Sync audio in Cubase, from MPC1K?

It takes so long just making each track line up. So my question is, how do you record each track so they automaticly line up? Or start at the same time. If I could just start the recording in cubase right when I hit the play start button on the mpc it would be perfect. Anyway, I have searched this topic and haven't found a real clear answer, if you know please give me step by step instructions, I'm a newbe. Thanks.

If you have a multiple in soundcard you can track them all in at the same time, and that way you know you'll have them all lined up in sync. Then it would be just a case of taking them all and dragging them all together so they all start on 1.0.0 which would be very quick...

otherwise, wouldnt a midi clock sync up do this. the MPC can send/receive midi clock so if you track using this you'll get them all lined up. i think!!

someone more experienced on teh 1k might chime in here hopefully

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go in cubase devices, set it to send midi clock to whatever sound card you have MIDI'd to the MPC. Make sure Receive MIDI clock and everything else is not on. Make the Tempo in Cubase what it is on the MPC.

On the MPC, go to Midi --> Sync In---> On for whichever MIDI port is plugged in. Make sure Sync Out is off.

Now I think the MPC should play as soon as you hit Record/ Play in Cubase, so you can record all your tracks in sync or put the marker back to where u started and record them in 2 a t a time.

This is how to slave the MPC to Cubase (or at least nuendo, should be the same for u).

Peace hope it works.

If you REALLY wanna be slick, you don't even have to let them play for 3-5 minutes each OR sync to Cubase. Just catch you like 6 bars or so, then stop....you could do it out to like Wavelab or even interally (record the main out). Of course, the 1st bar would be a "metronome sequence"....I personally created a 1-bar, 16-track snare count off which I place in front of the main sequence in song mode. Once you finally line all of your waves up in Cubase or whatever, lock in the tempo and set your markers from the end of the count in to the end of the 4th bar. Highlight them all, chop the excess, then copy/paste them out. If you do this right, you beat will loop correctly and in time ad infinitum!

Knoxximus wrote:If you REALLY wanna be slick,

LMAO

sorry i found that funny

I thought y'all would be pissed I asked such a newbe question...but thats good ish. Thanks so much. Can't wait to try all of your advice.

to get the midi in sync properly it needs to be corrected in the cubase settings, go to the offset and adjust to make up for where you are loosing the timing.