How do you record your basslines?

I've a question, I own a mpc 5000. normally when Im creating a beat I record it into cubase and then after recording the beat I play my basslines with my microkorg into a seperate track into cubase. Im doing this for a while now because the direct recording feature in the mpc is not working very well for me..

I was wondering how do you guys do this? because now when im making music im restricted to my computer...

I also sample basses into the mpc and play with the 16 levels but i must say that it feels better for me with the keys.

hope to read some tips here!

Thnx

Alarcon wrote:Im doing this for a while now because the direct recording feature in the mpc is not working very well for me..

Is it an audio issue? or a workflow issue?

more a workflow issue, because I can't get it right all the time..

Im asking this because there will be better ways to record my basslines or other instruments directly into my song.

cant you hook the microkorg to say midi channel 1 and send midi with the mpc? in that way you can play it with keys but record it with the mpc !

Moved.

Did you see the BASSLINE TIPS thread?

Might be some useful info there even though you specifically asked about recording basslines rather than creating them.

thnx for the reply's!

Yes i did see that section about basslines but like you said it's more a workflow issue then creating the basslines...

And midi that's possible, but it's nog recording the actual sound from the microkorg, it's just some data(and i just every beat i create new sounding bass sounds and never save them ass patches.

What I'm saying is that i just want to have a quicker easier way to record outboard gear straight to my mpc..

I was wondering how you guys record synths, bass guitars and other Sh!t in your beats.. everything in the daw?

Alarcon wrote:thnx for the reply's!

Yes i did see that section about basslines but like you said it's more a workflow issue then creating the basslines...

And midi that's possible, but it's nog recording the actual sound from the microkorg, it's just some data(and i just every beat i create new sounding bass sounds and never save them ass patches.

What I'm saying is that i just want to have a quicker easier way to record outboard gear straight to my mpc..

I was wondering how you guys record synths, bass guitars and other Sh!t in your beats.. everything in the daw?

Just some data?

lol.. I think it's only used in Dutch nog in english..

I do the same, it's quick and easy to select and loop something in cubase when you want to record new tracks... So i just make drum sequence variations on the mpc, and then mostly just record live sequence mixing, going on feeling to build the full song from start to end, recording into cubase and then jam keys afterwards on new tracks... Sometimes I do the bass on the mpc, but then it's usually just simple 808 bass or sounds triggered via midi, keeping it simple as I think keyboard is nicer for anything more melodic and fluid. Where the mpc feels more so suited for programming..

Sometimes when I got a dope sample with no bass, like a piano solo. I toss it into the low pass filter to eliminate any highs and mids. Then I'm left with this low signal, and then I pitch shift and eq it until it sounds like a decent bassline.

I've used this method on chiming bells and the bassline was a pattern out of this world, like that bass never existed, but I brought it life. Its a cool deal.

midi up the microkorg

sequence it with the 5000

buy a mixer (if you dont already have one)

route the mpc outs and microkorg outs to the mixer

route the outs of the mixer to your interface

record in cubase

? ? ? ? ?

Profit

MaZe wrote:midi up the microkorg

sequence it with the 5000

buy a mixer (if you dont already have one)

route the mpc outs and microkorg outs to the mixer

route the outs of the mixer to your interface

record in cubase

? ? ? ? ?

Profit

Yeah this is the best thing to do ( allready did this in the past)

but still when a song is finished I need cubase to record the thing... but I think this is the only best way to do it, and how I allready doin it also..

thnx

If you were a 1k or a 2k5, the obvious choice would be JJOS audio tracks. I use them all the time to get synths and stuff in my songs. I'll often start from a MIDI track controlling the synth, then record it into an audio track to free up the synth for other parts.

does the 5000 have any sort of audio track feature?
If not, you could try recording 4-bar bassline samples and assigning them to pads, and just hit the pad at the beginning of the sequence.
Chop that 4-bar or whatever sample into more pieces to allow for playback starting from mid-sequence. (since having it as one sample on one pad would mean it would only play from the beginning)

Alarcon wrote:

MaZe wrote:midi up the microkorg

sequence it with the 5000

buy a mixer (if you dont already have one)

route the mpc outs and microkorg outs to the mixer

route the outs of the mixer to your interface

record in cubase

? ? ? ? ?

Profit

Yeah this is the best thing to do ( allready did this in the past)

but still when a song is finished I need cubase to record the thing... but I think this is the only best way to do it, and how I allready doin it also..

thnx

The only way to get around using Cubase to record, if that's what you are looking to do, is to buy a multitrack recorder.

Or

As pointed out above me, get a 1K or 2500 with JJOS and use audio tracks and then export the whole sequence/song as a mixed down wav file.

But

I thought the 5K had a hard disk recorder/audio tracks as well. I'm not that familiar with it.

Either way, all of these are viable options.

If you really want to keep everything in the box it's also an option to sample all the microkorg bass patches and make multisample programs.