ISSUE SLAVING AN MPC 2000 TO LOGIC

HI. I AM NEEW TO THE FORUM AND HOPE I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE. I HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT SYNCHING AN MPC 2000 AS SLAVE TO LOGIC. I HAVE TRIED THE MANUAL BUT IT IS FAIRLY VAGUE ON THE ISSUE. I HAVE THE XTRA BOARDS FITTED TO ALLOW FULL CONNECTIVITY. I DONT WANT THE MPC TO SEND AND RESPOND TO MIDI COMMANDS EXCLUSIVELY (IN ORDER TO PROGRAM/TRIGGER SAMPLES WITHIN THE HOST SEQUENCER OR PLAY SOUNDS WHEN MIDI MESSAGES ARE SENT FROM THE SEQUENCER); BUT I ALSO WANT TO SLAVE THE MPC TO THE CPU SEQUENCERS TRANSPORT CONTROLS TIGHTLY AND WITHOUT DIGITAL GLITCHES.

SO FAR I HAVE CONNECTED THE MIDI OUTS FROM MY MOTU SOUNDCARD TO THE CORRESPONDING MIDI INS ON THE AKAI. I HAVE ALSO TRIED ADJUSTING THE MIDI SETTINGS IN BOTH THE MPC AND LOGIC PRO.

I AM DESPERATE TO LOCK TIGHT SOUNDS RUN FROM LOGIC WITH SEQUENCES (I.E. DRUM PATTERNS) RUN FROM THE MPC. RIGHT NOW I AM UNABLE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE PERFECT MPC GROOVE. PLEASE, PLEASE COULD SOMEONE SHED SOME LIGHT? IT MUST BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SETTINGS.

SAFE,

WYTECH

I'm havin the same problem too...I can get my asr-10 synced easily but for some reason logic isn't seeing the pad hits...I'm setting things up the same way, so I dunno...

so any help would be appreciated...

WYTECH wrote::cry:
HI. I AM NEEW TO THE FORUM AND HOPE I CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE. I HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT SYNCHING AN MPC 2000 AS SLAVE TO LOGIC. I HAVE TRIED THE MANUAL BUT IT IS FAIRLY VAGUE ON THE ISSUE. I HAVE THE XTRA BOARDS FITTED TO ALLOW FULL CONNECTIVITY. I DONT WANT THE MPC TO SEND AND RESPOND TO MIDI COMMANDS EXCLUSIVELY (IN ORDER TO PROGRAM/TRIGGER SAMPLES WITHIN THE HOST SEQUENCER OR PLAY SOUNDS WHEN MIDI MESSAGES ARE SENT FROM THE SEQUENCER); BUT I ALSO WANT TO SLAVE THE MPC TO THE CPU SEQUENCERS TRANSPORT CONTROLS TIGHTLY AND WITHOUT DIGITAL GLITCHES.

SO FAR I HAVE CONNECTED THE MIDI OUTS FROM MY MOTU SOUNDCARD TO THE CORRESPONDING MIDI INS ON THE AKAI. I HAVE ALSO TRIED ADJUSTING THE MIDI SETTINGS IN BOTH THE MPC AND LOGIC PRO.

I AM DESPERATE TO LOCK TIGHT SOUNDS RUN FROM LOGIC WITH SEQUENCES (I.E. DRUM PATTERNS) RUN FROM THE MPC. RIGHT NOW I AM UNABLE TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE PERFECT MPC GROOVE. PLEASE, PLEASE COULD SOMEONE SHED SOME LIGHT? IT MUST BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SETTINGS.

SAFE,

WYTECH

I don't know which version of Logic you are using but on Logic 5 go to the Midi Settings in the synchronization window and click "Transmit Mtc" to all ports. Set the Mpc to recive Midi clock. You can adjust the offset of the outgoing Midi timecode from Logic if your running high latency. You can have a negative value if you need it too. This will keep the MPC locked in time to the Logic clock. The digital glitches usually come from running the Latency too low. Latency affects Midi as well as audio.