MCP One + Modular Gear (using CV controls with Eurorack)

[@stevemountford3707]

MPC one is an amazing unit. I’m using it as an alternative to my usual Cubase and Ableton setups. It gives a great blend of instant access of hardware without any major compromise. Your video was really useful - please make more videos with the MPC one and your external gear.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I was just borrowing it - don't actually own it.

[@chloestratton9666]

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[@InderNett4tube]

03:40 regarding pitch range - easy to understand reason: The MPC can only output CV ranges from 0V to 5V, no negative CV and not more than 5V. For "normal" CV (velocity, modulation etc.) this is typically enough, but pitch needs more to get more than 5 octaves with 1V/octave. The MPC pitch CV is internally mapped to C1 ... C6 with C1 sending 0V. Eurorack normally uses 0V for C3. So there might be a 2 octave pitch shift on top of the limited range. Normally this should not be that big tragedy, because typical synth keyboards have no higher rage either and pitch shifting is easy to correct by an octave switch.

[@27arches]

Very helpful advice here thanks!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️ good suggestions

[@Husmanmusic]

You just made me love my mpc one again!

[@caseybeach3935]

Dude this is dope. I was having such a hard time picking a new sequencer for all my gear. Between this and a couple other videos, this is the one. I didn't realize it could be used as a great sequencer. I'm new to mpc, just usually old fashion synth stuff

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌👌

[@nonchalanthouse]

YOU RULE! EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️✌️

[@djgocatgo]

i want a Malekko Voltage Block so bad but after watching your video I will hold off for a while and dig deeper into the Mpc One… just ordered some splittercables to get the most out of it.. Great explanation.. Mpc One is a beatcreating monster and takes off where the Keystep pro gets stuck in a way.. They’re complimentary in many aspects though. Thanks again

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@AJ197-le6zy]

Hate it when people say about modular ‘You’re only limited by your imagination!’ You’re not. You’re limited by the design and hardware of the modules you have to hand.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Ok fair. And money! Haha

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

But there are a hellava lot of modules or there now.

[@ogami1972]

Just found this older video, but throwing in my two cents any way: using an mpc with your modular is fantastic, kind of like a beatstep on steroids, especially if your modular case has a midi I/O as well.. Aside from the usual internal sequencing, I use the mpc to: send divided and multiplied clock tracks, start and stop external sequencers (crave, especially) and modulate all the things. Modular is pretty ethereal (at least, my setup is), in that once you have a "sunday unplug-day", it's unlikely you'll ever find exactly the same sound again, but it's nice to have the gate and cv data recorded. Good video, I'll check out your newer stuff.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Great thoughts...thanks for commenting

[@Gorimental]

Thanks for this! I didn't even know how Cv/Gate it works. I was very confused about MIDI and CV/Gate. I just bought a MPC One and I have a MicroBrute and a MicroFreak. So I'll try to connect them together.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Nice!

[@synaptyx]

Thank you for this, I was on the fence about selling the MPC One, but this has made me decide to keep it.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

💚💚💚

[@That__Guy]

the answer to "why modular" is always "knobs"

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤣✌️🏆

[@brainbox9219]

Nice, drum modules seem to be something neat to get into

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

They can be amazing for sound design.

[@geluix69]

get some TRS splitters to double the CV/gate outputs. Each output is two separate signals 1/5 , 2/6, 3/7, 4/8 at total of 8 separate outputs

[@AJ197-le6zy]

@@geluix69 Yeah he said that, did you not actually watch the video?

[@geluix69]

@@AJ197-le6zy I did , guess I missed it.

[@Formatbeatz]

Now I understand CV too.

[@vveerrgg416]

part of my love hate relationship with Modular is that it's the long way around to making some epic stuff... but then near the end there. THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. But ... still cool to watch. Keep making Force content... IMHO its an under-rated machine

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

lol....that's so true about modular. It's slow, but the sound sculpting usually pays off.

[@electroforez]

Yep ! Hoping for Force content too, it was really great ! Especially need a video about MIDI tracks. Maybe after the release of the new firmware ? (if it eventually happen...)

[@theorize999]

I like your style brother

[@jenniferw8963]

Woudln't it be cool if you could use MPC One as a beat sync'd envelope generator? And send the enevelope modulation over a cv out? Like Pamela's Workout does, would be so awesome.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

YES!

[@jenniferw8963]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Imagine having another type of step sequencer mode. Where you press the pad corresponding to the beat and then turn a knob to adjust the note value or voltage amt for modulation. As is, it's so backwards having to select the "note pad" and then specify what beats that correspond to that note. It shoudl be press the beat, then select the note. So that could be like another different mode. Also what about entering in notes in play mode like you can do on the Mother 32/crave/303? They could add that feature as well. There is so much the MPC could do for eurorack with that big display all those buttons/pads and 8 cv/gates out.

[@F_letc.h]

Nice tutorial. Thanks for the pointers. The Akai MPC X, CV video, says only certain banks can be used for CV, so it was designed that way. Also, if you want to get more out of your four CV outs, you should be able to resample the audio of whatever module you’re currently working with, and after you’ve captured the audio, you can use all four outs for a different module.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yeah, I would only try to use the or just for some things that would be best manipulated lire

[@PylonRecordsdotcom]

If we could only have CV Inputs on the Akai MPC's so we could use other CV modules to modulate it, that would be a game changer, have all your samples and multi samples modulated by external CV's is final frontier. There is really no sampler out there that has CV in and outs, maybe Iridium but too expensive. One shot samples and the editing work on these Eurorack CV modules is daunting. Maybe the best way for now is to get DC coupled In Audio interface and load all the samples and multi samples in your DAW sampler then we talking some sonic possibilities.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️ good thoughts

[@312dasbkilla]

Dope. Could I do the same thing with the Moog matriarch. Waiting on one to come in

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes!

[@jamiestewart1644]

Great demo. I'm looking for something that can provide a solid backbone to hang more experimental modular stuff from. This looks like the thing! Currently using a Roland 505 but for very similar money - this looks like it's replacement and so much more. Sometime CV can cross through cables. That can cause weird and possibly unwanted results.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Have you considered the Force? Has CV too. And is a better MIDI sequencer as well, IMO.

[@pierluigisalsano172]

Molto bravo! Bello il tutto ricerca copresa

[@NicleT]

Very cool groove! Thank you for the demo.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Glad you liked it!

[@tiny333333]

Thanks for the cool demonstration

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️

[@sawssman965]

That ended up sounding badass tho

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

😎✌️

[@deepreach7821]

Nice! Thanks for the explanation. Just so I'm not wasting any time and money. Is it necessary to have a 'gate' module first for all this to work? Could I just snap up a Behringer Abacus and just putz with that to get my feet wet? Appreciate the insight and time.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Gate modules are always useful! But budget and space are always the challenge you run up against.

[@cjbcarr1]

This is awesome!!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

😎✌️

[@l1fef0rm]

Quantizer should fix your pitch issue no? Also, does your interface have more than two outputs? Use additional outs to send to MPC inputs for resampling, route in interface software. Cool vid and I hope you don't mind the tips but it does seem it would streamline your workflow.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Interface doesn't really. But you can run eurorack into line instrument, just got to REALLY turn down the volume

[@aoutivd]

Just got my mpc working with my rack. The grid drawing cv is pretty wild. I’m using it to trigger plaits models and in not much time am able to select exact models. What does the modwheel setting do though? Can’t find anything on it.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Didn't try that

[@yzimsx]

What kind of a mixer do you have here, where does all the sound go to, and do you have a compressor or other effects there? I just got an MPC One to fill in a spot in a "DAWless" setup, and I'm trying to get a feeling of how I want it all to work. So far my main idea is to bring in "outboard" (relative to the MPC One) signals via a small mixer and compressor into the MPC One's inputs, and use the MPC One as the final master output.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

That would work!

[@yzimsx]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Yeah, except now that they released the V2.10.0 software with external audio interface support, input/output limitations were blown away.

[@Inthemeantimeiwander]

Do you know if the MPC One could control a Moog DFAM; sequence it like a crazay crazay drum machine, via CV?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

You def could. Although the dfam as unusual cv controls.

[@Abakhan]

Hi! Your contents are very interesting... What is this modular synth?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

These are an assortment of percussion modules.

[@jamessusbilla]

thank *YOU*

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌👌

[@tattooedballoon3766]

Hiya, this is a really good demo, do you know if it work in a similar way with an old Roland SH101 please? Cheers, great demo 👍

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I think so...? 🤷‍♂️

[@ivyriley2916]

Good stuff!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍟🍟🍟

[@edjefferson9175]

Can the knobs on the MPC be mapped to CV and movement be recorded as automation? And I think your cv voltage problem would be fixed by using the T/R/S splitter cables instead of standard T/S cables. That is why you are having "weird electrical problems". You are shorting ports 1+5, 2+6, 3+7 and 4+8 together. You could try inserting the patch cables only part in way to the MPC. So it clicks just one time as you insert it.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I don't have the MPC anymore (was just borrowing it), but if it still works like the Force does, you can map the knobs to CV controls.

[@dorianb4774]

Admitting the kick is a sample from the MPC, is there a way to assign its trigger to a Gate out ? Having some events triggered by a kick (or snare, HH,...) from the MPC on a modular would be really nice.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I don't believe a note can be internal AND external at the same time. You'd have to just copy the notes and paste to a track that sent out cv. Done that many times before. Kind of pain of you change things. But then again, you could have slightly different notes by having two tracks. So there's that

[@dorianb4774]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Thanks!

[@gatorgoforth3097]

Link those two tracks.

[@deathtripper6476]

What was that splitter you were talking about? Does it basically add another cv channel? Can you post a link to an example? Cheers already!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes…I believe it’s a stereo to mono splitter. But double check that

[@RaverOperatorGeeza]

How does it work with a pocket operator connected to an MPC, could you do a video on that?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I would...but I don't own this. Was just borrowing it

[@RaverOperatorGeeza]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy ok bud, no worries, I'm gonna try hooking mine up today... Thanks for the video already 👍👍

[@emesen_]

Your mpc is not able to output negative voltage. Which is why you get a few groups of unchanged cv

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Oh...interesting!

[@adrianmccombe625]

Is there any way just to send CV clock out from the MPC. I have a live I'm hooking upto a kastle drum.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

mmmm....sort of. You have to just send out gates. And that can act as a clock. It's kind of a pain, but also presents some opportunities. i.e. that you could have an irregular clock, just by varying your notes. Like have steady quarter notes coming, but every once in a while, you stop them or have eighth notes instead.

[@adrianmccombe625]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy thanks for this. I've got a keystep pro so sync that with the MPC and used the clock out from there. It's working well. I am going try this though 👍

[@sonicultura]

Thanks! So you can send all those CVs and Gates from the same track?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes

[@SunsetRC]

Great video, I was looking for an MPC to Eurorack setup and this is perfect. BTW, can you share which Eurorack case you are using? Looks really nice. Thanks.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

It's a sweet case...but EXPENSIVE. It's the Erica synths case.

[@gatorgoforth3097]

Maybe the cv output is doing negative voltages on banks A and B

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤷‍♂️

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

No it’s probably just keeping the note range of each bank consistent between midi and CV? I can see the logic: If you were on one track hooked up to a CV instrument, and it transposed the first bank upwards into CV range... If you then switched over onto another track hooked up to an internal instrument, or an external midi instrument... It’d produce some insane lows that might mess your speakers up. Midis capable of more octave range than 5v v/Oct.

[@CroomMusic]

Not sure if my question makes sense ...but if you have a piano-roll midi loaded into the mpc one -- can you cv out to trigger a modular poly synth?

[@distortimus7631]

Yes. You can record or write MIDI notes (same as in a DAW).

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

How hard is it to sample the audio out from the synths back into the mpc then assign the samples/sequences to pads? Looking into one because by the time I’ve bought logic or reason, a decent audio interface and a midi to cv converter, it’d be at least halfway to the price of a live 2, with all the added distraction of the internet being a click away on my laptop!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Not hard at all. But....I would never really want to try and finish a whole track on this, or the Force, whatever. Standalone. Because you're basically just using a tiny computer (and tiny screen) to finish pieces. Can't use any 3rd party plugins, etc. Hear you on the distractions. Have totally just considered getting a computer that I use *strictly* for music (no other programs), but invariably, I have to use the internet eventually. Fighting distractions is one of the hardest things ever.

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Cheers for the reply man, only just noticed it now I’m looking up how to do things on it 😂. I hear you about the plug ins but there’s always sending stems out into the box to mix once you’re close 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@davehouse78]

CV is such a good addition to the MPC. I've found a strange behaviour though - possibly a bug - and I wonder if anyone can help. On a CV Track CV Mod parameters don't follow the track length but notes and velocity in the same track do. Eg I have a Sequence of 32 bars and a CV Track with a length of 5 beats (I dig the polyrhythms!) The melody and velocity are sent via CV1-3 (pitch, gate, velocity) and loop over 5 bars. However, a Mod envelope on the same track going out CV4 will loop over 32 bars (ie, it follows the sequence length, not the track length). Am I misunderstanding the setup or is this deliberate behaviour? Or a firmware bug?!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

The thing about CV, is that you're dealing with electricity - and that can always get a bit squirrely. Very different than sending things out via MIDI and then getting a MIDI to CV converter (which is honestly what I might recommend).

[@davehouse78]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy that's true, but it seems slightly odd as if the MPC can loop the CV mod at the end of the sequence I'd have thought it could do so at the end of a track. It's doing that for pitch and velocity CV anyway, plus its capable of having the CV mod values jump all over the place within the sequence, so it's not like it has to sync LFOs etc. Oh well! I'm sure it's more complicated than that!

[@Digiphex]

Can you process the audio out of the modular with MPC effects?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

You could...if you routed the modular audio back into the mpc

[@Digiphex]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy It seems like the new MPC with the speaker will be able to be your modular speaker and apparently sounds decent.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I tried it. Speaker sounds like shit. And it's really in the way, i did a video comparing the new mpc live and the force. You should check it out.

[@PhatMc]

Im bout to connect a yammaha emx 200 mixer how much would an outboard set up like rhat cost ? And what cords do i need to connect my mixer to my mpc one ?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

You mean these modular units?

[@PhatMc]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy yea bro what one should I start with do you buy the mods in any sertain order how much is it for the set up in the vis

[@PhatMc]

For the whole euro rack

[@jupitor919]

Is there a way to output a sync signal or clock, so one could trigger a sequencer module?

[@keivkeiv]

via midi yes. also could send notes to trigger a tempo

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes midi or cv too

[@pierluigisalsano172]

Ragazzo!! Mi sono iscritto!!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍓

[@bloodyshrine1369]

How are you getting the sounds from the Mpc one to your mobile? Do you have some type of adapter?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

to my mobile what? my mobile phone?

[@bloodyshrine1369]

Pink Buddha No, I really meant your mobile trailer park home.

[@MyRosalindaa]

nice vid man, but smth is wrong with your video quality, looks like 144p even on 1080p

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Working on it

[@neolojism]

Have Akai solved the hum problem yet?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Not sure. I've found its all about trying to find the right electrical grounding in my great and outputs

[@eduardoleon1918]

is there a way to send envelope shapes from the cv ports?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Sort of. You'd have to draw the shape you want. Create a clip with that data going out.

[@BOORCHESS]

At 12 minutes you mention recording the session to Ableton. Could you not press record and record everything you are doing to an audio track(s) in the MPC ? While you are tweaking / Playing ? Pretty critical for me to jump in.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes...that's possible to a point. Depends upon how to configure the routing. And more possible now that you could use an external interface to record modular stuff into MULTIPLE tracks at the same time.

[@guysmiley7289]

Do you use the reverse envelope on the Entity ?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

No - just used an LFO on the filter.

[@guysmiley7289]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy ah I think it does sidechain ducking

[@els1f]

1:52 why?! The only question is why not 😄

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

haha....✌️

[@SnaFOo75]

too bad cv outs dont shoot out midi clock

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

You can....the "clock" is just a beat. So you could send out 16th notes, quarter notes, whatever. It just uses up one of the CV slots.

[@MidiFister]

tomorrow my mpc one and erica synths drum sample arrive, and im so curious how much it can do together - but i am also expecting i will still need some external lfo module. this video is quite fitting for specifically what i feel like doing next

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Nice!

[@MidiFister]

one thing i have been trying to figure out, is i use MiRack on ipad (basically vcv), and have wondered how i could send cv to/from mirack and my modular gear (such as behringer nuetron, to keep the example as easy as possible, although that has midi and doesnt totally justify the question)

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

There's device by (can't remember company - they make a midi ring) that's a cv generator. Takes midi via Bluetooth from your iPad or the ring and friends it into cv

[@MidiFister]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy interesting, I’ll try to hunt it down.