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By jorge guzman Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:56 pm
whats going on people. i wanna sync my mpc to my computer but i dont got a clue to how to do this. i wanna record my beats from my mpc into my computer to sequence everything there. im running sonar but have never used it so im thinking of getting a new soundcard and the mackie control mixer, does this sound about right or do i need more equipment to sync everything.

good looks to anyone who responds
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By jorge guzman Fri Feb 21, 2003 9:41 pm
damn its like that, nobody wants to help the new guy
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By oceanstatekilla Sat Feb 22, 2003 12:35 am
jorge guzman whats up , get pro tools for your computer then it will be all gravy

By elmacaco Sat Feb 22, 2003 12:44 am
vamos jorge,

I haven't done this yet, but I have been thinking about it.

what you want to do is connect your computer's midi out to mpc's midi in and mpc out to computer's midi in. make sure your sequencer is outputting either midi clock or midi time code. Then you have to set your MPC to slave to the incomming midi clock. I have a 60, so it might be different on a 2000 or xl. on the 60 each sequence has a section to the left of the tempo that says (seq) or (mas) which is what is setting the tempo, either the sequence, or the master. the master you set with the midi/sync screen, where you switch the sequence to master, say what format and what input it comes in from.

then you go into sonar, make sure it's spittin midi clock or time code out of the midi out, same frame rate for MTC, etc.

when you press start on your computer, the mpc should follow along. Midi time code will lock the song position pointer in the mp to the computer, Midi clock will just clock it from where it is. either should be accurate enough for your needs. to get the mpc's midi into the seq, either just select a midi track and play/record, or export a midi file from the mpc and load it to the computer.

By famekeyz Sat Feb 22, 2003 2:51 am
yea what that kid is said is right!