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By razz Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:09 pm
I recently purchased an MPC 1000 and an M-Audio FireWire 410. I connected the MIDI cables from the MPC to the interface and the firewire from my macbook pro (10.6.8) to my interface.

When I go on Ableton and go to MIDI sync it identifies the interface but not the MPC. I set the MPC sync to "1A" to have everything in place still get no sound.

Am I missing anything? Please help!
By razz Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:06 pm
Question: if I want to work with the pads does that mean the MPC is the "master"?

and again do I need to purchase a 500?
Last edited by razz on Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By Lampdog Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:57 pm
MPC1000 is not a control surface.

You, have a long way to go my friend. Firstly you need to understand exactly what your machine is capable of doing, understand what it is, what it's designed for. Find out it's limitations, weaknesses and strengths. If you don't do that, you'll get stuck at every turn, end up frustrated and tossing it out the window and I won't stop you either.
By razz Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:20 pm
I purchased the MPC a few weeks ago and i've done my research so I know this is what I want. While im still learning the MPC ive been told that with the pads on the mpc I can Record on ableton, this is what im trying to do.
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By Lampdog Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:52 pm
Yeah, a control surface is a whole different thing.
MPC is not a control so it won't show up as a control surface in a daw.

You can however control some stuff in other gear with it, yes.

Your audio from mpc will go into ableton audio tracks.

Each mpc indy out can be routed to a seperate track in ableton or any daw.

Me, I do the same thing as I think you are trying do, I use a 4k w/ Sony Vegas as my daw.