equipment hook up question

i got a question for anyone who can help me.ok i got a proteus 1 sound module. and a mpc 1000 and m audio bx5a monitors. i lookd at the insturctions on how to hook all of it up..and it works fine but on the main screen i got all my stuff set up for type midi / pgm off/ midi 1 .soo can u record on real time because im hearing u cant. i herd u gotta go to the record screen on ur mpc n run it though there n sample it can anyone help me ? my speakrs are goin too my mpc stero output. and my proteus is comein from my main left right n goin to my mpc record ..soo doo i gotta get a mixer to be able to free play or wat doo i need to do too hear all my sounds at one time without disconecting wires... thanks alot

Yeah your gonna have to have everything going through a mixer to be able to do that!!!

i doo koo, also i asked a guy at guitar center n he told me im goin to either have a mixer or i can go out n get a patch bay??? i think thats wat its callled .he said its like a small box with alot of outs on it and i can hook all my stuff up too it .doo u know anything about this??

Hmm! The only patch bays i know about are used for routing! Have you thought about using an audio interface and running everything through a computer as if it were a mixer! This can sometimes be more practical!!!

hmnnn see i got an interface i got the maudio mobile pre usb/interface/preamp and i had it running through there perfectely that was before i had the EMU proteus 1 once i got that it was like i only got soo many outs on the interface u know soo i eather got the mpc hooked up too it or the proteus. ill look in the manual for all three things again who knows maybe i had it hooked up wrong..thanks alot though man! yea if u got any other ways let me know cause im still learning.

Yeah i mean to use your computer as a mixer you will need a bigger interface than your mobile one probs! Depending on what software your using, if your using pro tools m powered then there's the M Audio firewire 1814 which has 18ins and 14outs but only 8ins and 4outs are analogue, which is what u would be using! There is the Edirol FA-101 for any other software that has 8ins and 8outs analogue! These are both firewire which if you have is lighter on the prossesor and on the whole a bit faster! For USB there's the Edirol UA-101 same as above just USB! All got midi I/O, which is good for syncing!!! These should work out a bit cheaper than a mixer i think, so check em out!!!

Hope this helps!!!

hahhahha i think its time to slang my mobile pre on ebay or too guitarcenter lol..n step up. that thing is really easy to use too. imma look into more interfaces though thanks alot for the help take care...