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By ileon Wed May 02, 2007 11:34 am
is it possible to record from an external source while playing a loop on the mpc 1000? say for example jamming some guitar over the top of an already made loop?

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By Cap_Ill Wed May 02, 2007 12:45 pm
Yes

go to record mode

hit play on the sequencer

drums may bleed into the recorded sample though. or atleast i have noticed a very slight bleed through before.

By ileon Wed May 02, 2007 1:27 pm
okay thanks a lot :) ...havent actually got 1000 yet, was just wondering if it was possible coz i come from a more 'band' orientated background so will want to record some external instruments over tunes. any way to stop the bleed through?
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By Lithion Thu May 03, 2007 12:35 pm
ileon wrote:okay thanks a lot :) ...havent actually got 1000 yet, was just wondering if it was possible coz i come from a more 'band' orientated background so will want to record some external instruments over tunes. any way to stop the bleed through?



if you are from a band oriented background, you might be better off with a Roland MV8000 or MV8800

By ileon Thu May 03, 2007 12:42 pm
hey yeah thanks they look cool...you had any experience of using one?
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By Lithion Thu May 03, 2007 1:56 pm
ileon wrote:hey yeah thanks they look cool...you had any experience of using one?


some. The benfit of the MV 8 series is you can switch from a line style input (like a CD player, turntable, etc) to a guitar style input with the touch of a button. Then afterwards you can use MV to create patterns or sequences and songs with your drum loops or riffs, then play over that with your guitar or whatever. Then on top of that you have the track recorder built right in with CD burning options. its basically a studio in a box. they have them at guitar center and places like that if you want to take a look at one. Its not 'ideal' for like rock music, but new rock or music where you incorporate samples along with rocky sort of music would be good for a machine like that. Think Gym Class Heros, Maroon 5, like that.
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By electric dragon Thu May 03, 2007 2:41 pm
i would think bleedthrough has to do with your method of input into the recording device. i've recorded direct instruments while a beat was looping and noticed no bleedthrough.....

of course if you're recording with a mic and the mic is picking up the beat in the room then you're going to hear it on that sample.....

that's why people do vocals in isolation booths and what-not (ie, this is not hardware specific).....