Bug reports & end-user support for Akai's MPC Software 'controllers' including the new MPC Studio 2, the MPC Touch, MPC Renaissance & original MPC Studio and MPC StudioB lack.
By dj felix Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:23 pm
first I would like to congratulate the forum that has helped me a lot.
I have just purchased a MPC reniassance and am having trouble syncing my fantom x with mpc ren.
enough already tried the forums and manual but could not solve my problem.
what I want to do is sync my fantom x with mpc ren so that I can either use it to play my VSTS and also use the built in sequencer fantom patches of mpc.
I turned on the fantom xa with my mpc in mid and mid checked out and also two cables in jack imput mpc
chosen in preference mid clock and have kept as slave mid fantom
when I load a vst I can play it normally with my fantom x, but when I want to play an internal patched the fantom in mpc even if I change the fantom to master, local switch off only leaves a patched piano that should be the mpc I already tried all possible settings and I can not touch the internal patches fantom in mpc
someone could help
thank you very much
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By DJ A-Sharp Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:40 pm
WZUP?!?!?!? Just so you know I don't think many people are gonna answer your question only because what you are asking is in theory BASIC MIDI 101 and if your using the REN some will assume that you have that down already......just and FYI I have noticed here on the forums....anyhow I will explain as best as I can based on what I think your asking, especially cause I use my Korg Triton for it's internal sounds and as MIDI controller for the VSTi.

#1 Use your MPC REN as the master (make sure the to your keyboard.

#2 Don't worry about the MIDI BEAT CLOCK and whatever else. MIDI BEAT
CLOCK is mainly used for dumping sounds (tracks) when tracking to daw, or
other external devices.

#3 Make sure you have two pairs of MIDI cables.
- 1st MIDI cable is: one end coming out from REN's MIDI OUT A and the other
end into Fantom X's MIDI IN
-2nd MIDI cable is: one end coming out Fantom X's MIDI OUT and the other
end into the MPC REN's MIDI IN PORT 1

In essence you will have a loop through via MIDI cords with the keyboard and
MPC REN. Now you can use the MPC as the brain to control the keyboard and
it's operations.

#4 Load up your MPC software and on Sequence 1, Track 1 make Track 1 a MIDI
track. On the sequencer on your Famtom use track 1 to correspond to track 1
on your REN. now you should be able to play a melody and such and then the
ren will loop it back

there is more but it's just too much to write.....once you get that down.....lol.....I'll explain the rest. Plus I don't have my MPC REN in front of me......hit me on DM with a number and I'll reach out when I'm front of my system...

PEACE!!!!
By dj felix Sat Mar 29, 2014 12:16 am
DJ A-Sharp wrote:WZUP?!?!?!? Just so you know I don't think many people are gonna answer your question only because what you are asking is in theory BASIC MIDI 101 and if your using the REN some will assume that you have that down already......just and FYI I have noticed here on the forums....anyhow I will explain as best as I can based on what I think your asking, especially cause I use my Korg Triton for it's internal sounds and as MIDI controller for the VSTi.

#1 Use your MPC REN as the master (make sure the to your keyboard.

#2 Don't worry about the MIDI BEAT CLOCK and whatever else. MIDI BEAT
CLOCK is mainly used for dumping sounds (tracks) when tracking to daw, or
other external devices.

#3 Make sure you have two pairs of MIDI cables.
- 1st MIDI cable is: one end coming out from REN's MIDI OUT A and the other
end into Fantom X's MIDI IN
-2nd MIDI cable is: one end coming out Fantom X's MIDI OUT and the other
end into the MPC REN's MIDI IN PORT 1

In essence you will have a loop through via MIDI cords with the keyboard and
MPC REN. Now you can use the MPC as the brain to control the keyboard and
it's operations.

#4 Load up your MPC software and on Sequence 1, Track 1 make Track 1 a MIDI
track. On the sequencer on your Famtom use track 1 to correspond to track 1
on your REN. now you should be able to play a melody and such and then the
ren will loop it back

there is more but it's just too much to write.....once you get that down.....lol.....I'll explain the rest. Plus I don't have my MPC REN in front of me......hit me on DM with a number and I'll reach out when I'm front of my system...

PEACE!!!!


DJ A-Sharp thank you so much for your attention
like you said you only tried to help
seems to me that such a question sounds like ignorance
but I can assure you that I have done everything you told me to do
the two midi cables are connected properly besides a couple of jack cable imput on the mpc
this the mpc as master and the settings appear to be correct in mid preferences
the fantom x appears in preferences and the outputs are configured correctly.
I create a track and in mid a1 fantom x also on this track a1, as the fantom slave, local switch off and everything seems to be correct.
I know enough about mid concepts and already had other hardware connected to my fantom x
but despite all this the only sound that comes out is piano
when you load a VST or kontakt that I use here the sounds correctly touched the fantom
it has taken me sleep because I can not use the internal patches fantom
anyway I appreciate the help
peace
By pull-over Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:48 am
You have to bei sure too turn local off on the fantom.

You have checked the midi in and Outs Inside the Software?

You have turned Monitor on in the Ren ?

:popcorn:
By dj felix Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:46 pm
pull-over wrote:You have to bei sure too turn local off on the fantom.

You have checked the midi in and Outs Inside the Software?

You have turned Monitor on in the Ren ?

:popcorn:



pull Over
thanks for the force
as I mentioned before the fantom is already in local switch off
my monitors are connected to my impact twin interface ie
outputs go to the MPC interface
already checked and tried all possible settings
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By SimonInAustralia Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:14 am
I would forget about trying to synchronise the Fantom sequencer to the MPC sequencer, for the moment.

I would just try to get the Fantom internal sound engine operating as an external sound module connected to the MPC, and the Fantom keyboard operating as a MIDI controller keyboard for the MPC.

You can setup the Fantom internal sound engine, in Performance mode, so that it plays a different Fantom sound on each of the 16 MIDI channels available in the MIDI cable connected from a MIDI output of the MPC to the MIDI input of the Fantom.

To do this, you need to go into Performance Mode on the Fantom, and assign a different Fantom patch to each of the 16 MIDI channels.

Then you play each of those 16 different Fantom patches, from different MPC tracks, each track assigned to one of the 16 MIDI channels on the MPC output that is connected to the Fantom.

Turning Local MIDI Off, as suggested earlier, disconnects the Fantom keyboard from the Fantom internal sound engine, so that the MIDI note on/off messages from the Fantom keyboard are send to the Fantom MIDI output, and do not trigger any Fantom internal sounds directly. The MIDI note on/off messages, coming into the Fantom from the MPC sequencer, trigger the Fantom internal sounds, on up to 16 different MIDI channels, according to what sound is assigned to each MIDI channel in the Fantom Performance Mode.
By zephonic Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:45 pm
dj felix wrote:first I would like to congratulate the forum that has helped me a lot.
I have just purchased a MPC reniassance and am having trouble syncing my fantom x with mpc ren.
enough already tried the forums and manual but could not solve my problem.
what I want to do is sync my fantom x with mpc ren so that I can either use it to play my VSTS and also use the built in sequencer fantom patches of mpc.
I turned on the fantom xa with my mpc in mid and mid checked out and also two cables in jack imput mpc
chosen in preference mid clock and have kept as slave mid fantom
when I load a vst I can play it normally with my fantom x, but when I want to play an internal patched the fantom in mpc even if I change the fantom to master, local switch off only leaves a patched piano that should be the mpc I already tried all possible settings and I can not touch the internal patches fantom in mpc
someone could help
thank you very much


I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to accomplish, and personally I'd turn local off on the Fantom like others have suggested above.

However, if using the Fantom's sequencer is essential, it would be best to slave it to MTC (MIDI Time Code), not MIDI clock.

IME, MIDI Clock has always been finicky, but MTC always worked fine.

HTH.
By dj felix Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:10 am
zephonic wrote:
dj felix wrote:first I would like to congratulate the forum that has helped me a lot.
I have just purchased a MPC reniassance and am having trouble syncing my fantom x with mpc ren.
enough already tried the forums and manual but could not solve my problem.
what I want to do is sync my fantom x with mpc ren so that I can either use it to play my VSTS and also use the built in sequencer fantom patches of mpc.
I turned on the fantom xa with my mpc in mid and mid checked out and also two cables in jack imput mpc
chosen in preference mid clock and have kept as slave mid fantom
when I load a vst I can play it normally with my fantom x, but when I want to play an internal patched the fantom in mpc even if I change the fantom to master, local switch off only leaves a patched piano that should be the mpc I already tried all possible settings and I can not touch the internal patches fantom in mpc
someone could help
thank you very much



I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to accomplish, and personally I'd turn local off on the Fantom like others have suggested above.

However, if using the Fantom's sequencer is essential, it would be best to slave it to MTC (MIDI Time Code), not MIDI clock.

IME, MIDI Clock has always been finicky, but MTC always worked fine.

HTH.


zephonic

Thank for attention
what I want to do is use the fantom x8 as sound module
I'm using the fantom as midi controller and it works like a charm
but when I want to touch the internal patches fantom sequencer to record the mpc only leaves a patched piano that should be the mpc and much latency.
All the suggestions that were posted here I had already made ​​but without success
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By SimonInAustralia Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:02 am
dj felix wrote:All the suggestions that were posted here I had already made ​​but without success

Have you setup the Fantom in Performance Mode, with a different Fantom patch assigned to each MIDI channel that you want to use, and sent MIDI to those MIDI channels, on the Fantom MIDI port, from MPC sequencer tracks, as I described above?
By dj felix Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:28 pm
SimonInAustralia wrote:
dj felix wrote:All the suggestions that were posted here I had already made ​​but without success

Have you setup the Fantom in Performance Mode, with a different Fantom patch assigned to each MIDI channel that you want to use, and sent MIDI to those MIDI channels, on the Fantom MIDI port, from MPC sequencer tracks, as I described above?



yeah i already did that
I assign each patched in a mid channel
performance mode on the fantom
fantom on this in mid
slave
Local switch off
the mpc I crei a mid program a1
the fantom I selected a patched bass
but when I play a note on the fantom leaves a patched piano of mpc
I think it must be a driver problem
here because I'm using windows 8.1 and the last drive of the fantom is for windows 8
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By SimonInAustralia Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:46 pm
If you are connecting the Fantom MIDI input to the MPC MIDI output A, using a MIDI cable, why do you need Windows drivers for the Fantom?

Why are you connecting the Fantom to the computer with USB?

Setup Performance Mode on the Fantom itself, so that on the Fantom F7 External Page, the Bass patch you want to play is set to Performance Part 1 and MIDI channel 1.

What happens when you press the MPC pads, when the MPC track is set to MIDI A1, does it play the Fantom bass patch?

Are you listening to the output of the Fantom when trying to play it from the MPC?
By dj felix Tue Apr 01, 2014 5:07 pm
SimonInAustralia wrote:If you are connecting the Fantom MIDI input to the MPC MIDI output A, using a MIDI cable, why do you need Windows drivers for the Fantom?

Why are you connecting the Fantom to the computer with USB?

Setup Performance Mode on the Fantom itself, so that on the Fantom F7 External Page, the Bass patch you want to play is set to Performance Part 1 and MIDI channel 1.

What happens when you press the MPC pads, when the MPC track is set to MIDI A1, does it play the Fantom bass patch?

Are you listening to the output of the Fantom when trying to play it from the MPC?



when I create a mid program mpc A1
fantom and performance in track mode A1
I selected the patched in fantom not play
but one patched piano with great sounds latency
when I play in the fantom led the mpc amounts stating that information is but patched the mid fantom does not sound
when I use as mid controller also works perfectly
I have the fantom
Sync /tempo
slave-mid
Sound switch location off
USB - Mid

in mpc mpc active inputs mpc port 1
mid Out A my synth
            B my impact twin interface
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By SimonInAustralia Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:29 pm
Unplug USB from Fantom
Unplug MIDI B from Impact
Turn Sync Slave off on Fantom

You do not need any of that.

How are you listening to the Fantom?

Plug headphones into Fantom, is the piano sound coming out of the Fantom?
By dj felix Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:01 pm
SimonInAustralia wrote:Unplug USB from Fantom
Unplug MIDI B from Impact
Turn Sync Slave off on Fantom

You do not need any of that.

How are you listening to the Fantom?

Plug headphones into Fantom, is the piano sound coming out of the Fantom?


already did that
when I put the phone in direct fantom no sound while in off-site
if I switch to local exits on the tone in the earpiece
if I put a guitar in fantom patched and create a program in mid mpc
to play the sound that comes out is piano

thank you brother