How do i sync MPC with Cubase??

i'm a newb. i didn't really buy the MPC to sample, just to lay out drum patterns on cubase.. any help please??

i have 2000 xl. in the meantime, i'm gonna go back to this manual.

Here try this.....

http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/s ... p?t=157678

good look. my thing is, my laptop doesn't have a midi input. do i need a cable where it's midi on one end and a USB on the other??

u need a midi interface or a midi/audio interface

i have a presonus firepod. i still don't see how it would work.

coldpizza wrote:i have a presonus firepod. i still don't see how it would work.

The Presonus Firepod has MIDI in and out, so it should work fine. Get yourself a MIDI cable and hook the Firepod MIDI out to the MPC MIDI in ... and take it from there.

the firepod doesnt have a usb input. for laptop recording you need to get a usb interface. otherwise, your equipment cannot be connected to your computer. you just connect the interface to the computer via usb, and then connect whatever equipment to the interface. the interface just serves as a "mixer" or a means of connection between the two.

tyrade wrote:the firepod doesnt have a usb input. for laptop recording you need to get a usb interface. otherwise, your equipment cannot be connected to your computer. you just connect the interface to the computer via usb, and then connect whatever equipment to the interface. the interface just serves as a "mixer" or a means of connection between the two.

The Firepod uses FireWire to interface with the PC or laptop.. that's the whole idea behind the thing. So USB is totally unnecessary. All you need is to hook up the audio output from the MPC (analog or digital) to the input on the Firepod. If you want it to sync to Cubase as well, you need to use MIDI... which the Firepod also has.