DAWs and mpc 1000

So Iv made some beats that people are asking me for and sampling the headphone jack then loading the beat up as one sample isnt cutting it anymore.

So what im wondering is how quick is the process of loading a beat to the computer from my mpc 1000 to a daw. I want to be able to arrange my intro and hooks in the daw as its much more precise then trying to do it all on the mpc.

Also what daw should I choose and in what way is the sound data transfered from the MPC to the daw.

If someone could give me a brief example on how the mpc works with the daw that would be really cool ( all i need to do is load my different sequences so I can arrange them in the proper way )

Thanks

To record you will need DAW and sound interface/soundcard.

There is many DAWs and depends on what you want to do, but for starting out things like Garageband from Apple is great starter. It wont send out midi but you can get another DAW when you are at that stage and more proficient. Its free to.

So to get the sound in you need to just plug it into your soundcard or interface. Most computers soundcards are OK but a usb interface is in order and there are lots to choose from and you generally will find the cheap ones are pretty good nowadays.
There is multiple outs on your MPC so you can spend more on a sound card and actually record 3 stereo out or what ever at once.

The MPC can also be synced to the DAW with midi so if you get a USB DAC/ADC interface with midi then you can make them lock into time and also send midi between the two.

The USB on the MPC can not do midi and only just lets you drag and drop samples on and off the CF card and hard drive.

So a DAW and interface is the what you need and then you just plug the stereo out into interface that then sends this via USB to your DAW. and both ways to you can sample your computer sound output if you so wish. I prefer to use the USB to transfer files as it is better option.

why are you not using the "song mode" on the mp to arrange your sequences? all you need to make sure is that all your sequences follow the same schema as your first sequence.

but if you don´t want to do that than there are several ways you can go:

as long as you don´t have an audio interface for your computer you just can resample your sequences or your tracks inside the mpc using the "main out" as an input on the record page.

then you can simply transfer that new sample over the usb connection to your computer. this would be at least better sound quality as sampling the headphone out!

having a daw is helpful but not always needed if you just want to give simple beats, that already sound good on your mpc to your buddies to rap or sing or play other instruments over it. but for starters reaper or studio one can be good choices.

in the long run you want to have a daw and an audio interface, so you are able to track out more direct and onto seperate tracks, so you can work on the tracks some more in your computer. also school yourself on midi so you can sync your mpc and your daw and use the software instruments in the daw to further spice up your songs.

peace, jo

use song mode, and solo each track, save it in a folder called beat multitrack that has a bunch of sub folder with all your beats.

after you arrange your beat in song mode,
mute all the other tracks except track 1 on all your sequences.

go to song mode and click mixdown, it will save your whole song as 1 track. this is why you solo it, so you can do this for each seprate insturment.

after you mixdown 1 track, you will have to save the sample into your mulittrack folder, and delete it from your session because these samples will be song length and take up all your RAM before you are able to track them all out. so you need to do it 1 by one, for all your elements in your track: melody, kick, snare, hihat, ect ect.

after you have all of them saved into your mulittrack beat folder, usb your mpc to comuter, and drag the folder called "beat name MT" to your computer.

now import these to your DAW and you wont have to mess around with recording them to the computer, you can just save them into the mpc and drag them when your done.

it will take about 15 or 20 or mins for each track because it has to go through each one in real time, but imo this is easier than recoding it to the DAW, especially if you have a small amount of inputs in your audio interface.

...hey, damien...thanx for letting me know....

never came to my mind to do it this way....

good one...

yeah man, the trick is saving the sample into the folder then deleting it from your project or it wont work after 1 or 2 passes.

ive been doing it for all my beats lately.