Using a midi device in place of unresponsive buttons.

...sorry, but all the magic comes from working with it directly.....

and i also recommend a daw if you're not intrested in bringing the mpc back on track....

getting another controler to control the mpc is just a pain in the ass.....

if you can"t fix it your own, let somebody else do so....


that's 40 bucks in replacements and another 80 bucks for two official repair hours....
and your mpc is fine again.....
do that....

WTF? the guy just asks about using a JJ exclusive amenity, and people are saying he ought to give up on using an MPC and get a DAW?

Sure it would best to just address the tacts, but he has these options to in addition to that.

Me? I'll just clean/replace my tacts if the need arises but I hardly consider it a loss of any "magic" that external control is available. But whatever makes you guys feel more hardcore...

ThobRom, he says that was the "gist" of it. But yeah Fruitnveg, you have options, do them all maybe? Clean, replace and external control with CC's can be cool, whatever way(s) work best for you short term and long term.

Yeah honestly, seriously, I'd prefer to stick with my mpc than use a daw, not that I have anything against other methods of making music I just prefer my mpc..

I will 100% get it all sorted soon but now I'm thinking about using a bust up keyboard and assigning the space bar as the mpc shift key ( which is the worst ) I could then simply put the keyboard on the floor and use my foot to press and hold shift for when I want to step in bigger or smaller increments. I think it could be really cool.

Worth a shot for however much it is for a little adapter I think.

Thanks

If the keyboard (you didn't say if it was a cheap synth or MIDI controller) has a wall plug, all you need is a MIDI cable, that's less than $10USD. Grab some de-oxit while your out too, that's cheap as well.

Thanks man.
I was actually meaning a 10 year old computer keyboard. Am I dreaming? ( :

Fruitnveg wrote:Thanks man.
I was actually meaning a 10 year old computer keyboard. Am I dreaming? ( :

I think that would take some doing...

You'd probably have to have something running on the computer to translate the ASCII keyboard input into MIDI values and then you'd need some kind of MIDI Out port attached to the computer to pipe that MIDI data to to the MPC's MIDI In over a 5 pin standard MIDI cable.

The MPC 4000 can take an ASCII keyboard but I don't know of any way a JJ XL MPC could other than the general convoluted method I just described.

So maybe start with cleaning the tact to keep it simple. But generally any cheap piece of MIDI gear will work in this scenario it would just need a wall plug so you could leave out a computer.

Thanks ALOT for all the device!!! Totally helpful and totally appreciated!! Yeah first thing I'll do is order some cleaner. In fact I'll do it right now. I just stumbled upon this vid.... Looks pretty interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpzwEcKxuY

Thanks again!!

Fruitnveg wrote:Thanks ALOT for all the device!!! Totally helpful and totally appreciated!! Yeah first thing I'll do is order some cleaner. In fact I'll do it right now. I just stumbled upon this vid.... Looks pretty interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpzwEcKxuY

Thanks again!!

Anytime man.

Nym who posted on page 1, is a beast with the macro stuff (and anything else JJ related and many other cool technical implementations of stuff) . The JJ Midi to button is a pretty versatile bonus. So if if you're OK with involving a computer you can do some very cool things.

Haha I meant advice not device. Yeah I totally agree, loving the guys videos!! I don't understand why people were getting funny about wanting to try this method.....anyway I'll try the cleaner and see what happens to start with.

Peace

The way you can use the MPC just by itself is great, but expanded options are never something I'll be mad at. Like I posted before not sure what the 'rejection' for lack of a better term is about.

what macros can you do on it?, give me a teaser why I should invest in learning them guys:)

My point being,
that if you're just using the JJ 2500 as an OS,
you would get way more expandability and horsepower with an MPC DAW!

Like the reanissaince!
(Fat chance of me ever spelling that!)

Thats really the whole point of the renaissance...
and the whole point of hardware!

I understand choosing you're own way and being a character about it.

Using a 2500,
but not using a 2500 might be what drives you to make the next Beatles album.

But from an entirely logical perspective,
if you want to use a hardware MPC,
you want to use the hardware interface.

Other then that, there is no reason to do it.

IMO.

be suprised what a clean will do to a bung switch too.

amount of tobacco and weed i've cleaned out from switches is stupid

fukcanonsmokingstudio

peeping tom wrote:be suprised what a clean will do to a bung switch too.

Agreed.

I'll bet he can get in there and clean and lube them.

Unless there is something really weird going on,
but thats unusual.