MPC X/MIDI Patchbay Questions by a crazy person...

get a miditemp mp88, you can route everything to everything and even filter stuff out.

justineastwick wrote:Just picked up a MX-8 MIDI patchbay from Reverb a few months ago. Currently on a TDY with the military, so I can’t wait to implement it into my little studio. Looking to connect the following:

S2400 sampler
D4 drum module
DM5 drum module
JUNO-DS synth keyboard

My MPC’s going to be the center of my studio... Planning to connect all these devices via the MX-8 MIDI patchbay and have my MPC as the master.

Wondering how this MX-8 MIDI patchbay will work with the MPC’s multi-MIDI capabilities:

Would I just be able to connect the MPC to the MIDI patchbay and select the patchbay from the input ports in the settings?

Guess I’ll find out if nobody has the answer...

The old rack mount MX-8? That thing is ancient, USB wasn't even around when the MX-8 was made, it won't work directly with the MPC at all. Your MPC is going to live on a single MIDI port (or two if you hook both up) and you'll have to do all your routing inside the MX-8 itself. You need a class compliant USB interface to use it with the MPC, if it needs drivers at all it won't work. Find an old Emagic AMT8 (the USB one, NOT the serial port one). Doesn't work past Windows 2000/XP but its got drivers someone wrote included with every generic Linux flavor and works without any setup.

sure it will work

i use 2x Roland U880 & 1 AKAI MP30PII with an MPC X
-that is distributing 3 MIDI outs to 3x 8 OUT's-

just connect 1 MIDI out from the MPC to 1 of the ins of the MIDI patchbay with a standard MIDI DIN 5 pin cable

that way you can name your MIDI out port on the MPC as (e.g.) ROLAND (1) IN 1 or ROLAND (2) IN 1 or AKAI PB IN A
you can then send 16 MIDI ch to a single MIDI out port off the MPC, that's at least 16 tracks, which are polyphonic of course
-depending on the polyphonic character of your receiving synths
the patchbay will route/distribute the INs to designated OUTs, as programmed by yours truly
connect your (MIDI INs) synths/drums to the patchbay OUTS and set their respective MIDI ch they (should) listen to

wavejockey wrote:sure it will work

i use 2x Roland U880 & 1 AKAI MP30PII with an MPC X
-that is distributing 3 MIDI outs to 3x 8 OUT's-

just connect 1 MIDI out from the MPC to 1 of the ins of the MIDI patchbay with a standard MIDI DIN 5 pin cable

that way you can name your MIDI out port on the MPC as (e.g.) ROLAND (1) IN 1 or ROLAND (2) IN 1 or AKAI PB IN A
you can then send 16 MIDI ch to a single MIDI out port off the MPC, that's at least 16 tracks, which are polyphonic of course
-depending on the polyphonic character of your receiving synths
the patchbay will route/distribute the INs to designated OUTs, as programmed by yours truly
connect your (MIDI INs) synths/drums to the patchbay OUTS and set their respective MIDI ch they (should) listen to

Awesome! I figured it’d be something like that! I intend to slave my S2400, JUNO-DS, and both the D4 and DM5 to my MPC Live… I also want to be able to have the option of slaving my JUNO-DS, and both the D4 and DM5 to my S2400 (when I’m not really using my MPC Live).

Thanks man... I can’t wait to set that MX-8 up when I get home!

justineastwick wrote:Awesome! I figured it’d be something like that! I intend to slave my S2400, JUNO-DS, and both the D4 and DM5 to my MPC Live… I also want to be able to have the option of slaving my JUNO-DS, and both the D4 and DM5 to my S2400 (when I’m not really using my MPC Live).

Thanks man... I can’t wait to set that MX-8 up when I get home!

Do you have a MIDI keyboard going into your MPC or do you just play all the sounds with pads?

CharlesRandolph wrote:Do you have a MIDI keyboard going into your MPC or do you just play all the sounds with pads?

I’m planning on using my JUNO-DS as the MIDI keyboard.