Tracking MPC in DAW

[Skott Hall]

Per the recommendation of my good old friend FADE. I am looking into tracking my mpc 1000 into a daw to have extended flexibility with my beats.

I have a couple questions If someone would be so kind to help me out.

1st. It looks like Ive narrowed down the program I will be using to do this to FL studio 11, out of the other daws I have available (cubase 5, and adobe audition CC) It seems this would be the easiest to set up in.

2. I have a couple midi cables on the way but for right now I'm just trying to set the software up so once I get them I'm good to go. However, When I go into my Midi options in Fl studio, and even Cubase for that matter, My sound card is not a selectable device. Is this because theres currently no midi chain connected or is my sound card junk?

3. Lastly. Im trying to get the hang of multi tracking in fl studio, but while recording my audio, the recording keeps being dropped down to the channel below the previous at the end of a pattern ( even in song mode) almost like its in a loop recording, Im trying to get my audio to record to a single track left to right in linear fashion for like the length of a song, can anyone tell me what Im doing wrong? thanks

 

[tomkillsjerry]

Your card has a midi interface? what are you using to hook everything up?

 

[Skott Hall]

Your card has a midi interface? what are you using to hook everything up?

Thanks for the reply bro, yeah my sound card has midi out and in on the back . m audio mobile pre usb

 

[tomkillsjerry]

ok is it showing the Interface in your Computers device manager?
Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices & Printers > Device Manager

 

[Skott Hall]

ok is it showing the Interface in your Computers device manager?
Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Devices & Printers > Device Manager

Ill have to double check when I get home tonight. My instinct tells me yes because the sound card is selectable as an option for AUDIO in every daw I have. recording works fine as well. Its in the midi settings that the card is MIA. I was hoping it was just because i didn't have any cables connected but thinking about it logically I feel that the sound card should still be selectable as a midi option as long as the sound card is connected and working properly.

 

[tomkillsjerry]

ok yea. should work. so are you trying to get the drums from the MPC to different mixer tracks in fl?

 

[Skott Hall]

ok yea. should work. so are you trying to get the drums from the MPC to different mixer tracks in fl?

precisely, Id like my drums, samples, etc on different tracks so I can make effect changes and what not.

 

[Skott Hall]

A huge reason of why Id like to do this also is because I sample a lot of shit on youtube that sometimes makes my beats end up sounding thin. I'm hoping I can beef those chopped samples up in fl studio somehow. So if anyone has some advice on that Id appreciate it to. should probably start a new thread for that and focus on the task at hand tho.

 

[tomkillsjerry]

with the mpc what you have to do is bang in each drum sample one at a time setting a new instrument channel for each one

 

[tomkillsjerry]

you have to do that because all of the audio is coming out of two jacks and cant be separated

 

[Skott Hall]

Yup, I got that part down. But i want to be able to have the mpc and daw synced so that each individual track stays in time, nahmean

 

[tomkillsjerry]

 

[Skott Hall]

exactly, except in that screen shot, the persons sound card is listed in the midi output, mine is not listed, however it IS listed in the audio section. so I'm not sure whats up

 

[tomkillsjerry]

what version of windows ?

 

[Skott Hall]

8.1