Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By kaotikmuzikproductions Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:52 pm
Anyone here use a combination of both. I want to switch to a new format ,but I dont want to give up my baby :( . Would anyone recommend this? If so,is it an easy transition?

By fasterbeats Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:32 am
if you got the adat card, your mpcs outs show up in the logic mixer, to apply vst effects and whatnot...very cool.

By fasterbeats Wed Jan 05, 2005 12:33 am
logics a ######## to learn though
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By kaotikmuzikproductions Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:30 am
I fooled with it before but I couldnt get my MPC configured right. I moving on to bigger productions,and I know that soft synths are the way to go. I quit once,and said screw Logic,but "05" is a new year and I'm totaly revamping my studio. The only things staying are my 5050,and my 4000. I just want to know that I can successfully incorporate my 4000,and I'm just doing something wrong.

By fasterbeats Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:01 am
logic is a beast, it'll do everything you need, you can even make up a virtual MPC in logic to controll your mpc from logic
I havn't used logic since the pc hasn't been supported, so i dont know much about the later versions.Now I use cubase, Absynth and 3 hardware synths(old analoge ones) + my baby. i couldnt possibly need any more instruments, Although recording gear would be nice :)
See the other thread about ableton as to why you should keep ur mpc.
Later.

By vank Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:23 am
Yes, I work this way....questions regarding implementation are welcome :)

By parhelion13 Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:50 am
vank wrote:Yes, I work this way....questions regarding implementation are welcome :)


I have a similar setup (MPC4000, Andromeda A6, Jomox Airbase 99, Waldorf Pulse) and I'm having trouble getting my MIDI configured with Logic 7 and an Emagic AMT8. Setting up to sequence from Logic is easy, but I want to sequence from the MPC4k but still keep my synths routed to the AMT8 for access to and from SoundDiver. I'm really frustrated after a number of tries, can't figure out what I'm missing? Do I need to set up the Environment for this? Any help would be appreciated.