Forum to discuss all matters relating to the MPC1000 and MPC2500 operating systems created by 'JJ' (all versions).
By SELFISH1 Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:57 pm
ANyone here track out thier beats to ableton? IF so PM me, i got a few questions.....the only hardware ive ever used really is Adobe Audition. which is very diff from this
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By m:t:c Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:13 pm
I do my breaks and beats with mpc and then bounce 'em to Live where I'll layer, sequence and finish the track properly...

...could the conversation be public so other users might benefit from the info (if I can even answer to your question :P)?

By SELFISH1 Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:12 am
Basically tryna figure out how to sync it up the right way. I been doin the lessons but i dont know how to set it up right and figured if some1 here doing it already the maybe could help. Dont know if this is some basic shit or mad settings to change....i havent tracked shit on sofware b4.

Talkong hats ima look for your tutorials....thanks man. Anyone else feel free to chime in so others like me could benefit from your tips
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By rinseout Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:36 am
The only way i got this to work is by midi clock, mpc as master, ableton as slave. Go to preferences and -> midi/sync and activate sync, track and remote for the midi input connected, on the mpc activate midi clock out. Then you only have to click the "ext" field top left in ableton to make it wait for the clock.

By Chisel Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:02 pm
I use Live as a glorified multi-track recorder. It's the only piece of the puzzle that I don't have a hardware equivalent (unless you count the SP-808 which has a simple four-track). I slave the MPC to Live. At the moment, I can record 20 tracks at once into Live using my Creamware Pulsar II. :D

Peace \/
chisel316
www.soundclick.com/chisel316
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By King_Vitamin Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:34 pm
Sync the clocks, hit the metronome on both ableton and the mpc. line them up using the latency delay found at the bottom of the faders in arrangement view (mine's at like -12 ms). turn off the metronomes and track away!

By mission Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:00 pm
Chisel wrote:I use Live as a glorified multi-track recorder. It's the only piece of the puzzle that I don't have a hardware equivalent (unless you count the SP-808 which has a simple four-track). I slave the MPC to Live. At the moment, I can record 20 tracks at once into Live using my Creamware Pulsar II. :D

Peace \/
chisel316
www.soundclick.com/chisel316


me too. it's sick for plug and play like that.
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By djsun1 Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:59 pm
So when you are slaving your mpc to live are you first recording songs/pattterns into Live from your mpc then using midi time code to sync up the recorded audio in live to new stuff on the mpc? Or are you just layering as stated by M.T.C. If Mission and Chisel don't mind going a little more in depth on the process. I would like to use Live as a multitrack as well with my new firewire board. All tips are well appreciated! I have a lot of midi keyboards/modules whats the best way to record these in conjunction with the mpc into Live? Sorry for the newb ?'s

By pony down Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:27 am
I always use Live to timestretch troublesome loops..say for instance a 2bar loop I use the "complex" warp mode and time correct everything the way i want it..thatll say not so much that it looses its funk ifyaknoumsayin..then i put the loop in the arrangement window and start rendering ..say like every
1/4..Transfering it to the MPC and start fooling around..I Luv It!