Recording from Reason into MPC1K

Hey all! I just saw the MPC1K video clip on www.samplekings.com and I noticed that the two dudes are able to record straight from a Yamaha Motif Keyboard into a MIDI track on the MPC. I was wondering, would this be possible to do with a MIDI keyboard and Reason? For instance hooking the MIDI out on the keyboard to the MIDI in on the sound module, then hook the MIDI out from the sound module to the MIDI in on the MPC whilst running Reason to record synth, bass, strings etc into a MIDI track on the MPC?
Any feedback would be Greatly appreciated guys.

Cheers
Boaber

i got the out puts of my computer into my dj mixer and then that mixer is into the record ins on the 1k. i play a note or line on my midi keyboard and record the sound into the 1k as a sample, then lay it out or mess with it from there. maybe not what you wanted to do but its a quick way to get many many sounds.

If you have a professional sound card you can do this. I have an audiophile and it has both midi ins and outs to connect external hardware to the computer. Once you have the soundcard you just setup reason to use that soundcard and it should pick up those midi INS and OUTS. As far as setting reason up to send the synth sounds it has to a track on the mpc, i can not help you there. I don't know much about reason, i just know the hook up is possible.

hey soberism... i have the audiophile too, but its giving me problems. I get some feedback noise, and the latency with sonarXL is horrible. the installation sucks, and although i did it right there is no mixer settings for the computer, you got any suggestions, i hate this soundcard... but it should be great! oh yeah, and my speakers pop when i do the volume on it sometimes... AHHH!

Actually, my audiophile does the same as Jessiahs..its sounds like some vinyl is playing whenever I play ANYTHING through it? Its got a real poppy sounds, and gets worse when the volume goes up.

I grounded myself before touching/installing this thing..so I don't know what the deal is? I thought I was getting some interference from my other equipment since my computer is in the vicinity of everything else?

hmmm thats interesting, my sound is clean as the air in downtown LA. Oh wait a minute I mean clean as bottled water. Uh ok whatever you get the point.

Anyways are the cables you guys using good quality? interference from outside electronics can run through your cables if they are not coated or whatever they call it, so that it blocks all unwanted interence.

Get the new drivers from M-Audio.

Use the applet that comes with your drivers to set the latency. Under the hardware settings tab I have mine at 44,100 sample rate, DMA buffer size (latency) set to 256 samples. I start to get pops or clicks when i go lower. I use cubase sx2 and i get a 5ms latency delay which is close to no delay at all. i heard something like 13ms is unhearable to the human ear, is unhearable a word?

Also on the drivers applet try switching the outputs in the hardware tab. Try consumer instead of -10dbv or vise versa, see if this cleans things up.

Oh yeah and a major factor you need to be aware of is your systems memory! your sound card will play like shit if you don't have at least 512mb or more memory. Make sure you have enough space in your harddrive too.

Don't hate the sound card, its a very good card. You just got to figure it out, its like buying a 5 speed manual car and your fustrated that you can't drive it because.......nevermind end of the analogy. LOL

Or, you could get a new turntable altogether. Unless you are particularly fond of the one you use currently, there are a couple of good turntables with SPDIF Digital out. I use a Stanton str8-80 with the digital output going directly into the mpc1k or to the MBOX to sample vinyl. The quality and signal to noise ratio is great and it still has the warmpth and fatness of a needle on vinyl.

The Stanton str8-80 goes for about $160 (on a good Guitar Center deal, since they haggle) and doesn't include a cartridge.

The Numark TTX is supposed to be a little better, has the digital out, comes with a cartridge but retails for about $300.

Just another option to think about.


(btw, to the first question you should be able to do this by either running the outputs of the midi module/keyboard/sound card directly to the input of the mpc. You can then go into record mode and press play for the appropriate sequence and record it. Or, if you have a mixer you can route the signal through an aux send or sub and do the same. Playing a sequence while recording is how the main out resampling works, so it should work with any other midi'd audio device.)