MPC 1000 to Pro Tools 8 in sync via midi - Tracking out Beats

[MRHDOTCOM1]

@Griffondabeat, all the cords leaving the mpc would be the assignable audio outs going into the interface.

[Griffondabeat]

if your doing only via midi... why do you have so many cords coming out of your MPC?

[egizo]

ok, so what are the settings on the mpc nigga . dont you hit midi/sync on the mpc ?????

[jose9899]

i hav an mv8800 and an axiom pro 61 and an mbox protools le. how can i get all of my equipment into pro tools.

[AzmaMusic]

nice video. i got a question tho, i wanna sample but not using a record player. i wanna sample by using pro tools. do you know how to do that?

[DjDoobz]

Hello sir, and nice instructional video right here! I'm afraid I got a question though: If I recall correctly, the MPC 1000 only has 2 stero Outputs, so how come you can record 6 audio tracks at a time? It's really what I'm trying to figure out, so any answer would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance, and again good job.

[bdailey412]

Wat interface are you using to midi the mpc into pro tools?

[GhostFace2k3]

yeah dog! hell yeah!

[AGSyke]

quick questions, do you you the midi out from the mpc going in to your Mbox 2 in and vice versa to get your midi clock syncd??

[actafewl]

yo man i have a midi controller that has 16 pads on it like an mpc is it possible to run that through protools and use xpand for the sounds?

[justinlecktschimmel]

hello cool video but i have a question can i do this with cubase too ?

[illbeatzdotcom]

@justinlecktschimmel Thanks for watching, Yes you can do this with Cubase too. Would you like me to make a video for it?

[justinlecktschimmel]

@illbeatzdotcom yes of cours that would be cool ;D

[illbeatzdotcom]

@justinlecktschimmel ok i will do that, keep watching my channel and you will see your video request

[daboulkioutaw]

how do you record your projects directly to the harddrive?

[illbeatzdotcom]

@daboulkioutaw do you mean the hard drive or memory card on your MPC? when you record into a D.A.W. on your computer that is to your hard drive. Make sure to check your program of choice properties and settings area for recording, sessions and destination.

[daboulkioutaw]

@illbeatzdotcom ok thx, i have a more complicated question, i didnt understand how did you send each track to each channel on pro tools ... can i do this with only midi ????

[dbanga5]

hey does your beats ever sound off a lil bit recording in to protools ,like when u record to protools it doesnt loop the same

[illbeatzdotcom]

@dbanga5 it happened to me like a month ago and it bugged the hell out of me so i un-installed pro tools and re-installed a fresh copy and it works perfect again.

I know this isn't a very good fixing method but it was the quickest and only way i knew how.

It was was weired, kind of like a pop or crackle at the very beginning of the loop. I hope you find a faster and more permanent solution to this issue.

Good Luck :)

[bigberg3k]

@illbeatzdotcom Hey man my sole purpose in life right now is to stop the pop at the end or beginning of my loop, my set-up is identical to yours but with the 5000 and cubase sx3. So do you still get that pop at the end when trying to make perfect 8 bar loops...? maybe I'll just re-install

[trzackery]

i see you cables 5 and 6 are in the stereo left and right ports.... how do you get those to record to single tracks no matter which way i pan i dont hear any sound.

[efpierpo]

nicely done my good man.

[YungJayTelevsion]

hey bro i had a question, i have the mbox mini and mpc 500. would my equipment work the same ways as urs???????

[Beamish604]

@YungJayTelevsion prob not, the mini doesnt have MIDI connections

[undefeated1000]

@YungJayTelevsion i've contacted digidesign so many times about the mbox mini for syncing my fantom to protools and they dont even know what to do. i dont think that it will sync because the mbox mini clock source is external only my advise is that you buy the mbox 2 right now its on sale at guitar center for $272 until the 30th and just sell the mbox mini

[drfangaz]

@YungJayTelevsion best thing to do if you don't have midi is to track two sounds out at a time by using the stereo left and right output. Make sure to pan each sound completely to the right and the other to the left. To keep all sampled sound in sync. First, you should track in a two bar metronome click from the mpc. Use this as your reference pattern to line up all the rest of your samples used in the beat. Also, make sure to have the grid in pro tools set to 1/8.

[majkel008]

Is it also possible on MPC 2000XL to record all track separated at once to Pro Tools?

[iildjentertainment]

change your hardware buffer and you should lose that gap in the beginning. Something like 128 should be good..

[AlexPittEdu]

Yah... but from my experience, using the same equipment you have, there is a tiny gap in the beginning of every track you track out to pro tools. let me know if you have this or not cause I'm real curious and the cats on gearslutz keep saying dumb shit like "user error." This gap is so small you can't see it in normal view, you really gotta zoom in. but I can hear it's there when I have midi recorded in pro tools and it doesn't sync right with what gets tracked from the mpc... pt sucks for beats

[TheAxisCollective]

the tiny gap is likely from the latency or buffer size setting in pro tools. in "playback engine" if you have 1024 selected, you'll have 1024 samples at the beginning before it records. this is the DAW buffering so that it can record. on a LE system, this can only be minimized, but not entirely avoided. it's easy enough to chop out the small gap at the beginning in tools though, right?

[Greco402]

@TheAxisCollective ur right man...I just started tweaking my buffer settings when doing vocals and mixing, the buffer should be set to the lowest setting during recording and the highest setting for mixing/playback...that should help a little

[MOTUDP5]

awsome sh*t bro,,, i wanna get my set up that way.... still new here so guess i gotz to wait for someone to help me lol

[ryan519killa]

no 1 can help u but urself get googlin

[MOTUDP5]

hmm maybe but wont hurt to get help lol

[Jahronomo]

yo vince...

Any chance in you doin a tutorial for the way you connect that? I just uprgraded to PT 8...and I wanna line my MPC into it. Can you help a guy out? or at least give me some quick ref points? anything is good man!

[ilikebbwvideos]

Yo IllBeats this is exactly what I want man I am new with the MPC and am real slow at figuring out technical things man is there anyway you could help me out to figure out what I need to do? Cause I always gotta make my beat then bounce it on pro tools out the stereo outs and pan things hard left hard right one track at a time. I have the MPC 5000 and pro tools 7.4 and an Mbox2. I need the digi 002 for all those inputs though or what? Please help bro sorry to be a burden.

[illbeatzdotcom]

lol it's illBeatz,

unfortunately yes, that's the only way to do it with the mbox 2.

if you want to record more than 2 outputs from your mpc 5000 simultaneously you will need to get a 002, 002 rack or 003, 003 rack if you plan on recording into pro tools.

[vfloyd2012]

damn, ive got the 5000 and the mbox 2....so you saying i cant track anything into protools??!!

[vfloyd2012]

ill beatz i know i hit you up before, but ima bout to go crazy man. My question is, how to i get the beats i made into my mpc into protools, i dont care if i have to do them 2 at a time or one at a time, but hot do i do it. I Use: mpc5000 mbox 2- mac PLEASE HELP

[vfloyd2012]

did you ever figure out how to track the 5000 into protools?

[HesamIAm]

thanks man!

[DroppinumProductions]

yo u got dat hooked up pretty nice... im bout to jump on pro tools u needa show me how to do dat.. nice beat 2, lovin the horns.. holla

[MrSamslab]

nice.... big help, peace

[juliusvanijperen]

why making that kind of hiphop with an mpc? sorry, nice vid.. but i don't like the music.. with the mpc sampling is the best thing you can do!! grap ya old vinyl records and search for nice samples, get it into your mpc and voila..

one question, do you have m-audio hardware with protools, otherwise logic is more efficient to use

[PeterCPohl]

Don't hate man. I agree about the music, but obviously the vid's about the relationship between the MPC and the program, not the music. All new Logic is Mac only numnizzuts. You want to explain to me why Logic is better if you're not using hardware and why M-Audio stuff specifically is needed to make the use of Pro-Tools a better option over Logic?

[illbeatzdotcom]

I made the beat in like 3 minutes just for the video man.. this video is what PeterCPohl said, the relationship between the MPC 1000 and the program Pro Tools. No i don't have m-audio hardware, just digi design.

Thanks for posting

[KingOfTheWorld]

you gotta have a rack in order to rekord multiple tracks at a time?