Support and discussion for all of Akai’s modern standalone MPCs including the MPC X / X SE, MPC Live 1, 2 & 3, MPC One / One+, MPC Key 37/61.
By miketone Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:59 am
Is it possible to keep my MPC in standalone mode and have MIDI from Pro Tools trigger different audio tracks from the MPC, while using the MPC as a controller?

I have my MPC MIDI in / out to my PC via a 4x4 MIDI box along with other synths, and I'd like to setup a workflow where I record everything in pro tools as MIDI and just send to my various synths triggering the multi track audio.. everything is routed back into PT so I can hear it all in real time.

I have this working with my Integra rack synth, using MPC 61 as a controller... sending MIDI from PT to different Integra tracks to trigger each sound, but can't get it working with the MPC. It works fine to one track, but when I start a 2nd instrument track in PT and send to MPC Channel 2, it does not work, it either triggers the first sound or the 2nd depending if I've switched tracks on the MPC..

I'm guessing it's a MIDI config issue, and I'm working through the Bible material but if there's a section there someone can point me to, or another tutorial that explains how to do this it would be much appreciated!

Thanks
By miketone Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:21 am
HouseWithoutMouse wrote:Track Section / Monitor button : In


Thanks, this got me closer! I can now send MIDI from PT and trigger each MPC track / instrument :worthy:

Is there a way to record the actual MIDI from the MPC into PT while a track is in plugin mode though? I can't figure this out. I can get it to work with track pairs in MPC.. eg. track 1 = MIDI track that sends to Track 2 which is a plugin track. If I try to record from a plugin track, I dont see a MIDI out option and PT doesn't see my notes.

Seems like a lot of setup to do track pairs for every sound I want from the MPC.. hoping there's an easier way and I'm just missing something simple again :Sigh:

Thanks