Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By jonespnice Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:39 pm
Is it possible to use the mpc4000 as a sound module? This is how I record my songs, 1st I'll make my sequences on the mpc then I'll record the audio tracks as well as the midi tracks into sonar now every so often I might make changes to the midi tracks that I have in sonar and after the changes are made I would like to playback all the midi tracks, from sonar, but with sonar hooked up to the mpc I only have access to the instrument on the selected track, is there a way to use the mpc like a sound module so that (from sonar) I'll have access to more than 1 mpc instrument at once?
I hope this doesn't sound stupid or confusing. Thanks.
By renegadebliss Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:06 pm
jonespnice wrote:Is it possible to use the mpc4000 as a sound module? This is how I record my songs, 1st I'll make my sequences on the mpc then I'll record the audio tracks as well as the midi tracks into sonar now every so often I might make changes to the midi tracks that I have in sonar and after the changes are made I would like to playback all the midi tracks, from sonar, but with sonar hooked up to the mpc I only have access to the instrument on the selected track, is there a way to use the mpc like a sound module so that (from sonar) I'll have access to more than 1 mpc instrument at once?
I hope this doesn't sound stupid or confusing. Thanks.


FYI...
I'm in Jury Duty for the next 30 days, so it might take a while for me to respnd back,


but one thing that you have to remember is that with the MPC 4000, and it's internal sounds setup, you can have "Parts" or "Int-A" and "Int-B". Parts as you know are for the MPC to use internallly, tney are not tied to Midi. If you set up Part 1 to be IntA-1 and Part 2 to be IntA-2, then they should be responding on Midi Channels 1 & 2 respectively


Dave

By 5 BEATZ A DAY Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:11 pm
ok, I'll try that as soon as I get home. Thanks.

By jonespnice Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:49 am
Thanks, renegadebliss, I got it to work.