RECORDING MPC & MO6(mixer & audio interface..Cubase)

Hey, i was wondering how can i record my beat as wav. or mp3 from my mixer?.. i have a mpc1000 and Yamaha mo6 hooked up as a handshake(in->out,out->in) and audio to the mixer(plays fine). the problem is i don't know how to record em. i tried to on the mpc but when i hit record it plays the mo6 over the mpc metronome and doesn't record the mo6 sounds to the mpc. i have an audio interface if i need to do so on software. i'm not too familiar with the mpc yet so maybe its the settings. i know i can record beats on it by sampling them but that is not what i'm trying to do. i use mpc for the drums and mo6 for the melody. i don't want to sample sounds to pads i want to play and record the synthesizer as is(like you record a pattern on the mo6, track by track, not chopping it up on pads). i'd appreciate any advice and thanx for reading this..

ill keep it brief at first, so take this and run with it as far as you can before you come back.

take the outputs of your mixer and plug them into the inputs on your soundcard.

now fire up cubase, configure it to record on the correct inputs, hit play on yer mpc and record the output of yer mixer into yer computer.

the 'record' button on yer mpc is ONLY for the mpc sequencer.

edit: i see now you said cubase...use that.

Alright ill try that..thanx alot

Alright i did what you said and got cubase to record the music from the mixer(thanx), but if i were to bring my music to a commercial studio to master it i couldn't because it would need to be separated on individual tracks for editing. how can i separate my mpc and mo6 sounds onto individual tracks the same way as just using the mpc, but keep it in harmony(not dragging and clipping)? maybe with groove agent or loopmash..thanx

You have a lot to learn.

Post in the correct forum and please do not doublepost.

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Moved to the getting started forum.

jobeatz wrote:Alright i did what you said and got cubase to record the music from the mixer(thanx), but if i were to bring my music to a commercial studio to master it i couldn't because it would need to be separated on individual tracks for editing. how can i separate my mpc and mo6 sounds onto individual tracks the same way as just using the mpc, but keep it in harmony(not dragging and clipping)? maybe with groove agent or loopmash..thanx

You really need to forget the "bring my music to a commercial studio to master it" part. You don't come across like you're anywhere near that stage, so it's probably worth putting that 'issue' to one side until you've learnt the basics.

It also doesn't sound like you're sequencing your sounds on separate tracks in the MPC, which is now causing you problems? If you are, just solo each track and record it onto a different track in Cubase. You then need to figure out how to trim your loops and nudge them into time.

At this point, trying to figure out how to synchronise the MPC and Cubase may be an uphill struggle.

alright thanx, that makes sense.. i used to record, clip n loop my beatz but thought i was doin it the hard way so i stopped.. i have my sounds on seperate tracks on the mpc already ill just trim n loop em then..thanx for the help

the only way to record them on separate tracks at the same time is if you have the 8-outs card and you can send different sounds to different outputs, then you have a soundcard with enough inputs for each track you want separate.

then, instead of the mixer, you just plug yer outs and yer mo into the soundcard inputs into different tracks, and record all those different tracks at the same time.

make sense?

and also, when you take something to get 'mastered' you generally just take a 2-channel stereo mixed track. so, if you record the way i suggest and get the mix right while you record, sure you can still take it to get mastered. i like the simplicity of this approach so keep it up.

yea that sound perfect, keeps you in that vibe, i'm looking em up now..cant thank yall enuff