Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By soundasleep Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:45 pm
what's up people? is anyone using their 2500 with protools? if so how do you sync them since the 2500 doesn't accept mtc? i've synced mine with digital performer no problem but i'm doing some sessions with protools and i need to figure out how they're gonna lock up.
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By Fist Full of Dollaz Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:49 pm
soundasleep wrote:what's up people? is anyone using their 2500 with protools? if so how do you sync them since the 2500 doesn't accept mtc? i've synced mine with digital performer no problem but i'm doing some sessions with protools and i need to figure out how they're gonna lock up.



in protools go to the midi tab at the top of the screen, then look toward the bottom and choose midi beat clock, next check the box at the top that says enable midi beat clock, then check the correct port that ur using going out

then on the mpc hit mode+pad9 (midi/sync), and at the bottom of the screen choose F2 sync, then choose whatever channel u have ur midi cable running in to the mpc (either 1 or 2)

I've noticed that the timing is a little unstable even if you put a kick for the first two bars then go into ur song, its not far enough off to really be noticed but it is off sometimes, u can only tell if u zoom in and look at the waveform

maybe that will need to be fixed with the OS

By soundasleep Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:51 pm
good lookin out. didn't realize protools could send midi beat clock. i know it didn't in older versions.

By aliengroover Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:09 am
soundasleep wrote:good lookin out. didn't realize protools could send midi beat clock. i know it didn't in older versions.


It has been able to for years.
Peace

By nukmusic Sat Mar 11, 2006 3:45 pm
mine snycs but at double the speed. :?: :?: sup with that??

By JayL32 Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:16 pm
Can the mpc be the master??? Or Does it have to be Slaved?
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By Spirez Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:21 pm
nukmusic wrote:mine snycs but at double the speed. :?: :?: sup with that??


You might need to go into your sound card settings and make sure the master clock is set to external. i had this problem earlier
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By subjective Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:17 pm
Yo Spirez, What do you mean about setting your clock to external? If the Sync in coming from protools as the master, wouldn't you want your sync to be internal?

I've also noticed the instability, especially when shifting notes around. It's really messing up my grooves.

I'm new to all this midi shit, so PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong. From what I read, it's a Midi Clock issue. Not an MPC problem. To make a long story short it has to do with how Midi Clock sends data. Below I put a link that expains in detail. What's worse is that Midi Clock and the MPC cannot send MMC. Which means your MPC 2500 cannot run protools as a slave. Which would work as a fix.

If I'm wrong and not setting things up correctly , or if anyone has a workaround for this please let me know.

Here's what I found out about Midi Clock(on a korg site, go figure)

http://www.korgstudios.com/forum/faq.asp#K29

Peace,

SUBS