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By King Singh Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:06 pm
I was thinking about doing some live gigs with my MPC 1000.

I thought that it might look pretty boring, just me on stage with an MPC.
I thought it would be cool if I could some how hook up my MPC (via midi) to something that will control video, so I could project video samples onto a screen on stage.

So, each sample played on the MPC would trigger a video sample.

Does anybody know whether or not this is possible?
If it is, does anybody have any knowledge on how to achieve this?

Cheers.
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By elektrik_muz Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:43 pm
There's tons of both open and closed source software video apps out there that respond to midi. Timing response might be an issue. Depends on what you are doing.

I'm more into hardware. A while back I just barely had a chance to play with one of these:

http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=416

Hope to again soon as I didn't get the chance to check midi performance. May have it's limitations but personally it's my first choice for a video gig with an MPC for reasons that just have to be obvious...
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By Lampdog Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:14 pm
elektrik_muz wrote:http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=416


That is SUPER interesting, thanks for the info, I've never seen that before.
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By elektrik_muz Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:29 am
Yeah that Korg video line slipped under a lot of people's radar. Good stuff, very nicely built but not cheap which might explain why the production was so limited. I've heard they were going to bring the Kaptivator back at some point, which might explain why the product page is still there but the other video line units (the KPE1 Entrancer video Kaoss pad and the KF4 KrossFour video mixer) seem to be gone from everywhere but the support section. The manuals are worth checking out.

Another more common hardware alternative that's worth checking out is
the Edirol line of video performance products. I like that stuff too but I prefer the Korg gear if I can get my mitts on it.
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By Lampdog Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:38 am
I've been a Korg fan forever.
I'll read up on them on my next slow day at the workplace.
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By thx Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:12 pm
Lampdog wrote:
elektrik_muz wrote:http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=416


That is SUPER interesting, thanks for the info, I've never seen that before.


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