Akai mpc Connect external gear via midi . program change - beginners Mpc tutorial

[@robpayneiii]

quick question. how do you make the digitone be the master transport and make the mpc the slave and be able to record the notes coming from the digitone when the play button is clicked on the digitone, while the mpc is in stand alone ?

[@beatrocka5]

You had me cracking up on here, but I know you really make banging beats. You’ve explained the MIDI connection really well, though. Thanks for this. It gets so confusing at times, especially dealing with new devices.

[@Soundtraxtv]

Just the info I needed. Thanks for Sharing.

[@jellebolijnlive]

How did you get your MPC to send those program changes on an instant? When I try to mimic your setup it doesn't change the pattern instantly, but it waits like 4 bars.

[@sirlordcomixx1]

Great video, just what i needed Got the Digitone also so very helpful, was having trouble doing chords on Digitone but this is a helpful workaround, and like you the random sounds and sequence was rubbish but you cleared up issues for me. Nice.

[@oO5Dynasty]

how can I send a sample wav file to my reverb pedal to add reverb using my walrus audio Descent reverb pedal?

[@mpchead]

Mpc live? you can use the extra outputs you have and send the pad that has the sample to output 3/4 from the pad mixer menu.

[@IDONTPLAYENT]

I never used program changes but I’m gonna try it out tonight. Oh and I got my Digitone. Man I love the flute patch. Great video

[@mpchead]

Yes, crazy how you can get sounds like that from a synth.

[@bigwolph6544]

I was looking for that video too. Thanks man...I’m about to go crazy tonight with my mpc live and microkorg. I hope it works.

[@chillwise3545]

Yo.....I'm trying to play notes from the Microkorg and be able to record them into the mpc live....I can't figure out the midi. Help me out if you can...Thanks

[@sinewaymusic]

Can you hit record on the MPC and change the program from the MPC and have those changes recorded into the MPC midi track? Meaning, can you create a long song sequence on the MPC that effectively becomes the missing song mode of the Elektron?

[@mpchead]

you can't record that change.

[@chevere4209]

Great video, curious how different the process would be slaving my S2400 to the Live 2 with pattern changes. Just picked up the Model 12 so I’ve got plenty of inputs.

[@arexpressionsphoto]

Thanks, love your vids. I’m soon to buy the One, and I’m debating a synth. I’m thinking of the Deep Mind 6, which has no pattern sequencer, but does save presets. My question is, do most/all synths that save presets allow you to set the midi channel per preset, allowing you to record several midi tracks on the MPC but with different sounds from the synth presets? Make sense? Thanks.

[@mpchead]

Makes sense but I don't know if it works that way. There are synths that allow you to split the keyboard giving you 2 sounds at once, but you can't access preset via midi, only one sound at a time. And you are always limited to voice polyphony of a synth.

[@arexpressionsphoto]

Marlow Digs - mpc head aah ok, thanks. Deep Mind 6 has 6 voices. I’ll do more research. I just remember back in the late 90’s I had an MPC 2000 and used it with a Proteus 2000 rack, which allowed me to use up to 32 (16a, 16b) presets, but who needs that many. Haha.

[@dannymontreal6316]

You want a “multi-timbral” synth like a Waldorf blofeld, or DSI Tetra. Multi-timbral means you can play multiple patches (or presets) at once.

[@MrLockwise]

Can you send program change from an external device through the mpc to another external device? So from a controller plugged to the mpc I want to change program to an external machine connected to the MPC.

[@HowYouMove]

I have a brand new 1994 Roland JV-1080 MIDI sound Module that has the 5Pin MIDI IN/OUT my question is can I load my sounds from the 1080 into the MPC One with the drums & save the full sequences on a SD card & play them back when I’m traveling?

[@patto9241]

You da mdfkn man subcomandante! 🤘

[@bloodnarcos7992]

Hello excuse me but the câble Green and red is connect from mpc audio in on digitone is same jak🤔

[@salimlamr]

That info 🔥🔥🔥 n thanks for info

[@S1ph3r]

Thanks for the Video! It was really informative towards my decisions. How many external synths would you say that you could hook up to the MPC LIVE ? It seems to be limited by the 2 midi out jacks but if the other external synth has a thru, I would be able to control that right?

[@mpchead]

Yes if it has thru you can add extra synths you can have more than two although I have never tried it.

[@S1ph3r]

@@mpchead would you want to do a follow up video?

[@_0O0O0O0_]

You ever find that when sending PCH from the MPC to external gear, there's a glitch when the program change happens when performing live? Have you found a work around for this?

[@sonicultura]

Exactly same thing I'm trying to figure out here. Do you also have MPC and Digitone? If I have two different sequences with each one having its own Program Change # it takes a whole bar before it changes the actual pattern. My other machines works fine like this... :/

[@_0O0O0O0_]

@@sonicultura My problem is with the MPC and a TR8S. Akai has a firmware upgrade coming out that will allow MIDI over USB through a hub so I'm going to try to connect all my gear through USB to see if that helps. That release is on May 14. If that doesn't work I'm going to get a MIDI Through box so each piece of gear is receiving a copy of the original instead of being chained through each piece of gear. First I'm going to see if the Akai update fixes the problem since that's the most inexpensive solution.

[@jellebolijnlive]

Hi, did you find a workaround for this? Im also trying to send PCH from my MPC to the Digitone! It waits like a bar or more sometimes.

[@salimlamr]

Intro 🔥

[@craigdaubbeats-rapinstrume9185]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you go to a different track and change the sound on the midi device it would also change the original sound to wouldn't it? Unless your midi device has the capability of simultaneously playing/recording multiple tracks. I have the Roland JDXI and I'm still a little lost on how to use it with the MPC X.

[@craigdaubbeats-rapinstrume9185]

Nevermind you covered it! Thanks!

[@natanmandala]

What if you have a bpm of 87 from the digitone or other hardware synth, but you need it to be at a 87.30, can you just set the bpm to 87.30 on the akai live and make the bpm go that fast on the digitone too? Because on my jd xi there is only 87, 88, 89, there isn't 87.1,2,3,4 like on my electribe 2, whatever bpm the digitone is on, is that what the bpm has to be, or can you make the bpm go the speed of the akai live, say at an 87.33 or something?

[@mpchead]

Not sure about other machines but if you have that issue just keep everything in a round number like 87.00bpm

[@gentrol1630]

looking for help with MIDI with MPC ONE. I've got my synth plugged in midi in to mpc midi out . usb is also plugged in. I can see the signal is read on MPC, but no audio is set. I'm sure i just have a setting wrong, but i've tried several configs and nothing seems to produce sound through speakers plugged into MPC. I can get it to work as an audio track and can also get bass station 2 to work as midi controller. anyone able to assist?

[@swishyfish325]

Did you ever figure this out? Also trying to use my bass station on the mpc one

[@fredthebasspro2256]

very helpful thank you

[@LukeLine]

Thanks for this! Great explainer, will setup properly and get this MIDI down, I guess while the mpc controls as the master it will also record the Digitone audio in the program or Sequence?

[@mpchead]

Yes you can do it that way, record your loop straight to an audio track or you can record it in the sampler and chop it up and put all the slices in a program. That's how I do it.

[@dnareti]

@@mpchead are your monitors connected to the mpc or the other machine

[@mpchead]

My audio interface

[@dnareti]

@@mpchead ok thanks. I asked a question on the main comment section. Hopefully you can answer it. 👍👍

[@lwpweb]

ah as i understand the prog changes on mpc are send on track basis not on pattern basis. So different pattern on this track will send the same prog change numbers. For me this is not flexible enpough. should be possible to have the possibility to assign digfferent prog changes to different patterns.

[@davedagreat69]

I'm really struggling with mine. When I play in a bassline from a MIDI keyboard, I just get notes that last the full length of the sequence, not what I played in. What have I got selected that I shouldn't? My MPC2000xl was so much easier to use. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[@mpchead]

Hard to say what is happening, maybe you also have the midi out selected and you're getting feedback. Not sure

[@iscariah71]

nice video but i don t understand why do you keep the same midi program for each track? what if you had 3 tracks with 3 diferent midi programs, what s the difference and the point of these two option?? Tanx a lot

[@mpchead]

That's a good question. Because I just want to send midi notes I can use the same program and it doesn't defeat the purpose. If I was to send cc messages and change some parameters from the midi program I would use another program.

[@mpchead]

You can create a new program for each track if you want, but if you are just sending midi notes it won't make much difference.

[@iscariah71]

mpc head tanx a lot

[@iscariah71]

In fact, you can use one program per machine.

[@mpchead]

Yes you can

[@themastersurgeon5676]

Great brother!

[@dnareti]

Nice video!!. If I hook up my MPC 60 to the mpc live can I sequence it on the mpc live and would it be using the MPC 60 processors to still have that 12 bit sound? I'm wanting to only use the mpc 60 for my drums and the live for my chopped samples.

[@mpchead]

Yeah that should work nice always good to run all you sounds through the 60

[@dnareti]

@@mpchead ok thanks . Is it the same way of hooking them up like you did on the video

[@dnareti]

Sorry for all the questions bro, but if I want to hook up my interface with this as well do I hook up the stereo outputs from the mpc 60 to the interface or the mpc live stereo outs to the interface?

[@mpchead]

javier lopez I don't know the 60 internally but I'd try the outputs from the live to the 60 and then the 60 to the interface.

[@dnareti]

@@mpchead ok . I'll check if that works bro

[@SoulsticeHiphopbeats]

Can you do this to record synths into the mpc? I just want to record a moog bassline from a moog into the mpc live. is this possible? Would i Just do the opposite and have the mpc be midi in?

[@klausgatu1504]

Can you do a video with mpc live 2 and sub 37?

[@Metroplex313]

Can you plug a Mouse to the mpc

[@djdospe1]

i need some help..my mpc is getting the midi signal but i get no sound through the master output...i mean i can record events and stuff but with no sound.. any idea why?

[@mpchead]

IG a video to me so I can see what's on the screen

[@hardkimo8832]

Anyone figure out how to get the screen to work on a mpc touch on mac os?

[@urbannpa]

Thank You!

Can you load a song on different midi tracks to be played on different instruments?

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Is there no latency?

[@calibomber209]

Can you do this with a mpc5000?

[@mpchead]

Yeah, you can connect external gear using midi tracks.

[@dirtyminds1]

Hello , I have a question . Here you connect a 3.5mm adaptor to the midi out? And also you say that there is only 1 midi out in the mpc live. But in mine, I can see 2 midi out and 2 midi in with no addaptors. Is like another version or I'm confussed?

[@mpchead]

This is the Mpc Touch.

[@mrcrumb4302]

...that was freaking me out too.

[@thedeepblueskys]

I have the MPC Touch over the Live version and all I did to multiply the one midi out I have is just plug the midi out into a Quattro Midi Threw spitter box. Now I have 4 Midi outs. All clones of the main midi out, but at least I could still send midi clock to 4 instruments. Then if those instruments have midi threw, then you can even clone the midi clock again. just wanna throw that out there for the newbie. I’m still one my self. Midi is confusing to me.

[@InkyDaCaT]

Great video! Yum digitone is next on da list😉😉 oh circuit for input live stuff into mpc rocks😉 well underestimated kit..but keep rocking you, best now you got us relating to ya personally now...its hard, totally get, I'm girl, if i say i like music they expect super model singing over house tracks😂😂😂😂😂..ahh we know though! Great video! Keep em up star!

[@mpchead]

I will get to the circuit eventually :) You gonna have to get your face up one day :)

[@InkyDaCaT]

@@mpchead 😂 ahh third person to dare me lol, well if camera don't break, might😉

[@simonmodig]

Hey.. Is it possible to rout the inputs separate to the mixer somehow? Not just monitor them but also pan, filter, use effects and so on. Also separate, not in a stereo pair? Thing is, I always use that function on analog 4. It's soo smooth when you wanna just grab the analog 4 or octatrack and take it to a friend for some jams and just plug in like two monosynths or something straight into it, discarding the need for a small mixer.

[@mpchead]

Hve you tried using audio tracks to input signal? You can make them input only mono.

[@simonmodig]

@@mpchead I don't own a mpc live yet. I'm currently choosing between this and octa mkII. I've had the analog 4, machinedrum, mpc 1K and several setups with machines and mixing consoles. Thing is, I really liked the external ins on the analog four and other elektron gear. It was so easy to just grab that single box and meet up with a friend and connect one or two of his/hers gear into the analog four and just jam. No need for a mixer or anything. On the octa there are 4 inputs like that, which is huge, but I'm more into the mpc workflow. I've searched the manual and the web for information about this, but I havent found anything. I might be searching for the wrong thing but it ceartinly isnt clear :)

[@mpchead]

I'd say that for live performance the octatrack interesting prob better than the mpc. For studio and music production the mpc is better.

[@slimetoven4667]

Thanks For The Gem 💎

[@MK-qu3dm]

Gooood ✌✌✌

[@keyboyrecords]

WTF no normal midi out on the live.

[@mpchead]

This is a touch it has those tiny outputs, it works. The live has the normal outs

[@BJ-qk8sq]

Yall really need to edit these. Its like the title says what you came for, but then we gotta sit thru 10mins of filler. This is like the 7th video.