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By Billybathg8 Mon May 09, 2005 2:31 pm
I have about 3 beats completes on my MPC, and I have no idea how to convert them onto the computer and burn them onto a CD, or even but them into a wav file to email. Do I need a specific music program that automatically converts them or what? Any suggestions would be good. Also, I have a midi keyboard as one of my tracks on some of my beats, but it olny plays through the keyboard, for some reason i cant the sound to assisng to the pad, do I need something other than midi cable to connect ot the MPC and keyboard?
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By Penfold Mon May 09, 2005 3:24 pm
you got to be kidding me?

oh well.

1. select mode then record.... turn the time up some and the record source as MAIN OUT. then press record then PLAY on the MPC it will record as WAV. save and label the WAV on your CF CARD. then load on your PC for further editing etc. (You can use Sound Forge...etc for this)

2. with regards to the keyboard sounds, you would ideally need a mixer to connect your mpc and your keyboard to then have the mixer output play to the input of your pc soundcard, that way you can record it all with the internal suggestion made in point 1.

3. email, i suggest converting the finished WAV as a mp3. before u send. WAV files are big compared to mp3 (Read up on the different formats like Aff, WAV, mp3, wma etc)

4. Please visit this site TWEAKHEADZ, it is brilliant for guys such as your self. I suggest reading as much as you can on there. and also posting such questions in the newbie section, this will prevent you from being aggressively dealt with by people such as my self and others who find these questions rather .......... welcome to the mpc forums have a nice stay..

By truvc Mon May 09, 2005 3:43 pm
to record on the pc, i recommend audacity.
it's simple, and best of all, it's free (open source).

and it can also convert your WAV to ogg, which is similar to the mp3 format, but has a slightly better algorithm, specially at high compression ratio.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

don't forget to choose "line in" in the record menu.
(beware of the mic input which will record, but you will get a nasty distorted sound)

By Billybathg8 Mon May 09, 2005 3:44 pm
On the MPC1000, you cant specifically save under a wav five , you acan only save as, program, sequence, sequence and song, samples. SO whick one of them is considered a wav fileI took the flash card out of the MPC and put it in the computer and I see the SEQ. file ther but the problem is I guess gettiing a prgroam that will convert that info.

By Billybathg8 Mon May 09, 2005 3:52 pm
truvc,

So do i have to record the sounds again onto this program or can i just download my sequence and play from this program?

By truvc Mon May 09, 2005 3:57 pm
need to record again.
the sequences files will only be played by the mpc itself.
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By Penfold Mon May 09, 2005 3:58 pm
why are u so confused?

mpc 1000 only deals with WAV files.
choose save SOUNDS and save WAV.

By Billybathg8 Mon May 09, 2005 4:17 pm
Im confused because I just got the MPC last week, and it is still BRAND NEW to me. Im sure you have had yours for a while. I have yet to have seen save as wav file on my MPC, I know you can save files as wav on the computer, but the problem that I previously stated to you was a that I did not know how to pull the information up on the computer and as you reply I ned a specific program to download first. So thank you for yor repsonse to my question.

By Billybathg8 Mon May 09, 2005 4:29 pm
Im confused because I just got the MPC last week, and it is still BRAND NEW to me. Im sure you have had yours for a while. I have yet to have seen save as wav file on my MPC, I know you can save files as wav on the computer, but the problem that I previously stated to you was a that I did not know how to pull the information up on the computer and as you reply I ned a specific program to download first. So thank you for yor repsonse to my question.
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By Penfold Mon May 09, 2005 4:29 pm
oh i see.

my fellow mpc1000 user, i have two things to say to you..

READ THE MANUAL & all the best.
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By Antonym Mon May 09, 2005 5:40 pm
i'll find the page for you that says how to record everything to a wav file...

even though it would take even less time than to just type out how. i'ts that simple, but i want to encourage literacy.

page 50.

just make sure you're in song mode when you're recording. peace.

By Billybathg8 Mon May 09, 2005 9:10 pm
Well I appreciate your encouragement or is it sarcasm? Either way glad you took the time away from your academics to answer such an easy question for me. Maybe next time I'll buy my MPC from a store THAT HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH IT, instead of second hand from a friend. If that answers your literacy question or not, only you will know right?? :shock:
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By Penfold Mon May 09, 2005 9:55 pm
Billybathg8 wrote:Well I appreciate your encouragement or is it sarcasm? Either way glad you took the time away from your academics to answer such an easy question for me. Maybe next time I'll buy my MPC from a store THAT HAS THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH IT, instead of second hand from a friend. If that answers your literacy question or not, only you will know right?? :shock:


sarcasm or serious, makes no difference, help was given, the lack of no manual is no excuse, for tis can easily obtained from the akai webste.

By smelvisgoth Thu May 12, 2005 2:57 pm
quick quesion on bouncing a sequence to a new WAV file by using RECORD mode to record the MAIN OUT. this would be very limited without the RAM upgrade, no? you only get about 1 1/2 min of stereo sample time with the 16 MB, right? also, is there any way to maximize sample time without a RAM upgrade? (im poor right now).
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By pt3r Thu May 12, 2005 3:10 pm
smelvisgoth wrote:... also, is there any way to maximize sample time without a RAM upgrade? (im poor right now)...


NO