Any MPC-Ableton users?

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:21 pm

AdamJay wrote:it was difficult to give up the MPC, i wrote alot of my better-known material on just the MPC with a rack of FX.

Naptown Renegade? and that thing on Primevil (inside track all the big dogs played) came out a little before the Primate track

super slamming - mpc?

your new shit is cracking on Kroma and Dedkob <---did I spell that right?

ct43 · Post by **ct43** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:26 pm

minimal wrote:I have a 2000xl which I started using again when getting my live act toghether because I wanted to avoid to have too many tracks going on in live so all the drums plus some bleeps and blops are now in the mpc which is sending midi clock to live and to the 909, its kinda a nostalgia thing using the mpc again.
The only hassle is copying the sound on the zip drive in order to load them in the mpc... even making programs is slow but the punchyness of it's sound and its swing are wonderful payback for the time "lost".

g

im into the MPC swing as well... ive also noticed its got a punchy sound as well, cant put my finger on it, but the drums sound harder when they come out the MPC, ive A/B them (with original wav) after recording them into Ableton.. and they just sound better to me... must be the old DAC's on the MPC2000XL.. + maybe the ADC on my MOTU.. whatever it is, it just sounds punchier to me... anyone know why?

arctic ranger · Post by **arctic ranger** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:37 am

i agree, the mpc2000 does sound alot more punchier. i thought the 1000 was going to be the same but its different. i think they used the same sample engine as the s2000- i dunno. its a shame that the screens sucked and that its hard to easily get sounds on it. the scuzzy sucks.

J Epic · Post by **J Epic** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:10 am

I have my stereo outs going into my emu 0404, and basically record drumming on the pads the same way you would record real drumming or any other physical instrument. I also do this with chopped guitar and bass loops, as well as loops off of records.

It doesnt really matter if im a little off time any more what with the warp points, but unless im really far off I dont change it.

Its a much more sporatic work flow for me and everything sounds much more live.

One

J.E.

ct43 · Post by **ct43** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:48 pm

arctic ranger wrote:i agree, the mpc2000 does sound alot more punchier. i thought the 1000 was going to be the same but its different. i think they used the same sample engine as the s2000- i dunno. its a shame that the screens sucked and that its hard to easily get sounds on it. the scuzzy sucks.

check this little program out

http://www.midicase.com/mpceditor/

dead easy to make programs, drag & drop like Battery....

T.I.M. · Post by **T.I.M.** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:28 pm

arctic ranger wrote:i agree, the mpc2000 does sound alot more punchier. i thought the 1000 was going to be the same but its different. i think they used the same sample engine as the s2000- i dunno. its a shame that the screens sucked and that its hard to easily get sounds on it. the scuzzy sucks.

Try going into global level and set it 0 decibels. Its set at -12 on default. This should give a punchier sound.

minimal · Post by **minimal** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:39 pm

ct43 wrote:
arctic ranger wrote:i agree, the mpc2000 does sound alot more punchier. i thought the 1000 was going to be the same but its different. i think they used the same sample engine as the s2000- i dunno. its a shame that the screens sucked and that its hard to easily get sounds on it. the scuzzy sucks.
check this little program out

http://www.midicase.com/mpceditor/

dead easy to make programs, drag & drop like Battery....

mmh.. downloading now.. thanks for the hint!

T.I.M. · Post by **T.I.M.** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:45 pm

J Epic wrote:I have my stereo outs going into my emu 0404, and basically record drumming on the pads the same way you would record real drumming or any other physical instrument. I also do this with chopped guitar and bass loops, as well as loops off of records.

It doesnt really matter if im a little off time any more what with the warp points, but unless im really far off I dont change it.

Its a much more sporatic work flow for me and everything sounds much more live.

One

J.E.

I was planning to use Live more like a live mixer with effects, running the MPC

outputs to Live's tracks. Sort of like routing different sounds out of Impulse. I

think the advantage would be that I could get the "MPC sound" with better effects.

I just want to experiment right now and see the different ways they can be used

together.

T.I.M. · Post by **T.I.M.** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:49 pm

minimal wrote:I have a 2000xl which I started using again when getting my live act toghether because I wanted to avoid to have too many tracks going on in live so all the drums plus some bleeps and blops are now in the mpc which is sending midi clock to live and to the 909, its kinda a nostalgia thing using the mpc again.
The only hassle is copying the sound on the zip drive in order to load them in the mpc... even making programs is slow but the punchyness of it's sound and its swing are wonderful payback for the time "lost".

g

I usually just use regular midi channels into Live. What is the benefit of using

midi clock? I wish I could get clips to behave like they were in the MPC.

sans soleil · Post by **sans soleil** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:21 am

live + mpc1000 is the core of my setup now...originally the idea was to use this for live stuff, but it's such a riotously fun combo that i find i use them all the time for everything.

they're definitely different, and their differences really complement one another nicely...i just have midi clock going to the mpc and boom...instant bug out.

my live set-up has also slimmed down to the point where it's just a laptop, uc33, the mpc and a kaoss pad. much simpler...i like.

arctic ranger · Post by **arctic ranger** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:44 am

ct43 wrote:
arctic ranger wrote:i agree, the mpc2000 does sound alot more punchier. i thought the 1000 was going to be the same but its different. i think they used the same sample engine as the s2000- i dunno. its a shame that the screens sucked and that its hard to easily get sounds on it. the scuzzy sucks.
check this little program out

http://www.midicase.com/mpceditor/

dead easy to make programs, drag & drop like Battery....

thanks,

looks like im going to have to dust my baby off - she's done me alot of good in the past