MPC tracking problem!

Hello!

I got a problem when trying to record my beats track for track in Logic and ACID Pro. When I record them they don't sound the same as on my MPC 1000. When I play them with MIDI on softwear, they lag, not much but you can hear the difference. I have set the "quantize value" to off in Logic, and buffer size to 32 samples. All my beats are made with "Note value" OFF on MPC. When I try to record my beats with MIDI, they lag, without MIDI they sound 100 % like on my MPC, but everything gets messy when I try to find the beginning of all tracks!

What can be done to record with MIDI, and keep 100 % MPC sound?

Thanks

Tesla wrote:Hello!

I got a problem when trying to record my beats track for track in Logic and ACID Pro. When I record them they don't sound the same as on my MPC 1000. When I play them with MIDI on softwear, they lag, not much but you can hear the difference. I have set the "quantize value" to off in Logic, and buffer size to 32 samples. All my beats are made with "Note value" OFF on MPC. When I try to record my beats with MIDI, they lag, without MIDI they sound 100 % like on my MPC, but everything gets messy when I try to find the beginning of all tracks!

What can be done to record with MIDI, and keep 100 % MPC sound?

Thanks

I would suggest you insert a blank bar at the start for the DAW to get a chance to settle. Also I would put a very snappy quick hit at the start of every track to make a marker so this will allow you to line up everything. Use same sound here. This will act as a marker for alignment purposes. Good to see quantize is off, that will help. So you keep the real output without any quantizing happening. I do not beleive your buffer has anything to do with midi, and that is just your buffer for the DAC, not midi?? Meh I dont use DAWS though so maybe I am wrong about your buffer. I doubt it is the MPC, and more to do with your MIDI interface. Is it a USB interface and being shared with other devices on the same USB bus??. That can cause lag. Maybe unplug every other USB device for tracking the MIDI and see if that helps.

I also agree with giving a few bars before starting to punch, i usually punch in on bar 5. is the live playback while recording what is lagging? because in my experience it could be that while you are recording it is this way but once the audio files have been created they line up right. maybe not, is the computer powerful enough?