need to hook it up so i can work with FL.

Is the mpc the problem? then i pressed the MIDI button it gives me 4 options, what should i do to make it work??? pleaseee help me
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By v00d00ppl Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:00 am
mr_debauch wrote:can you use the 60 with the older OS as a padcontroller to trigger external stuff? I would have thought 34 notes would not be enough for it to do any good even if I knew how to change the midi note number of a pad. (never tried that) however what I do sometimes to is run the axiom to trigger the sound module and from that I got midi in/out to the mpc so it records the notes.


Does having the 3.03 OS give you more notes or does that only happen in the 3.10 OS ?
By Clint Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:38 pm
mr_debauch wrote:can you use the 60 with the older OS as a padcontroller to trigger external stuff? I would have thought 34 notes would not be enough for it to do any good even if I knew how to change the midi note number of a pad.


viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29188&start=15

From the '60 Bible'.
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By mr_debauch Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:13 am
clint246clint wrote:
mr_debauch wrote:can you use the 60 with the older OS as a padcontroller to trigger external stuff? I would have thought 34 notes would not be enough for it to do any good even if I knew how to change the midi note number of a pad.


http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... 8&start=15

From the '60 Bible'.


yeah, dude mentions you can get 64 notes on v3.10 (due to the additional banks) which is pretty sweet if you dont have a keyboard.
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By v00d00ppl Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:48 am
mr_debauch wrote:
clint246clint wrote:
mr_debauch wrote:can you use the 60 with the older OS as a padcontroller to trigger external stuff? I would have thought 34 notes would not be enough for it to do any good even if I knew how to change the midi note number of a pad.


http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... 8&start=15

From the '60 Bible'.


yeah, dude mentions you can get 64 notes on v3.10 (due to the additional banks) which is pretty sweet if you dont have a keyboard.


Just tested my 60 with 3.03 OS and you also get 4 pad banks. Which is awesome
By Clint Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:56 am
eyeofthebeast wrote:Does anyone know the midi settings on the mpc or what should i put to make it work?


Pay attention, its in the settings somewhere.
By eyeofthebeast Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:01 am
Ok so so far i havent been able to make it work, maybe its something wrong with this

Midi
1)Midi input filter, soft thru, other :
=======Midi Input Filter ========
Event:NOTES
Pass event?: YES
Velocity mode: NORMAL Fixed velocity:65
============= Other Midi =============
Midi soft thru: OFF Default chan : 1A
Special sustain pedal processing: ON
<All notes off>

2)External drum triggering, drums chan
===== Assign Incoming Notes To Drums =====
Incoming notes play drums: ON
Note: 0 (C.-2) Plays:SNR2
===== Assign Outgoing Drums to Notes=======
Midi drum data sent out:NONE
Drum:HIHT Plays note: 12(C.-1)
=========== Other ============
Midi drums chan: 1


3)Akai ME-35T audio/midi interface
======= ME-35T Trigger Interface =======
Midi in: 1 Out: 1 Unit:1 Unit ch: 1
======= Settings for Input:1 =========
Note: 42 (HIHT) Sensitivity: 50
Trigger: 0 Capture time. 56
Recovery time: 40 'On' time : 1
<Read from> <Send To>


4)Turn All Notes Off
====== Play/Record (Record Ready) ========
Sqnc: 1 - SEQ01 Tmpo: 128.0 BMP
Tsig: 4/ 4 Bars: 2 Loop: TO BAR 1
======== Track Data =================
Trak: 1-TRK01 Ch:1A-Drums
Vol%:100 Prog: 0 Ch:1A-Drums
======== Now:001.01.00 (00:00:00:00)=======
<Trak=ON> <Solo=ON> <Tmpo=MAS> <SortTrks>


thats exactly how my settings are, any help?
By Clint Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:33 pm
Don't forget you need also to make the correct midi settings in Fruityloops to.

Don't expect it to work if only the MPC is set right.

Can't help as I've never used FL, and probably never will.

It will be in the FL incoming midi settings, some way to split incoming midi to 16 tracks in the DAW.