How to Record and MIDI Sync Instruments with an MPC 1000

This is a tutorial on how to use the midi sync feature on an MPC 1000. It explains how to connect synths with midi ins and outs to the mpc 1000 and how to record midi sequences on it so the instruments can play themselves. My first tutorial so I probably sound like a jackass, but hopefully it will be useful.

Leave any questions or comments you might have, thanks.

******Also the main hook i played on the gaia was from a classic nintendo game that I can't for the life of me remember the title. If anyone recognizes it, let me know so I can give credit.

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[QuiteFranklyTNE]

@bizmarkie507... okay i just did everything...then i selected the instrument i wanted to record from my keyboard....when i was finished...i played it back...the pattern was recorded correctly but it wasnt the instrument i selected...

[bizmarkie507]

@QuiteFranklyTNE was a different instrument playing the pattern you recorded? if that was the case try switching the midi cables in the back of the mpc (change 1 to 2, a to b)

if that didnt work let me know

[joneboogy]

hey i am doing what ur saying but my keyboard is playing the drums and the keyboard sound at the same time how can i change that?

[bizmarkie507]

@joneboogy select Pgr: at the bottom center of the display screen and change it to OFF

[joneboogy]

how do i have drum sounds if the program is off.... and when i have it synced when i press the key of the keyboard it has that sound and the drum sound from the mpc on the key of the keyboard at the same time

[KaersonTV]

@bizmarkie507

Ok :) that's what I though, MPC is a very flexible tool, thanks ;)

[bizmarkie507]

@KaersonTV yes, i did that for a song i wrote once. recorded individual chords into the mpc, trimmed them individually, set them to individual pads and recorded the sequence i wanted by hitting the pads in real time. its very effective.

[KaersonTV]

@bizmarkie507

Hey, first of all, thanks a lot for the video! I'll have a little question. I'm not a very skillful piano player, and I was wondering if recording only audio (insted of midi) into the mpc would be a good solution? I mean, Let's suppose I want to play some chord progressions, and I'll record every chord separently, then I just play the chords with pads, do you think it's possible to obtein good results this way?

[danson480]

fuckin sick man