recording to protools

What up MPC fam,
I need help. Today i was at a studio dumping my tracks onto protools. The problem is we had to record each track seperately then move the tracks so the were hitting the same and didn't sound off. To record the tracks we did it with a/v cords only. No midi. So we had to record the tracks one at a time. My question is Can you record all the tracks at the same time? How? Thanks for the help.

if you was at a real studio and they had anykind of pro tools system(le to tdm) you shouldnt be going to that studio........but anyways you need to have the 8 outputs on the back of the mpc and a digi hardware that will record 8 or more tracks at a time....

Ok I should explain myself better. The protools sytem is a good one. They have the g4 and digi 002. The engineer though is an intern from a recording and production school. So he is learning on the job. I appreciate the 8 outs help though. Im also using sound modules. So I have been recording from the sound modules to the protools using a/v chords. I didn't know if there was a way to record all of the sounds at once out of the sound module to the protools and they still come up on seperate tracks. Or if I have to continue to do them one at a time? Thanks for the help

Sounds like you'll just have to keep going one at a time.
I've had to do this when going to ProTools using the digital spdif out on the MPC (only 2 tracks at a time.)
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Here's a trick for lining up the tracks:
In your "song" file, insert a one-bar pattern as the first pattern in the song --- make that pattern consist of just one hit of a drum sample ('rim click' works well) on the first beat of the bar (then silence for the rest of the bar)

------Then when you record your tracks one at a time, make sure you have that 'rim click' assigned to the out you're recording from. Do this with every track.

-----Then once all the tracks are in ProTools, every track will have that same 'rim click' sound at the beginning of the song. Then all you have to do is line up the 'rim click' on every track and your song will all be lined up correctly.




It's sort of the same concept as the little "clapper board" that they smack in movies right before they yell action. Later they line up the visual of the clapper with the sound of the clapper.

no doubt itchy, i have used this techinique before when i had some guys with all their beats on a playstation with no possibility of midi. good suggestion.

I've done that before also using PS2 Music Maker after I bought it for my little cousin, I was runnin through it testin it out. He left it at my crib and now I have a couple of bangers saved on there.