Every Way of Controlling External Gear with an MPC, Step by Step

[@cabrioletcooperworkstation4859]

Great video man! With the last update, you can now edit the Cc parameter s names in program edit page. It can make sens to have and save one midi program per gear with all the dedicated cc’s well named. Really usefull when you get a lot of automations in a project, or for qlink edit !

[@sherwoodsmallidge9186]

Inmusic and akaipro need to pay this guy to do this he is litterly 100% more clear and concise than any other person out here

[@SvenFx-22]

This is the video i needed. Thank you so much. I’ve spent a year trying to find a video that met my needs.

[@DHONGORDY95]

thank you i have the mpc one+ and this has helped me after countless useless videos that take you down a rabbit hole 🙏

[@audreyazwell]

Jorb, I come from the future, I needed this exact video from you! Thank you for reading my mind and time traveling to 6 months ago just to help me out, good looks fam fr 👊😂

[@JorbLovesGear]

LMAO enjoy

[@ethersintegrity8377]

I been searching for videos to calm my nerves. I decided to learn and ordered an mpc. Thank you

[@_boof]

Even though I know my way well around the MPC, this helps solidify some of the knowledge. Great vid

[@Jordanchicity23]

IM ONE MINUTE IN AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO ONE DAY. I AM EXACTLY IN YOUR SAME POSITION BUNCH OF GEAR AND UNEMPLOYED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO IT DOESNT GO UNOTICED AND ONCE I GET SOME EXTRA FUNDS ID LOVE TO HELP CONTRIBUTE AND HELP SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL. ALSO CURRENTLY JUST WOKE UP FROM A 20 HOURS SLUMBER VIA COVID. IT FINALLY GOT ME THE BASTARD!

[@JorbLovesGear]

THANKS! Appreciate all that, cheers. Good luck!

[@brunosarra-bournet8311]

Wow. Man.. I had trouble sleeping last night trying to link my gear and you helped me a lot and got it almost all resolved. Can’t be more grateful to you. Keep the good work.

[@peterspradling]

Congratulations on going full time, can’t wait to see all the new content you create in the future.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers thank you! I really hope I get a job 😅😂😂

[@MichaelBLevi]

Top tips. The MPC Live does a pretty good job of being the center of the studio too.

[@JorbLovesGear]

It really does. Miss using my MPC1000 a lot, but there is a lot to love with the Live 2

[@istvantoth7431]

With only 2 gigs of RAM? Highly doubt that pal...

[@brettmal5298]

I’ve watched this video like 3 times and probably will watch it many more times cus if all the info you packed in. Top notch job mate and thanks!

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏🙏

[@urzathehappy72]

extremely impressive video setup thanks for making the mpc screen huge

[@JorbLovesGear]

Thanks! essential detail there

[@MarcusPadrini]

This video is great! Really informative and it totally convinced me about getting a new MPC for sequencing my gear. Thanks!

[@sherwoodsmallidge9186]

Omg at 12 mins he explaines modular synth basic better than the entire internet did please sir linknto take my money

[@audreyazwell]

Omg the bubble wrap to put a synth on top of another is brilliant!

[@JorbLovesGear]

bruh the comment storm lol

[@audreyazwell]

@@JorbLovesGear for the algorithm 🤣

[@ultrajayme]

i had an X in 2017/18, had it for 6 months...sold it. regretted it. finally got back on one, Live 2 this time, a month or two ago and i'm so happy i got back into one.

[@ambidex]

Wow, this is gold. I just wish the MPCs didn't actively block sysex.

[@sisonkemanentsa5153]

Quality content again dude

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers thank you, trying to put out the stuff I would want to watch.

[@audreyazwell]

You're seriously a natural at the tutorial thing man. Like really man you got loopop vibes, assume it's an obvious inspiration, which isn't a bad thing at all lol like you pull it off

[@JorbLovesGear]

much appreciated, hes the best there is

[@repeat_defender]

This is exactly the video I needed!! The MPC is incredibly cool but it's really challenging for me to learn. I'm a buttons and knobs kinda guy, the screen is a whole new confusing world.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Happy it helped, good luck!

[@insektgod]

Very deep, still concise, and well presented... Thanks!! You keep bringing the hits.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Well interpreted, thank you 🙏🙏

[@jodyglover7429]

Yes! Finally this is what I was looking for!

[@LabRatWarfare]

Hey man, I appreciate you making this! I love gear too and this Rat just got a MPC LIVE!!! 😳Haha! I just wanted to let you know this helped me out tremendously dude, easy to follow with perfect flow, I needed this, THANK YOU!!!!! 🤘🐀

[@JorbLovesGear]

hell yeah, happy to do it

[@deirellbyrd6770]

Ah damn I can’t wait to dig in to this one! This topic is exactly what I am doing currently in my studio stoked to watch! I am crossing my fingers that you figured out a way to make the qlink settings save!

[@JorbLovesGear]

I believe, if you point you q-links to program instead of screen, those get saved if you save your midi or cv program.

[@deirellbyrd6770]

@@JorbLovesGear I’m going to try it today! I got a LaunchControl XL to map all of the knobs to control cc of every synth i have. I tried it before without selecting program and lost it all!

[@IvarConq]

Jorb, you are a treasure. Many many thanks.

[@nickheadlee1027]

Dude! Thank you so much, so many videos I’ve watched and this one covers all grounds!!

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏🙏Happy to help!

[@nexuzeb79]

True fan to your channel for so many reasons! Keep 'em coming :)

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers, and thank you! Always more to come, lots on the MPC.

[@itsJoel59]

Love this video. I have a great deal on a Live 1 and this video really helped me decide to get it!! Its gonna be the 🧠 🧠

[@wireguy123]

Awesome vid Jorb...Thanks for the details ..... You also have a pleasant training voice.

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏🙏🙏Cheers thank you

[@lordundhimself1310]

Trying to make my Live II the main brain for my set up (Keystep Pro as a secondary brain), so you are a saint for this video. I love that you’re using the DM12. I loved that synth but had no space for the full size and sold it. Plan on replacing it with a 12D in the future tho 🤘🏿

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers thank you! I'm a big fan of the deepmind, it's honestly what helped me push this channel forward.

[@georgegeez8708]

Great video Jorb. This video really has me thinking about a new MPC in the new year. I still have my original MPC2000 that I bought in 1997 with a second I got a few years ago. I might jump into the X just because it's powerful. But if I find a Live 2 for a great price, I might buy it also for portability. Thanks for this video.👍👍👍👍👍

[@JorbLovesGear]

Any of the modern ones would do you well, find the features that fit your use case most. Cheers!

[@EricRaymondSF]

Generous demo, very helpful. Thanks.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers, this is one of my favorites honestly

[@TheChauntawe]

Very well explained. Nicely done.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers, much appreciated

[@AndyVonal]

Thanks, Jorb! Thank was very useful! Will be doing just this very job with my MPC One tomorrow... still figuring out the MIDI routing in my newly rearranged studio... always a ball ache!

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers! Yeah it's never exactly the way it seems, right?

[@huntergalloway3944]

The MPC is the way to go if you want a “dawless” setup IMO. For me coming from Ableton it took some time to get used to the MPC workflow, but once it clicked it just made sense. There is a reason the OG MPCs were called the “MIDI Production Center.” Some may contend that the new MPCs couldn’t be considered dawless as they’re like a cut down DAW themselves. I dunno, but I’d like to see someone who expects an Ableton quality piano roll on the MPC touch screen use it and tell me the editing capabilities are even half as comparable. Maybe a half DAW lol? Still, it plays better with my entire studio (9 instruments + MPC itself) than if it were sequenced by Ableton/Arturia sequencers.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Moving from an MPC 1000, which I would never have called a daw, I agree this is way closer. Defining why is kinda hard though! Maybe the built in effects, maybe exciting what's recorded, maybe powerful sample editing 🤷

[@BkuBrown]

As long as they keep AWAY from things like spectral analysers etc notice all the plugins and tech still forces you into using your ears over any visual mixing. With the piano roll its touchscreen but im sure we all are performing our midi and using the touchscreen to make later adjustments rather than just painting directly into the piano roll like many a DAW user. Please dont burst my DAWless bubble by telling me this is a DAW🤣👀🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@v3zMedia]

Wait until you try the Akai Force

[@patrickmckowen1154]

​@v3z Yeah definitely. It's like a standalone MPC and Ableton had a baby.

[@takeiteasy6346]

@@BkuBrownI agree with you. I see people complain about this sometimes in comments and I think keeping it to using your ears is key.

[@superlean5991]

Jorb, you are putting out awesome videos man! Subscribed.

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers thank you! Always working on more.

[@dwayneanderson908]

Spectacular! I've been using an Alesis MMT-8, which is great for its simplicity. But I've been getting curious about possibly using one of the modern MPCs as a replacement. I'm especially interested in the ability to do program changes as you demonstrated towards the end. Good call including that!

[@JorbLovesGear]

I think it's almost essential for working on proper projects in a hardware set up. Love hearing that someone is using the mmt8, classic stuff.

[@seethroughclouds]

Literally got me to start using my Deepmind properly for my own stuff and I can't thank you enough!!! What patch are you using on the Deepmind in the beginning of the video? Just a stock bank preset? Once again cannot thank you enough for putting out content in such a concise yet well explained manner. Always look forward to a new Jorb vid

[@Syndrive]

Fantastc video and you go through clearly everything I wanted to know. Thanks

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers, appreciate that! These specific topic videos aren't always the best return, in terms of views or anything, but it's exactly the sort of video that I find useful.

[@TheWavys]

Is there an easy way to take a recorded midi track and quickly convert it to an audio loop? I have my Arturia Microfreak plugged in usb and it records and works great, however I want to easily "commit" that loop and move on. Ive tried the bouncing to sample, bouncing sequence and all that and nothing seems to work. I've resorted to soloing the midi track and resampling it into the sample section but this just seems like way too much work. I just want to take that midi loop and get it to audio fast to keep the flow rockin!

[@ryannadzielski3592]

Same problem for me with minifreak - thoughts on this?

[@jameshorton7651]

I have been wanting to do this you beat me too it very professional my dude you say your not a musician but I beg to differ.

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏🙏🙏

[@nautiliusmolpheus4799]

This video fills a big gap related to this subject

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏 🙏 exactly what i want to offer

[@cvzzimo]

Thanks for sharing! Great content!

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏🙏

[@A_wolfcalledCherry]

Thank you!

[@prestonhart6685]

Thank you for this video

[@JorbLovesGear]

Happy to do it

[@ripsniff9742]

Yeah to my question it seems like no problem :) i can even name the tracks awesome!

[@956miggz]

Great video ! Thanks

[@JorbLovesGear]

Glad you liked it!

[@culturemax234]

Thank you so much

[@kendoshusmiller9137]

Great content!

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers thank you!

[@IsshmanGarcia]

Great stuff. Just what I wanted. FYI- I would blur out your Live 2 serial number. People/Pirates do go around re registering products(and getting everything that we get with the product), then calling Akai and saying you stole THEIR info. It happened to me!

[@JorbLovesGear]

good tip, thanks for saying that! had no idea.

[@andybance7546]

Really helpful video! Thx! Can I just ask if you’re routing the audio from the synths back into the MPC directly or via an external mixer? Cheers!

[@naymapalo]

this is so rad

[@peadookie]

Subbed, perfect tutorial, much appreciated

[@TropDeco]

Thanks for the video. very helpful. I got a Tascam Model 12 as MPC One USB hub expansion (from 6 to 10 audio tracks) but I'm finding I like using the Model 12 as the controller over the MPC One now. Just started doing this. Prefer old school audio routing and control of guitar tracks over menu diving, I guess. I'm thinking I'll get the MPC One to control the Korg and Moog modules & the M12 as overall control of timing. Keep latency down. Thoughts?

[@bloodyproduce]

Great job, man..

[@JorbLovesGear]

🙏🙏Really appreciate that

[@Lordxfx]

Super Vid.. I needed this one, thanks. An Akai virgin :)) One thing I did notice. This is a great example of a setup with multiple hardware devices, but you've used 1 software delay effect and you are monitoring the cpu performance already? Are those software fx and instruments that heavy on the arm processors?

[@waheex]

amazing, this is exactly what I wanted to know as i'm not a garage beat sample guy but rather a minimal synth song writer so need external synths. Can the MPV Live II output S trig do you know? Also hows the timing as that's the main reason I want to go DAWless

[@JorbLovesGear]

S trig you'll need something to convert from v trig, lots of answers to that online. Timing is tight, don't get to crazy with your midi chains

[@audreyazwell]

YES I was hoping so hard we could plug a PC keyboard in haha

[@GrootsieTheDog]

I returned my MPC - It felt like I was working on a computer with a DAW half the time - with a little iPad-sized touch screen. Not my cup O' tea. The new gen of grooveboxes are focused on bringing AI into the mix, lots of tweaking, and designed for speed of workflow to allow for creativity to flow. Although the MPC is a beast, its a dinosaur in this respect.

[@ambidex]

Very helpful. Thanks. Quick question. I've heard the bass from the Deepmind isn't very good. What's your opinion? Other than that possible detail, I'm very interested in getting one.

[@kylew706]

Hey man, love your channel, very genuine, I’m torn between a akai force and mpc live 2. I’ve had the force and I love the quick and easy clip launching. I don’t really sample much just midi sequencing. Each their own hardware synth I like to play in using their own keyboards and loop the midi into diff sequences and launch them together like Ableton/force. But I really love how the mpc live has the battery, speaker, and drive. I never actually get much time in my studio so I’m hoping with the battery and speakers I could essentially make backing tracks while I’m not in the studio and then have something for when I do get a chance to go in.. decisions 🤔 $1k decisions 🤔 what I know and love or what could possibly be better or possible be worse?

[@kylew706]

I have an ssl big six which is class compliant so I’m thinking I could use it as an interface for the akai which would be insane

[@JorbLovesGear]

Really is hard to decide, but you mention the biggest difference, the battery. If you'd see value in moving it around like a laptop, then theres your answer. Otherwise, if you want the force pad grid for midi sequencing over the 16, then you're gucci

[@benoftroy]

terrific

[@JorbLovesGear]

Cheers, thank you!

[@RaverOperatorGeeza]

This was really helpful in explaining the keyboard synth side of things, and have been getting into midi recently learning how to synch my 303 with my M8. I've got an MPC One, but never had any success in connecting successfully with a pocket operator. Do you have any videos or ideas on that by any chance?!

[@subradoyle]

Thank you

[@flaminbomber1]

Such a helpful video!! Sorry if you already answered this, but how are you running all the synth outputs back into the MPC? Do you have a mixer like the Tascam Model 12 or something being used at the interface for the Live 2?

[@JorbLovesGear]

Into a mixer, model 16

[@natejones424]

Very helpful, thanks Jorb! How do you tell external sequencers to start and stop on the MPC?

[@JorbLovesGear]

whatever unit you want to sync with probably has a setting to receive transport controls or not. and the MPC (i believe) has settings to send them. Like midi clock, they aren't necessarily tied to a channel

[@quintenoorschot3500]

Would love to see a video where you connect a Deepmind and some sort of a behringer model-D synth to your MPC just to see how it works

[@tonybalognavich2491]

Great video man... i learned a lot and am confused as ever...

[@miamha]

19:49 I thought this was Touhou for a second

[@JorbLovesGear]

Oh my god it nearly is

[@AeonHorus]

Subbed Mate

[@patrickfrancisbonsu4583]

I'm super late to this party, but was wondering if you've used your Roland SK-88 with the MPC live 2? And if the program changes acted weird/funky? I'm thinking of picking up a Live to use as the brain for my setup (replacing Elektron gear), and one of the things I'd like it to play nice with is my Roland SC-8850 sound module

[@bukaglasna]

Thanx, great tutorial! Would the MPC record the filter cutoff (as CC automation) from the Deepmind via midi or usb together with the notes without setting up a Qlink for that CC first? Ableton does this without any special setup, it just records what it gets as an input from the external midi instrument (notes, cc control changes, ...) and than u can edit that automation data in the editor. Thanx

[@JorbLovesGear]

You need to make sure DM is set to send out CC on the right channel, and not NRPN but yeah, you can record CC. And if its going back out to the Deepmind, you're gucci. I normally would not send CC out of a local-off master controller though, to avoid recording CC when i didnt want to , or sending a random CC to any of my other sound sources

[@muppetpaster]

16:20 MPC ONE has two also...USB A and USB B...You can easily plug in a hub too, too expand....jlJust make sure it is a powered one, for stability.

[@sherwoodsmallidge9186]

I owe u money now

[@mustangmodsecoboostgarage6539]

Hi, new to the world of synthetic and sequencing. I have MPC Beats software, but wondering if this would still work using the software as a MIDI DAW to hook up a Roland A300 Pro as my controller with a couple of hardware synthesizers and sequencers? I have an SE-02 and a TR6S on the way.

[@JorbLovesGear]

A lot of the principles will be the same / similar, I'm really not familiar with the software specifics though. Big thing, you can use midi to control external stuff all the same

[@mustangmodsecoboostgarage6539]

@JorbLovesGear Thanks for the reply. I am still messing around with the connections. I just received the TR-6S last night and had fun playing around with it. It a really powerful drum machine/sequencer. I am using your video as a sort of guide. Will keep youbposted. Thanks again for all of this valuable information.

[@K24U76]

Good video man, I wonder how this connectivity would work with my MPC keys. I have the deepmind 12 and tascam model 12 and want to route them all together .

[@JorbLovesGear]

There's a whole video on using the mpc with the tascam as well

[@beegyahuna3743]

29:50 OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[@JorbLovesGear]

GAME? CHANGED.

[@meilstone]

Awesome. Plugging in the keyboard turns it into a DAWless DAW. 😂

[@seemedoit]

Liked and Subscribed. Hopefully that helps your content journey.

[@TheMrBallew]

I'm trying to decide if I want to purchase the MPC Live II, but after searching far and wide for answers on KZbin and the interwebs, this video came the closest to showing me that what I'm envisioning I'd like to use it for. My idea was to use it for live shows to program MIDI beats on, but to also use it as a PC and CC MIDI controller that could trigger those commands out to my Headrush Looperboard, my Quad Cortex, and TC Helicon Voicelive (to send MIDI notes to the harmonizer) at precise moments in a sequence (song), so that I don't have to worry so much about triggering those MIDI PC and CC commands on my Morningstar MC8 MIDI controller at those precise times. I feel like this is possible with the MPC Live II, but I'm waiting for someone to tell me, "Yes! That is absolutely possible, and you should buy this beast, because it can do exactly what you're envisioning...and so much more!" 🙂 Anyone?

[@levidebbonaire151]

Hey great video! Quick question..I have a moog Minotaur connected through midi but every time I stop and start the sequence on the MPC it resets everything I’ve changed on the moog. I’m not doing anything different on my channel set up. Any ideas?

[@JorbLovesGear]

Do you have a preset / bank message set up on that midi track? Might be sending that at the start of the sequence. If you start from a fresh MPC program does that happen as well?

[@frederickalfon3048]

Thank you so much for your video, it solved some big mysteries for me :) BUT I have a big problem with the two Roland JU-06as that I use with my MPC. On the video, at 29'15 you say that it doesn't work very well with the D05. And since it doesn't work well with my Roland, I tell myself that you might have the solution!! So it's ok for program change, no problem. But every time a sequence starts, if the first note of the Juno is on the first beat, it is not played, but when the sequence starts again, it's ok. And it drives me CRAZY! Because it doesn't happen with other synths, everything works perfectly... Do you have the same problem? If yes, do you have the solution? Thank you very much

[@xandergoodheart]

I’m wondering how you get the separate stems into the daw after? Do you just have to go and bounce everything individually?

[@JorbLovesGear]

After you hit export, use explode tracks.

[@Mattbuchanan71]

Hey love your channel Jorb, I checked thru the manual and watched a bunch of videos, and I can’t seem to find an answer to something that seems like it should be simple, please help of you know: my midi keyboard is triggering my drum loop to run. I can turn off the program to stop it but I’m trying to use the tempo to record a keyboard part. Anyone know how to fix this?

[@JorbLovesGear]

Need a bit more detail, are you triggering a drum sample with a certain keypress? Turn midi on that sample track off of in/auto if thats the case. Or is the keyboard sending transport control thats starting / stopping a sequence when you dont want? in that case, dont use the keyboard transport control / temp sequencing, rely on the MPC for that and just input notes with the keyboard

[@Mattbuchanan71]

Thanks Jorb! I think I figured it out!!

[@processionsband]

Am I able to import midi patterns I’ve written on my PC DAW to MPC and have my hardware connect to MPC to play it back?

[@JorbLovesGear]

Definitely can use it to play back midi, but something I've done myself

[@bux77]

Great explainer. Wish you would have built up a song at the end

[@JorbLovesGear]

I had in earlier takes, and considered splicing it in, but it wasn't the same gear, and wasnt that good. Just wanted to finish the video...but you're right!

[@aleej99]

What’s the back of the MPC look like? Like cable-wise, is it a USB to MIDI cable or a regular MIDI cable between the synths and the MPC?

[@JorbLovesGear]

I show a bit of plugging stuff in, but the Live 2 has full size midi to the deepmind, usb to the d-05, cv to the sh101

[@aleej99]

@@JorbLovesGear and do you need audio cables plugged in alongside the MIDI cables? I’ve been trying to figure this out for awhile now hahaha

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@aleej99 midi will just take performance data, just key presses, notes, modwheel, velocity etc. To hear what you're controlling, it needs to go into a mixer and along side the audio from the mpc, OR on an audio track through the mpc

[@aleej99]

@@JorbLovesGear Ohh okay gotcha, I just got all of those connected but it still won’t recognize for some reason. Is there a way I can FaceTime/video call you at some point and show you the connections?

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@aleej99 send me an email

[@LaymensLament]

wait putting the mpc to the side is actually a good idea, im thinking of upgrading to live 2 or replacing with a dedicated midi sequencer, the mpc one im having has a couple of bad compromises. like just stupid stuff. like volume control on the back and smaller less responsive pads. plus you get the rc in, another qlink, more ram and hopefully less qlink lag.

[@debbie09090]

I was hoping that I could play samples on the MPC One via CV from my modular but I think the MPC has CV outputs only. Any suggestions how I might achieve this?

[@JorbLovesGear]

this is difficult, you'd need to convert CV into midi some module, or use a modular sequencer that spits out midi.

[@JM-co6rf]

can I switch my keyboard presets using the MPC? i don't want to scroll on keyboard during a show

[@JorbLovesGear]

Yup, 28:50

[@foroudifarhad]

What's that lovely bubbly synth preset for the DM in the beginning?

[@JorbLovesGear]

Just something I cooked up! Probably started as one of my juno or PolySix presets, I've got videos on each.

[@quintenoorschot3500]

Where did you plugin the audio from the Roland DO5?

[@JorbLovesGear]

In to my mixer, in this case! With the 3.5mm out

[@quintenoorschot3500]

@@JorbLovesGear So you got your Deepmind connected straight to your MPC but the Roland is connected trough a mixer to the MPC? What kind of mixer do you have?

[@flameoftruth1781]

How can one use the same synth on multiple tracks without the sound changing when you switch patches? Every body shows multiple synth work flow which is straight forward but never speak on using the same synth with different sounds cant seem to figure this out

[@JorbLovesGear]

You're trying to use a single hardware synth to play multiple different patches at once? Most hardware synths aren't multitimbral, they'll only be able to play one sound at a time. You can record it as audio, and then do additional tracks!

[@flameoftruth1781]

Oh I got you! Thanks👍🏾

[@processionsband]

What cables are you using for CV connection?

[@JorbLovesGear]

TS 3.5mm cables

[@purgeyou]

Cc74 on mpc is set to "send control 5". How can I change this? My synth requires cc74 for cutoff. Thanks.

[@JorbLovesGear]

CC74 is CC74, no matter what that label says. So if your synth needs it for cutoff, send that out of the MPC

[@kamhash1]

Hey Jorb! Does your D-05 have volume consistency issues?

[@JorbLovesGear]

Oh yeah, different patches are really different, if that's what you mean.

[@dylantravis346]

Has anyone found a way of controlling MIDI CC numbers live with the MPC on multiple external instruments simultaneously? My issue is that when i change the focus track to something other than the track i’m wanting to edit, CC numbers no longer send. This applies to both Q-Links and external midi controllers. If i try to use “Midi Control Mode”, the MPC either freezes or has the same behavior. Anyone else get this working?

[@leopardtuesday8140]

Hey! You mentioned that i can rename my midi devices. Can you tell me how to accomplish this?

[@CRV1958]

Question: IF I have an external synth connected to the mpc via midi. and use the out from the synth to the in of the MPC and vice versa... and then transmit a program change from the synth while recording a track..does the MPC software record and play back those program changes? or... do I need to input the program change data via MSB / LSB/ P# as in many programs?

[@JorbLovesGear]

You, know, I've never recorded it live, but you for sure can automate program changes, its with the rest of the CC list, I believe. good question

[@CRV1958]

I don’t own the MPC yet, this is my last piece of info I am trying to find out. I know, with my DAW I can record that data but it comes in as a sys ex event and when I convert that file to SMF format and insert it into my keyboard, that sys ex isn’t working and the program changes don’t happen. If, I insert a program change within the DAW then it works. Would be good for me if the MPC recorded the data as a program change and then I could use that exported file directly to my Kurzweil

[@JorbLovesGear]

@@CRV1958 I don't know if there's any work around, or something I haven't seen, but I'm inclined to say the modern MPC's don't record and play back sysex.