By Mink
Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:22 am
Hi all. MPC Newbie here, with a question which hopefully makes sense.
I have the Studio and am loving it. I am practising with sampling, sequencing, layering, song creation and all that good stuff, and can create decent (for a beginner) beats solely using the MPC software/hardware. I have an MPK and can utilise The Bank samples on the keyboard with no problem.
The problem comes when I want to layer some instruments into the sequences. I would like to use the Logic Pro X instruments for some of the stuff like basslines, orchestral elements, chords and whatnot. I would just stick with The Bank but it doesn't seem to have the breadth of software instrument I want and the naming convention and lack of categorisation makes finding the right sounds difficult.
I can load the MPC plugin into a software instrument within Logic Pro, and can play the loaded sequence (although the transport keys not working on the hardware is a bit irritating), but thats where I am stuck....
Is there a way of loading that plugin then loading up some software instruments which can be played along with the sequence, and somehow getting these back into the MPC so I can finish construction with song mode? Or is it a case of when you start using LPX, you effectively stop using the MPC for construction?
I can't get the whole MIDI/bus set-up right either, but am sure I will figure that out. I'm just wondering if what I want to do is simply impossible before I start....
Hope that makes sense
I have the Studio and am loving it. I am practising with sampling, sequencing, layering, song creation and all that good stuff, and can create decent (for a beginner) beats solely using the MPC software/hardware. I have an MPK and can utilise The Bank samples on the keyboard with no problem.
The problem comes when I want to layer some instruments into the sequences. I would like to use the Logic Pro X instruments for some of the stuff like basslines, orchestral elements, chords and whatnot. I would just stick with The Bank but it doesn't seem to have the breadth of software instrument I want and the naming convention and lack of categorisation makes finding the right sounds difficult.
I can load the MPC plugin into a software instrument within Logic Pro, and can play the loaded sequence (although the transport keys not working on the hardware is a bit irritating), but thats where I am stuck....
Is there a way of loading that plugin then loading up some software instruments which can be played along with the sequence, and somehow getting these back into the MPC so I can finish construction with song mode? Or is it a case of when you start using LPX, you effectively stop using the MPC for construction?
I can't get the whole MIDI/bus set-up right either, but am sure I will figure that out. I'm just wondering if what I want to do is simply impossible before I start....
Hope that makes sense