Mixing with the Tascam Model 2400 and the Akai Mpc XSE

[@mpchead]

Hey I shared new samples on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/mpchead My sample packs mpchead.com/collections/sample-packs/Drum-kits+sample-packs

[@blkgostnone4092]

Nothing like having everything connected and working seamlessly for your workflow

[@melnollem1500]

Man a 24 track with 5 pin Midi ...Now all the MPC heads and composers who sequence can track out in sync without a computer!!!! FINALLY!!!!! Congrats bro.🎉🎉 this dope,

[@AnthonyCodringtonTopCat]

Oh damn!! The bass of this on my headphones is mega deep and round. Sounds amazing. Congratulations on getting your new mixer

[@mpchead]

Yes thanks 🙏🏼

[@TheNicoDavis]

I've wanted a model 2400 since it came out. Sounds great!

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Congratulations on getting the Tascam Model 2400. It's going to make your XSE sound amazing. Try your 2000XL and your Roger Linn on it. I know you're going to really love it.

[@DJKumachen]

That sounds Dope, TASCAM has great products. Peace

[@lukeward4619]

I just got the Soundcraft MTK22 for exactly the same reasons. USB interface with the MPC is so sweet.

[@mpchead]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Harlem-Instrumental]

Sounds great! I didn't know the 2400 came out.

[@iengineer_247]

Get a DI Box it will eliminate the noise from your Rhodes. Use an instrument ts cable from he Rhodes to the di box then the box into the Tascam. Dope setup!!!!

[@mpchead]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@jonpaulhollingsworth4732]

Great machine, had a model 16 for a while with my Mpc live. they make a great combo and really easy to collaborate with other players. look fwd to seeing your progress!

[@lpn369]

I got tascam model 16 and the Rossum SP 1200 on my 🎄 Xmas list this year 🎄

[@figuhrowcarter6677]

Thanks for sharing i just picked up a 2400.

[@mpchead]

Enjoy it 🔥🔥

[@LewisSumisuBeats]

Great combo 👌🔥

[@anthonydonald1979]

That's the reason I never left analog recording. I love to turn the buttons, use the faders, increase volume and punch in/out and level the eq and effect. The board make it that much more fun to do. Since 1979 I love mixing on the board as a young Deejay/ Recording Engineer. I'm 54 about to turn 55 in February. I just couldn't turn My back on the console mixer and hardware equipment Amen? Amen. 📖🍞🍷♥️🙏🏾🧔🏾🙏🏾👩🏾‍🦱💯🇺🇸

[@mpchead]

Yeah I love that 🔥🔥🔥

[@djcode6983]

I like the new Tascam studio bridge. I can use it with my Soundcraft ghost. Love the usb with that

[@wakinglife7065]

Me too! The Tascam bridge looks dope. I use the Tascam Model 12 every day dawless. I wish I had space for the 2400. The bridge looks phenomenal for outboard gear

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Nice 👍🏾! 💯 You have the mastering components on that one and the outputs!

[@mnlrbeats]

DOPE!

[@burrabeats6036]

This is nice 👌 based on ur last video is it refreshing to you workflow wise..

[@mpchead]

Yes, this is the start of a new workflow and routings with the gear available. Still not sure where I should write the arrangement.

[@Will4thapeople]

Makes sense to us gear heads I’m digging the tascam marlow can’t wait to hear the sounds you get running your signal thru it. Very dope 🔥🔥🔥

[@mpchead]

Really happy I upgraded the studio with this. Been a ling time since I had a mixer in the setup.

[@SUPAROCKINDJSMASH]

🎉🎉🎉 welcome to the tascam world 😊

[@mpchead]

🙏🏼

[@christophschumacher640]

Your studio grows aswell your skill- level . It‘s a joy to see this 🙏✌️

[@mpchead]

Appreciate it 🙏🏼 hopefully we keep growing, thanks for the support

[@jeffjenkem]

So fire

[@cinkco]

Congrats its sounding great, love the tascam. Maybe one day I make the addition.

[@lostinjazz]

Sounds smooth..

[@ILLNOIZE]

Smart, I love my tascam M-216

[@TYBO-xl1xz]

How about a studio tour?

[@mpchead]

Good idea

[@johncitizen8828]

Seconded.

[@wakinglife7065]

Thirded ❤

[@MikeRP3147]

Let's go!!!

[@wingsofsteel3246]

Outstanding, excellent review and insight / info I looked at the T 2400 too, I think I'll get one when the time comes ... They seem to cover everything I could want & need ... Thanks - Peace , Marlow and Music Fam ☮️✌🏻

[@mpchead]

Is really nice and very complete.

[@chosenfruits8457]

damn nice setup/chain right know mane❣

[@sata5mpcshow140]

so great✨✨

[@EastsidE_wacko]

Yeah that's dope marlow

[@mpchead]

🔥🔥🔥

[@thadirtyabbott33]

Hey Marlow.... Sounds like you're gonna be turning the corner for Patchbays real soon....

[@mpchead]

This mixer actually feels like a patchbay when you work with it with the mpc

[@Maulleygxxx]

Just waiting for my xlr to 1/4 inch cables to come, so I can connect my monitors to mine. I can’t wait!

[@mpchead]

So happy about this machine really makes things easier with my setup.

[@awjaaa]

Right on. Happy to see you expanding the possibilities. But, if you're routing to the TASCAM via USB, ain't that gunna be digital? I guess it's digital in the MPC, anyway, right. So, maybe no loss there.

[@mpchead]

Right is all digital anyway. But when I mix it will run the analog eqs and compression.

[@SilentHouseFilmworks]

>envy_detected_in_my_soul

[@lpn369]

O. We need a full movie on what you got going on brother 😀

[@dianevrules]

Nice

[@artisans8521]

Ao, basically, you are using a 2400 as an audio interface. Nice. I recorded in the naughties with an AW4416 fully expanded. 16 ins and 8 buses out. Also nice.

[@mpchead]

I had the 2816 from yamaha , was a nice machine

[@Boef1]

Sounds awsome and an interesting addition to your studio! I’m looking forward to following that! Is it a mpc 3.0 thing the usb connectivity?

[@mpchead]

No that has been on the mpc for a while now. I am using 2.15 right now

[@kubadogoory8288]

I had Model 12, Soundcraft MTK and I’m currently owning Big Six paired with MPC Live2, and for my ears feeding internal converters via usb @ 44100 hz it’s a poor sound experience comparing to trs connection to the mixer. In my opinion TRS cable connection (I use Neutrik plugs and sommer sc cables - all own made) sounds much better and mix better. Is worth mentioning that MPC Live has 4 outputs with lower THD (3-6) and two main ones are more noisy. MPC X got first two pairs noisy ones 0,6 thd and second two pairs of cleaner ones 0,1 thd, so theoretically more dynamics is available on last pairs of outputs. I wonder if anyone has similar conclusions about MPC connected to any class compliant sound interface via USB ?

[@Vibration_Transmission]

That explains another vid I watched showing the main outs had some sort of squashed limited signal and the usb had a more dynamic signal, I also just read you can run the usb and try outs simultaneously, so plenty of options! I can’t wait to ditch my 2500

[@icodejs]

I use the bluetooth to sample from my phone straight off of Tracklib / KZbin into my MPC!

[@mpchead]

Yup that's what I want to use it for as well

[@jameshardy5578]

Damn when did this model come out tascam 2400 ?

[@mpchead]

Came out recently

[@artisans8521]

august 2024.

[@DreadinNY]

Was concidering this, but sooooooooo big. I downsized my studio to make room

[@mpchead]

Definitely taking a big chunk of the table.

[@thedreamshifts7344]

When recording through usb does it record your fader movements? Heard someone mention it records pre fader

[@mpchead]

You mean into the sd recorder? I haven't tried that yet.

[@thedreamshifts7344]

@@mpchead No I mean recording single or stereo channels to the computer does it record fade ins and fade outs, would be interested to know the same for recording to sd now you mention it, on my mtk22 recording is pre fader and pre eq which is proper annoying!

[@jonesconrad1]

Black lion been advertising a patch panel with BT recently, been thinking about getting it.

[@mpchead]

For the mpc?

[@jonesconrad1]

@@mpchead just a general trs patch bay. Has one BT input on it. I saw it liked it but couldn't really see the use case. Your point in the video about referencing tracks from your phone etc made me rethink that

[@vubeatz]

oh damn, channels are going thru usb right? Sounds great!

[@mpchead]

Yes that's it, sounds great

[@Sample_Props_Official]

nice but, if you have got there an issues with a noise floor or a balance - just use the output digital trimmers, before the preamplification - done... and this master fader (!)

[@mpchead]

Thanks for the tips!

[@BBPMusicLibrary]

What kind of camera do you use?

[@mpchead]

Blackmagic 6kpro

[@mr.DorianJames]

Can you record from MPC into the Tascam 2400 multi-track recorder with only USB cable? I was thinking of getting the 2400 to get around the 8 audio track limit of the MPC. Instead of recording to the MPC, you could record to 2400 and have 24 channels.

[@mpchead]

I haven't tried it yet but I think you can.

[@mr.DorianJames]

@mpchead I believe KZbinr, tefty&meens said you could do that with the model 12 but I'm not sure if the other models can do that if they're analog

[@J-MOONEY]

The Midas Venice f24 crushes this mixer…

[@jeromethames1225]

Who cares pimp!

[@k.i.ntothe7thletta270]

In price too

[@regmonmusic]

The mixer workflow is a beautiful thing indeed. 🎚🎛🎤🎧👍🏽

[@jesusllacer526]

What's the difference between this one and the Model 24??

[@markbruggeman274]

Does anybody know if you still need a Patch-bay with the Model 2400? Or does the 2400 do that?

[@Mr100PercentAS]

So what’s the benefit of the mixer with MPC

[@mpchead]

Extra routing, mixing analog (if that is something you want) more outputs, it becomes the interface for the mpc, if you have external gear it can be used with the mixer, summing box...

[@TheNextExit]

Lol i thought it was model 24. Had to be a new one.

[@gwsound]

How do you like the converters? I noticed that the kick is a bit dull when you record from it.

[@mpchead]

I didn't notice that but is too soon to say, this is the first time I ran sounds through it. Might be best to have an individual channel just for the kick. But will definitely look into that.

[@gwsound]

@ I noticed the issue with the 12 and 24. The 2400 has the same converters as the 24. When I have my drum computer playing and then record it with the 24 it looses punch.

[@markbruggeman274]

So would you say this is better than the DP32? With MPC

[@mpchead]

Haven't used it, but this sounds nice

[@markbruggeman274]

@mpchead would you still need a patchbay with the Tascam?

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

Ah gear

[@chrisharrison809]

So lame you can’t use the eqs when using the interface. This is what stopped me from getting this set up.

[@mpchead]

@@chrisharrison809 but remember you can route the input to another channel on the mixer. I can have an input of channel 1 be routed to channel 9 by using the internal routing of the mpc. But yes I understand that it has its limitations. A board without does limitations would be maybe a 32 channel and up.

[@chrisharrison809]

@ just having that many faders and mutes is awesome. One thing I saw was that the Tasman model 16 registers every knob as midi so then you could set up your eq compressor etc to each and use a daw. Still funny that the convenience of consoles is eq and comp per channel etc and no one has found an elegant way to bring that to the digital world with a controller or a hardware unit. Without having to go large format console. Another option would be just put a 32 channel output box that does usb on the outputs on the mpc and just wire those in and run that to the console. Then you’d just have a good ole hardware console. Still kind of a pain though.

[@melvainlegent6764]

Mixer sound flat

[@istvantoth7431]

Honestly, I don't like how this mixer sounds. It's not that bad, but nothing extraordinary, no character either.

[@howischris_]

So what.

[@howischris_]

Let the homie cook. Appreciate the music for what it is.

[@istvantoth7431]

@@howischris_ did I ask your opinion?

[@howischris_]

@@istvantoth7431 you gave yours without being asked. What’s the difference? lol 😂

[@istvantoth7431]

@@howischris_ on his KZbin channel, not on yours! Get the f back were you come from and don't mess up my comment.

[@RAWDILLZ]

I got the model 12 but this shit....looks like a beast

[@mpchead]

🔥🔥🔥

[@j.gonsalves]

Can’t wait to see more videos of you using the Tascam. Thanks for showing the routing.