Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By Rokgod Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:56 pm
I am using PT mp 7.4 on a macbook pro with M-audio Projectmix, and an mpc2500

i got the midi OUT of the pmix plugged into the 1st midi IN on the mpc

I set the 1st midi IN of the mpc to (slave) then lets say i choose Beat Clock

In Pro Tools I go to Midi Beat Clock, and check off use ProjectMix, and check off everything for Beat clock so that works

everything works, it controls the MPC and records and everything, but in Protools everything is slightly off sync in the grid, i have to manually quanitze and go through a bunch of trouble, i know there's something wrong

ITS EVEN WORSE WHEN I TRY USING MTC

In Mpc, I go to Slave again, set it to MTC

Ok back to protools, I have everything set up correctly under Session, checked off "using MTC" and got 30 preroll. I go to Peripherals, Go to MTC Generator and check off the projectmix and I even went to Digidesigns site and followed their instructions to set this all up

BUT when all the MTC settings in PT and my MPC seem to be set up perfectly correct, i go to press play on my Project Mix it just wont communicate with my MPC

so basically to sum it up, I cant get MTC to work at all

and Midi Beat Clock works but doesn't really work

what am i doing wrong, i bet people are laughing at me right now

PS- my condenser mic makes clicking and popping noises all the time, is my mic broken? could it be a bad xlr cable? or do u think its maybe a Projectmix/phantom power problem?
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By dablunt Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:43 pm
which mpc os are you running?

do you have any other midi equip that could be interfering?
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By dablunt Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:49 pm
which mpc os are you running?

do you have any other midi equip that could be interfering?
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By Rokgod Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:55 pm
I am using the Akai's OS, not the JJ

pretty sure i have the latest installed

why? does the early akai OS have midi syncing bugs?
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By Rokgod Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:32 pm
ok i check and i got 1.23 installed, the newest one akai put out
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By Rokgod Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:03 pm
ok now MTC seems to be working since i updated the 2500 OS to 1.23

everthing seems on beat too, just its cutting out the first 2 bars, i think thats normal though so we're good

i cant beleive I needed to update the OS to get it to work