MPC As A Sequencer

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Kavie

Kavie

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This might sound like a stupid question, being that I've had my MPC2000XL for over 4 years. But I bought it based on the hype of the name and being young and just buying the first thing I seen without really know everything about it; although I now love it and what I know how to do with it as of now.

But my question is:

I see in a lot of post regarding the MPC that you guys say that a lot of people like using the MPC for it sequencing when running other hardware (keyboards, modules, etc.). What exactly is it that you guys mean by this? I do know that you can control other things with the MPC via MIDI (and vice versa) and I do this with the setup I have. Currently I'm using my MPC, a Casio keyboard as a MIDI controller and Reason. Could someone explain what I asked about above and also, would I need or would it even be possible to use the MPC this way with my setup? Thanks in advance.
 
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Basically You doing it but your using them computer sounds...i use my mpc3000 as the sequencer..no computer programs....I have A roland Jp8000 I use as my controller and I have that on the midi out A so I can also use its sounds. On B I have my motif rack, and C I have the proteus 2000, D I have the studio electronics Atc and daisy chained to that i have the Wavestation Sr...
here is battlecat sequencing on his 3000 and using sound modules like me....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcvhpbcK4lo
 
Kavie

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Okay. So basically, I'm recording the actually notes/sequences onto the MPC instead of the modules (or Reason in my case) and the MPC is controlling the modules/Reason. That's all it is?
 
Nonstop

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yeah the mpc is controlling the sounds in reason as if it was a module if you have it connected right...

my settup goes,

Oasys88 (master keyboard controller) to midi in on MPC4000

midi a to Oasys

midi b to motif

midi c to fantom

midi d to MPC2000xl (this gets confusing to some, but im using the other two midi outputs on the MPC2000xl to split the last 16 channels of midi d on the 4000)

then on the MPC2000xl

midi a to the pc

midi b to korg radius (since the korg radius only uses midi channel, i still have 15 i can route to the pc via pro tools and fxpansion-vst-to-rtas(vst's, samples, reason, xpand, hybrid, ect ect))

so if you route one of your midi outs to your pc, and configure your reason to be a slave to the mpc, you can use your mpc to sequence your reason sounds
 
Kavie

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Nonstop said:
yeah the mpc is controlling the sounds in reason as if it was a module if you have it connected right...

my settup goes,

Oasys88 (master keyboard controller) to midi in on MPC4000

midi a to Oasys

midi b to motif

midi c to fantom

midi d to MPC2000xl (this gets confusing to some, but im using the other two midi outputs on the MPC2000xl to split the last 16 channels of midi d on the 4000)

then on the MPC2000xl

midi a to the pc

midi b to korg radius (since the korg radius only uses midi channel, i still have 15 i can route to the pc via pro tools and fxpansion-vst-to-rtas(vst's, samples, reason, xpand, hybrid, ect ect))

so if you route one of your midi outs to your pc, and configure your reason to be a slave to the mpc, you can use your mpc to sequence your reason sounds
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Okay, so I'm already doing this. I have my keyboard connected to the MIDI In2 of the MPC and the MPC running in and out to my PC using a USB MIDI cable.

Okay, this brings up another question. Is it possible to set up each device in Reason to a seperate channel on the MPC so that I can mute, solo, etc. the devices in Reason from the MPC?

Also, I've been thinking about investing in some hardware. With something like a Triton rack, how would I play multiple sounds at once when composing a track? Does the Triton rack, Motif rack, and others have multi-track features like keyboard versions do?
 
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