faply wrote:Right so the motu can deliver if i spend some time setting up the midi channels.
Depending on what synths you are using, and whether they have MIDI thru connectors or not, you might be able to do much the same without the MOTU.
faply wrote:Do you want it to go directly to the synth you want to play?
Or does it go to all the synths exactly the same, and each synth is set to a different MIDI channel, so only the synth on the channel you have chosen responds and plays?
Yeah, it would go straight to each synth. Not sure what you mean by 'it goes to every synth the same' each synth would be playing its own part.
You could set it up to simply split a single MPC MIDI output, of 16 channels, to 8 different MIDI outputs on the MOTU, and send the same 16 channels to each synth. Therefore each synth will be receiving the same data, but only responding to the particular MIDI channel that it is set to.
Another way you might be able to set it up, depending on what the editing options are on the MOTU, is to rechannelize and route the MIDI data, so it takes MIDI channel 1 from the MPC and sends it to MIDI output 1 channel 1, and takes MIDI channel 2 from the MPC and send it to MIDI output 2 channel 1, and takes MIDI channel 3 from the MPC and send it to MIDI output 3 channel 1, etc.
You probably should map out what MIDI channels you are going to use for each synth, depending on how many channels they respond to, and which channel numbers they can be set to, which outputs for sync to drum machines, maybe sync to drum machines on one MPC MIDI output and notes to synths on the other MPC MIDI output, etc.
When you say analogue synths with MIDI options, it seems to suggest that they are mono-timbral, as in they will each respond to a single MIDI channel at a time. So with 32 MIDI channels available from the MPC1000s 2 MIDI outputs, you should have plenty of MIDI outputs.
Also, do you really want to plug the outputs of all the synths back into the MPC, are you going to play MIDI notes from the keyboard, or controls from knobs/faders, into the MPC from each synth?
If so, then you probably need to setup the MOTU so that all the synth MIDI outputs are routed to only the MPC MIDI input.
Not sure connecting multiple drum machine MIDI outputs into the MPC is a good idea, or necessarily needed.
faply wrote:Do you also plan to use the mixer to monitor through, to connect your speakers to, and to listen to the outputs of the MPC through?
I think so yes. I will be dedicating most of the mpc's time to running midi sequences which will in turn be resampled back into the mpc and outputted back into the mixer to be further effected if needed. Otherwise just outputted through the stereo outs of the mpc as default.
You would probably be monitoring the MPC and synths most of the time through the mixer to the speakers, as you need to be listening to both the MPC outputs, and to the synth outputs, at the same time, while composing.
You would then need to route individual, or mixes of individual synths, from the mixer to the MPC inputs, when/if you want to record the synth outputs into the MPC as samples.
faply wrote:Another thing im unsure over is, i reckon ill be getting an allen and heath zed 24 mxer. If it has usb does that mean getting an audio interface would be superfluous? (i was thinking of the audiofire 12 because the mixer has pre amps already) or is that just a stereo out on the usb?
Yes, USB means you would be getting a built in audio interface, but only stereo in the case of the Zed 24, so not as useful as having a separate input for each synth and MPC output.
Would be better off finding a mixer with 16 sends into the computer, rather than 2.
If you plan to use a multichannel audio interface, along with the mixer, you will need to consider how you will route the MPC and synth outputs to one or the other, when required.
From the Zed 24 webpage...
http://www.allen-heath.com/uk/products/ ... &SubCatId=USB audio flexibility
Getting audio to and from a computer easily is now a common requirement for live sound and music production. The way this has been implemented on ZED is super-flexible and super-easy! No longer do you need to fiddle around the back of your PC to get to the soundcard inputs, only to find that the levels are all wrong and noisy. Just plug in a USB lead to your ZED, select the USB routing on the mixer and the device on your computer and that's it! CD quality audio to and from your PC or Mac. Switches and connection through jack socket terminals provide different send/return configurations:-
Send options:
1) Main Mix Left + Right (Post-fade)
2) Main Mix Left + Right (Pre-Fade)
3) Auxes 1-2
4) Auxes 3-4
Return options:
1) To Stereo 3 channel
