Quick Question about Midi...

I know you can trigger sounds on the MPC using inst patches but is there a way I can use the onboard sounds on the keyboard itself and record that into my beat using the MPC?? My roommate told me to just start a fresh blank track but that didn't work. Any ideas? Thank in advance!

UBANKRECORDS wrote:I know you can trigger sounds on the MPC using inst patches but is there a way I can use the onboard sounds on the keyboard itself and record that into my beat using the MPC?? My roommate told me to just start a fresh blank track but that didn't work. Any ideas? Thank in advance!

of course! its not called midi production center for nothing!

If you have a triton on midi out A, then just go to the track and select midi a1. That will trigger sounds from the triton into the MPC.

If you have a Prophet 8 on midi out b, just go to a diff track and select b1 and lay down something. So on and so on...

Thanks diego. Yeah I know it could work just was confused at what I was doing wrong. I'll try again later. Its not a triton just a Yamaha PSR 100

Still didn't work. I can trigger sounds on the MPC with the keyboard. But when I try to play the onboard sounds from the keyboard to the MPC it records to the keyboard and not the MPC. I've tried both ways on midi Out/In. Went to blank track and nothing. I'm stuck. Maybe my keyboards to damn old.

And actually MPC stands for Music Production Center

UBANKRECORDS wrote:Still didn't work. I can trigger sounds on the MPC with the keyboard. But when I try to play the onboard sounds from the keyboard to the MPC it records to the keyboard and not the MPC. I've tried both ways on midi Out/In. Went to blank track and nothing. I'm stuck. Maybe my keyboards to damn old.

And actually MPC stands for Music Production Center

do you have a mixer? If so, how do you have it hooked? How do you have the MPC hooked to it and vice versa....

And actually MPC stands for Music Production Center[/quote]


NO, it actually does not! Diego was right. MPC stands for MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER, been that way since the first MPC that came out, and I my man you really need to read your manual! You are asking some of the most basic stuff there is that an MPC does!

I am not trying to be a jerk here, I just really think you would greatly benefit from either reading or re-reading your manual again, you have an MPC 5000 and the stuff your not able to figure out is only the very beginning of what this beast can do! Open your manual and open your mind and expand your music!


PEACE

caseysherrell wrote: MPC stands for MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER, been that way since the first MPC that came out

Casey.. he's actually right.. seems Numark changed it... but all the old school heads know the deal...



"akai MPCs (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Center) are a popular and well respected series of electronic musical instruments originally designed by Roger Linn and produced by the Japanese company Akai from 1988 onwards."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Production_Center

diegoeskryptic wrote:

caseysherrell wrote: MPC stands for MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER, been that way since the first MPC that came out

Casey.. he's actually right.. seems Numark changed it... but all the old school heads know the deal...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Production_Center

MPCs originally stood for Midi Production Centers. The current line of MPCs stand for Music Production Centers because they do significantly more than just sequence MIDI devices.

caseysherrell wrote:And actually MPC stands for Music Production Center

NO, it actually does not! Diego was right. MPC stands for MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER, been that way since the first MPC that came out, and I my man you really need to read your manual! You are asking some of the most basic stuff there is that an MPC does!

I am not trying to be a jerk here, I just really think you would greatly benefit from either reading or re-reading your manual again, you have an MPC 5000 and the stuff your not able to figure out is only the very beginning of what this beast can do! Open your manual and open your mind and expand your music!


PEACE[/quote]
Dude....give me more credit than that. I've been through the manual and did what it said with no success. I'm guessing it has to be my keyboard.

caseysherrell wrote:And actually MPC stands for Music Production Center

NO, it actually does not! Diego was right. MPC stands for MIDI PRODUCTION CENTER, been that way since the first MPC that came out, and I my man you really need to read your manual! You are asking some of the most basic stuff there is that an MPC does!

I am not trying to be a jerk here, I just really think you would greatly benefit from either reading or re-reading your manual again, you have an MPC 5000 and the stuff your not able to figure out is only the very beginning of what this beast can do! Open your manual and open your mind and expand your music!


PEACE[/quote]
Dude....give me more credit than that. I've been through the manual and did what it said with no success. I'm guessing it has to be my keyboard.

do you have a mixer? If so, how do you have it hooked? How do you have the MPC hooked to it and vice versa.... When you go to sample mode, do you see the levels moving?

OK, I made a mistake! I didn't know Numark changed it, and I must say that is really stupid! Why would they change a piece of History? I mean changing the original name is really sort of, well its just not right!

My other point was to Ubank; I was not trying to be a jerk, I just got out my manual after reading your post and looked through it and found what you needed, that is why I said that! I am not trying to be one of those RTFM guy's here, its just that I read my manuals all the time, and use them for reference all the time and all my gear, it is the most commonly overlooked part of production (Manuals).

If this doesn't apply to you, then sobeit, i was just saying it might help that's all!

PEACE

yeah, you gotta have that manual near by sometimes, especially dealing with a lot of different pieces of equipment sometime

I have an old ass pioneer amp and now I'm 80% sure thats why its not working. I'm gonna take it to school and have my instructors show me if there's a way.