Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By gordongecko23 Mon May 23, 2005 8:53 pm
say i sample a bass tone on the 4000, i can then turn on the 16 levels and change the tuning of the bass sample to make a nice bass line. but i was wondering if u can send that sample out to a midi keyboard to play it from there. when i have the 16 levels on it does not send all those to my keyboard is there any way to do this? i hope i made some kinda sense.
thatnks.

By ddot_SFV Mon May 23, 2005 9:08 pm
You wouldn't send the sample out to the midi keyboard. You use the midi keboard to "trigger" the sound in the mp. Just creat a program using your bass sample and you have the whole range of notes to play fom the keyboard.

tip: cop you a M-audio keystation.
tip2: rtfm

By ddot_SFV Tue May 24, 2005 1:31 am
Lord Toranaga wrote:I have found that the 16 levels does not work with midi keyboard,only pads


Probably not. But I think he's more concerned about pitch control than velocity. A keyboard is perfect for this.

By gordongecko23 Tue May 24, 2005 6:39 am
yes exactly. the pitch. i guess it is not possible, that would great if it was though.

By ddot_SFV Tue May 24, 2005 1:46 pm
gordongecko23 wrote:yes exactly. the pitch. i guess it is not possible, that would great if it was though.


Dude, I just told you it was possible. There's no need to use 16 levels (pitch) when using a keyboard.
User avatar

By ikke Tue May 24, 2005 1:49 pm
ddot_SFV wrote:
gordongecko23 wrote:yes exactly. the pitch. i guess it is not possible, that would great if it was though.


......There's no need to use 16 levels (pitch) when using a keyboard.


Why not? Maybe people prefer to play a bass "drum" -program with the keyboard :roll:

By ddot_SFV Tue May 24, 2005 2:18 pm
For sure. But he asked about a bass "tone". :roll:

By gordongecko23 Tue May 24, 2005 5:50 pm
just kind of a pain to have to create a whole different program.
User avatar

By ikke Tue May 24, 2005 5:59 pm
ddot_SFV wrote:For sure. But he asked about a bass "tone". :roll:

yeh me too