record to cd

does any one know how to convert a song on the mpc1000 to mp3 or wav file so you can burn your instrumental to a cd.

thanks.

I am in the beginners stages of this and I use Audacity on my pc to record the instrumental (song) and then convert it to the format of choice. Audacity is a free software and all you do is connect your MPC through the Line in on your PC or Mac.. It is very basic and easy to use... I hope this helps. Once converted and saved on your PC/Mac you can then put it on a CD like any other song as well as upload it to the web. Good luck...


There are def other ways to do this, and I am sure someone will chime in with more/better info on this.

Buy a digital recorder that saves onto a CD or Memory stick. Check out CG. They definatly have them there.
Heres one ive heard good things about:http://www.guitarcenter.com/TASCAM-DP-02FX-CD-Digital-Portastudio-241788-i1380023.gc

Im shure there are other ways but this is how i'd do it...

Hope this helps!

SHWELL wrote:Audacity is a free software and all you do is connect your MPC through the Line in on your PC or Mac. Once converted and saved on your PC/Mac you can then put it on a CD like any other song as well as upload it to the web. Good luck...

The problems I see with that option are:

01_ Your sound card needs to be top quality (if it's the basic sound card of your computer, the sound will flat anyway you try to do it);
02_ Sound quality will be reduced because of the analog way of recording it to your computer: by connecting your MPC to your computer using two 1/4 cables from "Stereo Out" of the MPC into the 1/8 "microphone in" of your computer (by using some king of adapter so that those two 1/4 cables can be connected to the one 1/8 "microphone in" of your computer...) you are hooking two digital machines via analog cables, wich makes absolutly no sense at all. Plus, in Audacity, you will have to play with the record gain, wich obviously will reduce the quality because your original samples will at that point be "record gained" twice (when you sample from a record, you probably do it the analog style, meaning sampling in your MPC via the analog option and tweaking the record gain so the sound doesn't distort and can be as loud as possible. Then, to transfert you final beat to your computer, all the samples will have to be "record gained" again...!)

It really seems weird to record form a digital machine (the MPC) into another digital machine (the computer) via analog cables.

You would think Akai would've developed a computer application that reads sequences, programs, song, etc. from wich you could simply export into wavs!

But no...

Seems like we need to buy other expensive stuff, like sound cards, digital recorders, etc.

I still didn't figure this one out, and it s_cks!

Al I can say is I get 9th Wonder to stick with his Fruity Loops: he samples in his computer, and from there, everything remains digital!

Another way:

You could resample your beat with your MPC via the "Main Out" option, but your beat will sound weak as well because of the master level in the "Other mode".

In the manual, it says this:

"When the MAIN OUT is selected, you cannot adjust the
recording level When the MAIN OUT is selected, the recording
level is decided by the setting of Master level in the GLOBAL
page of the OTHER mode. The initial setting of the Master level
is –12dB as the output sound will not distort when many samples
are played back simultaneously. If you record one sample through
MAIN OUT with this setting, the recorded sample level is lower
than the original sample level. In this case, if you set the Master
level to 0dB, the recorded sample level is same as the original
sample level."

Somebody once told me to put the db to "0", but of course, the sound distorted.

I also tried at -6dB, and yes, it distorted as well.

!

I have had similar difficulties when recording into pro tools with the digital out. Seems like through my monitors, I get a great, balanced song, but when I bounce to mp3, the highs are way too high, and the rest seems like it's on mute. No clue what I'm doing wrong.

Do you listen ur mp3's over your monitors as well? Something that sounds great on monitors can sound like real crap listen it through some hi-fi speakers or simple i-pod headphones.

Check ur eq. Do use the same levels for recording as well for listening? It's actually recomended to turn your eq off during recording.

It can also be something in the mixing process. I think you should multitrack it in protools, and set the levels, eq, and effects for each track individually. But if you want someone on the forum to help you out, you need to describe the things you do more specific.

krissserz wrote:Another way:

You could resample your beat with your MPC via the "Main Out" option, but your beat will sound weak as well because of the master level in the "Other mode".

In the manual, it says this:

"When the MAIN OUT is selected, you cannot adjust the
recording level When the MAIN OUT is selected, the recording
level is decided by the setting of Master level in the GLOBAL
page of the OTHER mode. The initial setting of the Master level
is –12dB as the output sound will not distort when many samples
are played back simultaneously. If you record one sample through
MAIN OUT with this setting, the recorded sample level is lower
than the original sample level. In this case, if you set the Master
level to 0dB, the recorded sample level is same as the original
sample level."

Somebody once told me to put the db to "0", but of course, the sound distorted.

I also tried at -6dB, and yes, it distorted as well.

!

You need to adjust the volume based on the song. Sometimes it will be -6, sometimes -8, but it really depends on the music you are doing. There is no one single setting that will always work for every song. It also helps to put a little compression on it before you do this.

the distortion is probably because of your master effect e.q. and compression settings.
say you have the eq set to +6db at 60 hz when you record the sample, you'll have an extra 6db at this frequency when you play it back after resampling...unless you turn off the master effects before/after recording.