How do you record your basslines?

Alarcon wrote: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.

Not what you're asking for but.....
Why not saving the sound for every new beat within the beat on the MPC.
You can use the sysex data dump for the basspatch you create and record this data in the MPC sequencer (pg62 microkorg manual).

*create a sequence with a name like "sysex microkorg" or so

*set the MPC MIDI filter to enable sysex (default setting of MIDI filter is often disabled)

*Hit record and start the midi dump from the microkorg

Now everytime you load the song into the MPC play the sysex sequence first and your microkorg will be set to the bass patch you've created.

This is not a simple "program change" but actually writing and reading all the parameters your patch is made of.

peace

peterpiper wrote:

Alarcon wrote: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.

Not what you're asking for but.....
Why not saving the sound for every new beat within the beat on the MPC.
You can use the sysex data dump for the basspatch you create and record this data in the MPC sequencer (pg62 microkorg manual).

*create a sequence with a name like "sysex microkorg" or so

*set the MPC MIDI filter to enable sysex (default setting of MIDI filter is often disabled)

*Hit record and start the midi dump from the microkorg

Now everytime you load the song into the MPC play the sysex sequence first and your microkorg will be set to the bass patch you've created.

This is not a simple "program change" but actually writing and reading all the parameters your patch is made of.

peace

thnx, but it's not easy indeed, I think the way I do it now it's the best way for me so far, because i really need to play the keys and I want to keep it simple

A lot of good options being thrown up here, doesn't the MPC5000 bass synth cut the mustard? And what about its hard disk recording feature? I don't know the machine, but I'm certain you could be overlooking something that would enhance your workflow.

The failsafe for all MPC users is to simply sample bass notes or whole riffs into the sampler, whether these are played live, from a DAW, or midied up to the MPC itself. If you take the time to create some bass program's, rather than starting from scratch you'll save a lot of time in future. If the bass patch was any good in the first place, it can be reused straight or tweaked.

I record the bass into my MPC (Bass > Mixer > MPC), chop the bass and then lay it down on the pads.