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Using Software Synths with an MPC

BsidesBsides 4,244 Posts
edited March 2008 in Strut Central


hey, so i'm an ignorant rap producer thats stuck to my mpc, but i wanna use soft synths cause they have the hottness. I have watched this video so many times that i want to cry. I even have that dudes template, still cant figure it out! are any of yall aces at this? Can you really use softsynths as easily as a hardware module? help!

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  • inVrsinVrs 687 Posts

    but i wanna use soft synths cause they have the hottness

    i cant help myself, but i need something to touch; softsynths are like porno instead of
  • mayskimayski 12 Posts
    Er? I thought it was nothing more than sticking midi to your PC/mac, firing up your favorite DAW and vsts and just sampling the audio output on the MPC. Guy makes it look so difficult. It may be that I'm missing something here though.
  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    Do you have the MIDI keyboard you are using for the synth plugged into your computer or to your MPC? I have a feeling that going through the MPC is going to be easier.

    Logic's environments suck. Worst part of an otherwise intuitive DAW.
  • swissbeatzswissbeatz 152 Posts
    hey here's the template that I use, and it looks more simple that the one on the video you posted.

    There is 8 instrument tracks that should respond to midi channels 1 to 8, like a multi-timbral sound module.
  • 4YearGraduate4YearGraduate 2,945 Posts
    I haven't watched the video but here is the best way I have figured to keep shit locked together:

    Buy a 100$ midi keyboard (or a more expensive one if you choose)
    Send the midi keyboard out to pro tools in A
    Send the pro tools out to mpc in A
    Make your beat on the mpc
    When you get to the point that you want to add soft synths, turn on PT
    Open a new session and set the bpm to the same as that on the mpc
    Open the session info drop down and send MTC to midi out A
    On MPC, open the Sync menu and recieve MTC on midi in A (make sure the frame rates are the same, they should be standardly set at 30 methinks)
    hit play on PT, boom, MPC is in step
    Open your soft synth on a instrument track or open rewire and get busy in PT and let the mpc slave
    when you are done, mix it up or hit play and record to dump MPC into PT

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