Lots of great info here,
thanks to you now I'm able to envision the workflow a bit more clearly
Firstly, I've learned there's 2 different ways of working here...
it seems that some of you may transfer files into the MPC via software (MPC Editor) by loading sounds/samples onto the Compact Flash Card with the mouse. You'll convert sounds from wav to snd into the mpc, and vice-versa back into the computer.
And others will simply record your sounds/samples into the mpc using the digital input (clean, less affected sound) or the analogue input (adding mpc color, saturation)
lifesabatch wrote:If I want that MPC sound coloring my sample, I go analog. If I want the sample to sound exactly how I have it in pro tools, I go digital.
That's good enough for me. Very important info. And I will be utilizing both inputs depending on the sample and the particular needs of any given sound.
So are any of you using the MPC Editor software or are you just recording in and recording out?
Having glanced at it briefly, the mpc editor software looks good for people who are going to want to record lots of one-hit samples and edit/layer them in the mpc.
Maybe the software would remove the need to record in and out of the mpc at all. You assign sounds to a pad, sequence a beat, then convert and export back into computer.
THE ADVERSARY wrote: while you won't have to deal with crashing and such you will be dealing with a very nostalgic way of doing things.
As many have discovered it can really be uninspiring using something like a 60 or 3k when you have been working with more modern means.
Thank you for the words of caution. Having read through the manual a bit and watched a few video tutorials, I'm actually delighted with how intuitive it seems to program the mpc.
I like how you put it, a "very nostalgic" manner of working, I guess for me the very nostalgic part is the inspiring part. No shade toward NI and Battery 3, which many of us may have been using for at least 5 years now, but I'm more inspired by the mpc 3k and it's basic workflow than Battery 3. You've made me realize the nostalgic element is actually what I'm going for in upcoming projects, in sound and in "method". Like many of you, I'll still be working with my DAW and powerful modern plugins, but having an older piece of gear will be no issue at all. Would be honored to be working with it frankly.
I must admit to you, the internal card reader installation seems like a headache I'd rather forego. When it's time to buy, I hope to find something with all the card reader pieces and compatibility issues already handled.
Full capacity of the card recognized by computer, formatted for both the PC and the MPC. I have no idea whether I'll end up with an internal card reader or external. As long as it all works.
I am SO excited
