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By cnote512 Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:17 pm
hey there, well my question is how i can hook up my yamaha keyboard to my mpc4000 so that i get the sound on my mpc. i got the midi cable and hooked it to my keyboard (out) and the mpc in, i see the bar going up and down when i hit the keys on my keyboard but i dont get no sound on the mpc.
so anyone know whats i doing wrong, let me know?
so if u got some answeres? get at me,
i would appreciate thats
well hope someone helps me out on this one
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By adrian Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:09 pm
Midi cables do not transmit sound. You need to connect audio patch cables out from the Yami to the Input on the MPC. :roll:
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By TheFirstJimBo Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:25 am
the mpc4000 dont do that! :shock:

I thought it recorded audio through midi!

By adrian Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:42 am
There is a way of emulating a multi-track recorder with the 4K. it is somewhere here on the forum. I will look it up.

By adrian Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:48 am
found right quick.

*******Emulating DAW Recording *******

A) To emulate auto-recording with a pre-programmed MIDI note:

* Prepare an empty Drum Program and in Zone, force all KGs to CONST/ONE SHOT
* In MULTI, assign this Program to a Part of the current Multi, and assign
this Part to an internal MIDI channel, say 1B
* In RECORD, set Trigger via MIDI note on the same MIDI channel, say 1B, and set a slightly longer record time than you want to record (so you can manually stop recording when needed)
* In MAIN, set a new Drum Track out to INT-B, Ch:1
* IN STEP EDIT, insert a note, say Pad A01, at the time where you want to
start recording
* In RECORD, arm recording (waiting for MIDI note)
* Put the sequence in Play
* At the pre-programmed time (Pad event), recording will start automatically
* When you want to end recording, press F6:STOP, or wait until record
finishes automatically at the end of the programmed record time
* Press F5: ADD PGM, select the empty Drum Program prepared above
* Hit the same Pad, say A01, and press F6:DO IT
-> the recorded sample will play in sync with the rest of the sequence


B) To emulate recording on-the-fly:

* Prepare an empty Drum Program and in Zone, force all KGs to CONST/ONE SHOT
* In MULTI, assign this Program to a Part of the current Multi, and assign
this Part to an internal MIDI channel, say 1B
* In RECORD, set Trigger via MIDI note on the sane MIDI channel, say 1B, and set a slightly longer record time than you want to record (so you can
manually stop recording when needed)
* In MAIN, set a new Drum Track out to INT-B, Ch:1
* Turn Timing Correct OFF (so that the MIDI note is not quantized)
* In RECORD, arm recording (waiting for MIDI note)
* Put the sequence in Record (PLAY+REC or PLAY START+REC)
* When you want to start recording, hit a Pad (Full Level), say Pad A01
* When you want to end recording, press F6:STOP, or wait until record
finishes automatically at the end of the programmed record time
* Press F5: ADD PGM, select the empty Drum Program prepared above
* Hit the same Pad, say A01, and press F6:DO IT
-> the recorded sample will play in sync with the rest of the sequence


Of course, if you want to make multiple recordings, you will need to select
a new Track, and change the MIDI channel or assign the already "recorded" track out to PART (so that it doesn't send the MIDI note to the trigger Channel).
Again, this can be planned ahead of time by preparing the "recording" Tracks in advance and only changing the Track Out (Channel or Part) for each recording."
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I'm just the messenger here, Big Up for Rob!!!, who posted these tips here on the Forum,

Rob my man take a bow Wink

@ CNOTE512, in the MPC4000 section of the forum there is a thread called the Newbie bible, read it. There is a ton of stuff in there. Some basic and a bit more complex things also. READ IT!!!!!