MPC Key 61 in Live Situation

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MPC Key 61 in Live Situation

By ambusher Mon Mar 17, 2025 2:22 pm
Hi there!
I'm pretty new to the MPC Community and maybe my question has already been asked.

I use a Key61, a Helicon VoiceLive and a Roland Jupiter 80. Usually I save each song as a project.
Some songs (projects) contain splits and layers, some sounds are triggered by the Jupiter 80. I usually combine them with "Shift+RecArm" in the key ranges Windows and after finishing a individual project I save it.
Unfortunately after loading a song (project) these keygroups(?) are Not loaded up as well and I have to re-tweak them again. Not very good in a live situation.
How do I get these settings stored/loaded?
Thanks for assistance :worthy:

Re: MPC Key 61 in Live Situation

By jamos Mon Mar 17, 2025 7:01 pm
Not sure what OS you are using, and anything I have to say is not applicable to 3.4, but, in version 2, you don't want to use record arming to select things to be controlled by your keyboard. Use the midi monitor settings, either In, Merge or Off for each track. For example, if you have two tracks that you want to layer onto the juno, you would set their channels to the same channel as the juno, and then set the midi monitor mode for each track to In. Set all other tracks to Off.
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Re: MPC Key 61 in Live Situation

By Lampdog Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:02 pm
jamos wrote:Not sure what OS you are using, and anything I have to say is not applicable to 3.4, but, in version 2, you don't want to use record arming to select things to be controlled by your keyboard. Use the midi monitor settings, either In, Merge or Off for each track. For example, if you have two tracks that you want to layer onto the juno, you would set their channels to the same channel as the juno, and then set the midi monitor mode for each track to In. Set all other tracks to Off.

It's applicable.

You can also choose SEND TO another track (midi event send). A "layering" result.

Re: MPC Key 61 in Live Situation

By jamos Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:24 pm
Lampdog wrote:
jamos wrote:Not sure what OS you are using, and anything I have to say is not applicable to 3.4, but, in version 2, you don't want to use record arming to select things to be controlled by your keyboard. Use the midi monitor settings, either In, Merge or Off for each track. For example, if you have two tracks that you want to layer onto the juno, you would set their channels to the same channel as the juno, and then set the midi monitor mode for each track to In. Set all other tracks to Off.

It's applicable.

You can also choose SEND TO another track (midi event send). A "layering" result.


It's applicable, but it's the hard way and as OP discovered, it doesnt survive save/load.

The MIDI Send method also works, I suspect.
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