#82

If anyone uses a Magpie Modular Dubldeca I came up with some modified code for it and my MPC1k that can be found here. All the trigs on one channel, an accent for kick/toms and a different accent out for snare/clap/hats. Kept 3 CC/CV outs, 2 voices with gate-1v/oct-velocity, and 16th note clock out with a reset (play=high). Also implemented MIDI sync correctly so it’ll stay in time with the master transport no matter where the transport starts.

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#83

wha wha what??? analog triggers on the 950??? never heard about it!!! checkin them out immediately!!

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#84

does anyone know if there is a version of JJOS that lets you map aftertouch to LFO depth or Q-links to effects sends?

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#85

aaargh! i get why i didn’t know about the ask 90… it is not compatible with the s950, 900 only damn :slight_smile: i was having wet dreams of triggering the 950 from the modular eheheh

#86

@hyena Yeah it’s only for the S900, I trigger it from meadowphysics

Used to have a couple of them, before I picked up the 950.

had a greed purge but regret getting rid of one

I believe the dynacord add-one has trigggers on the optional board but they are like rocking horse poo :slight_smile:

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#87

The new drumsynths are very nice, and as with the existing onboard synths the real value is having them integrated into a capable sampler, strengthening the One’s (in my case) position as an all-in-one standalone sound designer. The onboard synths come in for quite a bit of flak, and they can suffer in comparison to dedicated hardware if you only use them ‘live’ - but once you treat then as sample sources, they become an enormously useful part of the MPC’s ecosystem.

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#88

what’s the best way to do this?

resampling workflow on current mpc hardware is uncharted terrain for me

or do you mean having another sampler working in tandem?

#89

you can bounce clips, i don’t know how from memory, but i’ve seen videos on YT of people doing that. You select a track or sequence and export to clip

Maybe this is how to do it

#90

Really nice tips. Thank you

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#91

you are very welcome! i’ll post more when i find out! sharing is always a great pleasure :slight_smile:

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#92

if we talk internal synths (or even external ones hooked up by midi) the easiest way is Autosampler!

on a track load up a plugin, craft your sound with the synth, then go to menù -> sampler -> hit the small keyboard icon in the top bar (autosampler). set it the way you want and let it do its magic! it will spit out a full on keygroup program (with up to 4 velocity layers if you want).

if you want to sample an external synth, go to a track, switch it to external midi track, set up port and channel, route the synth outs back to the mpc inputs, then go menu–>sampler and do exactly the same as internal plugins!

talking one shot percussive sounds, load up a sample, tweak it, add effects etc… then from the edit program’s effect page hit Flatten Pad, it will bounce in place your sound and you have it on the same pad.

for more complex stuff you can load up whatever, write a sequence, use effects in insert and sends, do automations etc… then from the main page click on the pencil in the program area (the lower part of the screen) then hit bounce to sample.

lots of ways to do stuff in the mpc now !

of course you can also do real time:
load up a program of whatever type, go to menu—>sampler set inputs to resampling (mono or stereo), hit record and start playing your pads!

@spqr6510: AKAI ME35T 8 analog inputs to midi trigger, configurable! i just found out, they are pretty cheap on the 2nd hand market (about 80 euros), plus you can use them with other gear as well! triggering the mpc from the modular too! mmmmm…

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#93

@hyena Yeah I was on the lookout for the ME35T when I found the S900.

I believe they are basically the same and analog triggers are so much fun.

:slight_smile:

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#94

Anyone else here using a s612? I picked one up recently and really love the way it works. So great sounding and simple but so easy to use and tweak. Particularly interested if anyone has a midi-modded version?

#95

Sorry, missed the notification for this one but the other answers cover the options very clearly. Basically any sound the MPC is making can easily be fed into its own sampler or recorded to an audio track (e.g. for longer improvised sounds, such as live tweaking of the internal synth parameters). For the drum synth you might just decide to sample a single hit to remove the RAM requirements of having the synth there, or you might capture four bars of a full beat with effects applied, so you can timestretch it or chop it up / reverse it and so on - things that you can’t do, or can’t easily do, in the sequencer/plugin. With the internal synths - well, it’s the same, really; anything goes. Multisample a patch, grab a massive CPU-hogging chord as a sample, capture a few minutes of filter tweaking into an audio track (and then maybe chop that up for the sampler), etc. etc.

As I say, I think the plugins are really nice to have, but I still approach the MPC as a sampler first and foremost, so for me the plugins are chiefly convenient internal sample sources. There’s the ever-present threat of endless tweaking with the soft synths, which can be short-circuited by shifting the sound into a sample and removing the plugin; then you’re committed, and you can move on. I really like using the MPC One because it supports all this very effectively, and it always feels like there’s space in which to to do these things.

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#96

The resampling on the new MPCs is top notch. There are also commands to instantly bounce pads, tracks, and even full sequences to new samples. Like you can step record a chord sequence, bounce to sample, and chop it up so you have the chords mapped in a new drum programme about as fast as you can think it. It’s great.

I wish the sampler had more mangling features, though. Like I wish there was a way to crossfade between layers live, you can do it with automation, but I don’t think there’s a way to do it with an envelope or a controller. Granular stuff would be good. More advanced LFOs…

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#97

Oh that sounds fun, this resampling process is only available on the recent MPC ? Not the old MPC1000, right ?
Edit: sorry, I misread. « new MPC », you mentioned it. My mistake :wink:

#98

I’ve never used an older MPC, so I can’t say if bouncing sequences to samples etc. was available. It seems like something that works better with the almost unlimited RAM on the new ones.

(I say almost unlimited; you can load about 50 minutes of stereo sound in, if you have a lot of multisampled instruments or very long tracks, you can hit a ceiling, but for many workflows it’s not something you have to worry about)

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#99

I know JJOS2XL on the 1k made bouncing/resampling pretty easy and it gives you audio tracks like the 2500 but you pretty much hit the nail on the head - with only 128MB ram you run out of space really fast. I’ve snagged things on an 8 bar loop before and bounced out loops but not much else past that. Depending on how you work though you could easily bounce out a 3 min track on the 1k but it’s only going to be that one render​:joy::rofl:

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#100

MPC as Slave, cannot record audio.

So, thought I’d start here trying to figure out if there is a way to solve this. I am slaving my MPC One. This works fine in terms of start, stop and sync. However, when I try to record an audio track, there must be something in the midi stream that kicks off record enable for the track or it is a glitch in the MPC. I checked the manual under the Sync Section and no mention of MTC not allowing audio recording. Thoughts?

I have a video of the issue here: https://youtu.be/qHI8GnwmExs

FYI, the timing in the video drifts because I was trying various sequencers to see if the problem lay with the master device. I think I left a bpm change in the middle of the master sequence and it caused havoc in the MPC timing.

#101

As an aside, I have sent a off to Akai.