I have a little tip my brother shared with me for anybody interested. Get a digital label maker ($20 or so on Amazon) and print & attach a label to every cable after you hook everything up. (For example: one might say “into MPC-1 usb” another might say “uno drum in” on one end and “op-1 synh out” on the other end.” That way if or when you ever disconnect the cables you always know exactly where everything plugs back in. It’s been a life saver for me.
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Right on. I always had to re-figure where everything went before my label maker so it’s been big for me. Aye I got a question tho: What’s the price range on those synths you got there? Thanks again.
how do I connect my mpc one to my drumbrute impact? I have it connected thru USB but when I press start on the drumbrute I only hear the mpc one drum kits...?? help
I have a question. Using the MPC as a sequencer, what if I wanna control the synths keyboards with an external usb midi keyboard (better keys vs smaller of my Microkorg) and stay controlling knobs and faders from the synths as usual?
You can you will probably have to program the knobs on the MPC depending on the synth. Some are plug and play and will setup themselves. The other alternative would be tweaking the knobs and faders before you record the audio
I have the same 4 machines daisy chained all running through a midi hub into MPC. When I tap midi icon,and dial through the port section my external synths do not show up. Does this only work with a USB hub?
I haven’t used with midi cables in a long time but I do believe it will only work with the usb hub. When I did use it I do remember being connected directly with the midi cable to the MPC . It could possibly be the midi hub
Thx, ive hated dealing with midi since the 90s with my eps 16. I loathed it so much that id just do everything the hardway by just sampling whatever i was using, the s950, or a synth or whatever, id just play it. I guess in 2021 its finally time to do it right, or maybe my magic came from doing it the hard way? lol
I hear you , I’ve been making beats for a years and I’m just in probably the last 3-4 years started to understand midi. I didn’t know how to route or change channels lol but sometimes the trial by error pays off. Thanks for watching
Hi there. I'm having some issues with my MPC one and my mpk mini mk3 controller. Can you help me to use arpeggiator in the mpk with the Mpc one. I press bpm:ext into the mpk but Mpc on doesn't sound. Mean Mpc one doesn't send midi clock. But I put all parameters for that purpose. When arpeggiator or note repeat is on into Mpk there is no sound and can't use into mpc one. Please help!
Thanks for stopping by first Ian’s foremost, I haven’t used an MPK Mini on my MPC One, I use the Arturia Minilab on mine it’s just plug and play. Best I could recommend it’s to try to find a way to see if you could setup the midi parameters on the MPC One to be able to receive the signal from the MPK there may also be an update you possibly need to download it should be just plug and play for you as well given it’s Akai
old video I know but I was wondering... if you put effects on that audio track where your external synths are coming in, is there gonna be latency? or is it quick enough to use the effects?
Thanks for checking out the video. After using MPC One since March, I definitely recommend it my only issue is the lack of internal battery other than that it’s been all good
I never fancied the live! I just think there’s gonna be probably issues with the battery in a couple of years! Loving your setup. Keep up the good work, 👌🏽👍🏽🇬🇧
How would I hook up my prophet rev 2, my mpc one, and speakers to an audio interface to all correspond with my computer. And what audio interface would be a good fit ?
It would really depend on how you want to hook it up I haven’t used the prophet rev 2 but assuming it will have a midi in & out connection and the daw you’re using would have to send midi clock to the prophet. Second like on the video you would need a 3.5mm in to 1/4 out into an interface and in your daw would have to configure an audio track for recording. Far as the interface I have a video on the on I have the Presonus 26c because I can use it between my Mac and iPad and has enough for the type of recording that I do. I’ve also used focusrite and m audio. I’d say with that do your best research
@@DeeDotMajorMusic I use the prophet rev 2 also and I have my prophet going into my interface. I use the midsport uno cable connected to my prophet to a usb hub that goes to a usb port in my desktop. I got it to connect properly for once but now it seems to not respond. Im using the software Akai DAW also. My prophet midi channel is set to 1 or 3 usually on the actual synth but Im confused just in terms on how to connect it with the program channel, bank msb, and bank lsb. Is the way you are setting up everything directed for using the mpc just without a computer? Btw just came across your channel today dude. Good stuff, I hit that sub.
@@cjkiley3914 appreciate it 💯 fam 🙏🏾 . Sounds like you’re doing everything correct I haven’t used any of my hardware yet in the MPC software, I use it standalone with a dawless setup mostly with my other hardware synths. I have used my Uno Synth & Drum in both Maschine & Logic Pro and those were just plug and play. I will definitely try it and update you on what I come up with. May do another video on it as well . Appreciate you again brother
I can't see the names of my MIDI devices showing up in my mpc One when I connect them via USB, for example my Keystep or Yamaha Reface. My interface also looks a little different from the one in this video. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Make sure you have the midi icon selected in the track menu then it should show up in the window below when you turn the data wheel. If that still doesn’t work I would check your firmware on the MPC to make sure it’s updated to the latest. Only 2 things I can think of at the moment hope it works fam
Man this is remarkable. You just opened up a lot of doors for me. Should this work the same running a Korg M3 and a Roland Fantom FA-06 into the MPC-X as well if I connect everything the same way you did? Thank you for sharing this valuable info. Dealing with midi, audio cables etc etc can be so frustrating.
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Man right on for this. Production can be a pain when you don’t know all about midi implementation, connecting devices and that type of stuff. I appreciate you replying so swiftly and being willing to help. Bulletproof love & respect to you for that.
What settings did you have to select on the microfreak. I want to sequence the mf with my mpc using the piano roll but it won’t let me select midi track - only audio. Also why do you prefer to daisy chain? I was thinking just running into a mixer. Thanks for vids
I actually didn’t select any settings on the Microfreak I just plugged and played into the MPC one. I made sure after running the usb into the hub then into the MPC One that in the track itself that the midi icon is selected and it should allow you to record midi just straight up. I daisy chain because I end up recording the midi to audio , export then I mix in Logic. Thank you for watching
I'm getting noise with a Roland MC-101 over usb midi and dual TRS audio cables. No noise with regular midi cable so maybe a ground loop isolator of some kind will fix it.
I picked up 3 noise isolators off of Amazon , they fixed the issue I had with the ground noise. I used to run it regular midi before they did the update
It should just be plug and play with your computer and the software . Make sure you have the drivers downloaded. I can also tell you if you have an M1 Mac it isn’t compatible yet but all the intel based Macs can run it
Ok I use a pc I was always wondering how it works because when I had a synth all I knew how to use it for was recording audio, I never knew how to get it to record midi notes
I have a huge question and I want to ask anyone who knows if they could. I own an mpc one but when I plug in my mpk mini to the back of my mpc one it doesn’t recognize my midi controller but when I’m in stand alone it does. Is this just the way AKAI made this units USB port? I’m so confused
Yes if you’re trying to plug the keyboard in the MPC and use with the software I don’t believe that would work you’d have to plug directly to the computer the only time it would recognize the controller straight in the MPC would be as you said in stand alone mode
@@DeeDotMajorMusic thank you so much i was going crazy for hours thinking it was me or a problem with the mpc but I would see the controller power on but no recognition in the actual settings thanks a lot atleast I know I’m not crazy LOL. I finally found my first issue with mpc one that’s crazy that they will only allow the usb to work on standalone mode but it is what it is. Thanks bro
Can anyone please help!!?? I'm trying to separate the headphone mix from the main outputs. In other words, have select instruments only play through the main L/R outputs while the whole song is playing through the headphones (or vice versa).
If you're sequencing all three synths at once, do you have to assign a different midi channel for each one? I'm trying to sequence one synth via midi, and an iPad soft synth via USB.
It should allow you to either where the volume slider section is in the mid left hand section of the track and sequence screen or you may have to do it on the mixer screen where you can see all of your tracks. I apologize I’m visualize right now I don’t have my MPC I had to send it out for repair. Once I get it back I’ll revisit this and give you a more thorough answer I may even do a video on that
😂😅 it’s warranty service after the recent update it pretty much bricked my MPC One it couldn’t load past the initial MPC screen once you power it on. I tried to factory reset after talking to Sweetwater and Akai and it wouldn’t work so they’ll try to repair or send another I’m glad I was in warranty
Got any idea on how to use a talkbox, but DAWless? Midi keyboard via usb with a synth program and then what...audio i/o to/from talkbox and then record in an audio track?
Sorry just seeing this but you are on the right track. If the talkbox has an audio out you’d go in just as if you were sampling to the MPC. From there create an audio track and record. You should be able to play the midi keyboard via usb in to the MPC one.
how do I connect my mpc one to my drumbeat impact? I have it connected thru USB but when I press start on the drumbrute I only hear the mpc one drum kits.....help. wait.....I need to try audio on.
Nice one man....
Sweet n simple.
Explained well, I've been scratching my head on this one for a few weeks.
Subbed and liked!!!
Thanks for subscribing brother, I’m glad the video was able to help you. More content on the way 💯
My mpc one comes tomarrow...
Im pretty excited..
Hella rabbitt hole..
Thanx for makeing video....
You will enjoy it a lot I love mine! I appreciate the watch, lookout for more videos
I have a little tip my brother shared with me for anybody interested. Get a digital label maker ($20 or so on Amazon) and print & attach a label to every cable after you hook everything up. (For example: one might say “into MPC-1 usb” another might say “uno drum in” on one end and “op-1 synh out” on the other end.” That way if or when you ever disconnect the cables you always know exactly where everything plugs back in. It’s been a life saver for me.
Dope I don’t always have my hardware setup cause use the cables for other devices but if I did I’d use them
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Right on. I always had to re-figure where everything went before my label maker so it’s been big for me. Aye I got a question tho: What’s the price range on those synths you got there?
Thanks again.
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Never mind. I looked them up. Does your microfreak have the vocoder on it?
Thankyou for putting up. This really worked for me!
Great video, very well explained, thanks.
how do I connect my mpc one to my drumbrute impact? I have it connected thru USB but when I press start on the drumbrute I only hear the mpc one drum kits...?? help
I have a question. Using the MPC as a sequencer, what if I wanna control the synths keyboards with an external usb midi keyboard (better keys vs smaller of my Microkorg) and stay controlling knobs and faders from the synths as usual?
You can you will probably have to program the knobs on the MPC depending on the synth. Some are plug and play and will setup themselves. The other alternative would be tweaking the knobs and faders before you record the audio
Make a video setting the mpc one with a home stereo.
How do you make it quantize when you record in audio mode?
I have the same 4 machines daisy chained all running through a midi hub into MPC. When I tap midi icon,and dial through the port section my external synths do not show up. Does this only work with a USB hub?
I haven’t used with midi cables in a long time but I do believe it will only work with the usb hub. When I did use it I do remember being connected directly with the midi cable to the MPC . It could possibly be the midi hub
@@DeeDotMajorMusic much appreciated bro. Peace
Helpful thanks
Thx, ive hated dealing with midi since the 90s with my eps 16. I loathed it so much that id just do everything the hardway by just sampling whatever i was using, the s950, or a synth or whatever, id just play it. I guess in 2021 its finally time to do it right, or maybe my magic came from doing it the hard way? lol
I hear you , I’ve been making beats for a years and I’m just in probably the last 3-4 years started to understand midi. I didn’t know how to route or change channels lol but sometimes the trial by error pays off. Thanks for watching
Hi there. I'm having some issues with my MPC one and my mpk mini mk3 controller.
Can you help me to use arpeggiator in the mpk with the Mpc one. I press bpm:ext into the mpk but Mpc on doesn't sound. Mean Mpc one doesn't send midi clock. But I put all parameters for that purpose.
When arpeggiator or note repeat is on into Mpk there is no sound and can't use into mpc one.
Please help!
Thanks for stopping by first Ian’s foremost, I haven’t used an MPK Mini on my MPC One, I use the Arturia Minilab on mine it’s just plug and play. Best I could recommend it’s to try to find a way to see if you could setup the midi parameters on the MPC One to be able to receive the signal from the MPK there may also be an update you possibly need to download it should be just plug and play for you as well given it’s Akai
old video I know but I was wondering... if you put effects on that audio track where your external synths are coming in, is there gonna be latency? or is it quick enough to use the effects?
I’ve never tried it I usually add effects after I record the audio. I don’t think they’ll be any latency however
Doing research on getting a MPC one and happened on your channel! Very informative video.
Thanks for checking out the video. After using MPC One since March, I definitely recommend it my only issue is the lack of internal battery other than that it’s been all good
I never fancied the live! I just think there’s gonna be probably issues with the battery in a couple of years! Loving your setup. Keep up the good work, 👌🏽👍🏽🇬🇧
How would I hook up my prophet rev 2, my mpc one, and speakers to an audio interface to all correspond with my computer. And what audio interface would be a good fit ?
It would really depend on how you want to hook it up I haven’t used the prophet rev 2 but assuming it will have a midi in & out connection and the daw you’re using would have to send midi clock to the prophet. Second like on the video you would need a 3.5mm in to 1/4 out into an interface and in your daw would have to configure an audio track for recording. Far as the interface I have a video on the on I have the Presonus 26c because I can use it between my Mac and iPad and has enough for the type of recording that I do. I’ve also used focusrite and m audio. I’d say with that do your best research
@@DeeDotMajorMusic I use the prophet rev 2 also and I have my prophet going into my interface. I use the midsport uno cable connected to my prophet to a usb hub that goes to a usb port in my desktop. I got it to connect properly for once but now it seems to not respond. Im using the software Akai DAW also. My prophet midi channel is set to 1 or 3 usually on the actual synth but Im confused just in terms on how to connect it with the program channel, bank msb, and bank lsb. Is the way you are setting up everything directed for using the mpc just without a computer? Btw just came across your channel today dude. Good stuff, I hit that sub.
@@cjkiley3914 appreciate it 💯 fam 🙏🏾 . Sounds like you’re doing everything correct I haven’t used any of my hardware yet in the MPC software, I use it standalone with a dawless setup mostly with my other hardware synths. I have used my Uno Synth & Drum in both Maschine & Logic Pro and those were just plug and play. I will definitely try it and update you on what I come up with. May do another video on it as well . Appreciate you again brother
I can't see the names of my MIDI devices showing up in my mpc One when I connect them via USB, for example my Keystep or Yamaha Reface. My interface also looks a little different from the one in this video. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Make sure you have the midi icon selected in the track menu then it should show up in the window below when you turn the data wheel. If that still doesn’t work I would check your firmware on the MPC to make sure it’s updated to the latest. Only 2 things I can think of at the moment hope it works fam
Man this is remarkable. You just opened up a lot of doors for me. Should this work the same running a Korg M3 and a Roland Fantom FA-06 into the MPC-X as well if I connect everything the same way you did?
Thank you for sharing this valuable info. Dealing with midi, audio cables etc etc can be so frustrating.
Yes it should this will be universal but I did these with usb you can achieve the same with midi cables
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Man right on for this. Production can be a pain when you don’t know all about midi implementation, connecting devices and that type of stuff. I appreciate you replying so swiftly and being willing to help. Bulletproof love & respect to you for that.
What settings did you have to select on the microfreak. I want to sequence the mf with my mpc using the piano roll but it won’t let me select midi track - only audio.
Also why do you prefer to daisy chain? I was thinking just running into a mixer.
Thanks for vids
I actually didn’t select any settings on the Microfreak I just plugged and played into the MPC one. I made sure after running the usb into the hub then into the MPC One that in the track itself that the midi icon is selected and it should allow you to record midi just straight up. I daisy chain because I end up recording the midi to audio , export then I mix in Logic. Thank you for watching
I'm getting noise with a Roland MC-101 over usb midi and dual TRS audio cables. No noise with regular midi cable so maybe a ground loop isolator of some kind will fix it.
I picked up 3 noise isolators off of Amazon , they fixed the issue I had with the ground noise. I used to run it regular midi before they did the update
You know why i wouldn't get any sound out of the MPC ONE? I have the headphones plugged in to MPC. Thanks.
Yo Dee is it possible to have both inputs 1,2 playing at the same time?
Helping you to going on 1000! Luck! Keeping with videos.
Thank you for subscribing 🙏🏾 stay tuned for more
How do you get hardware to record midi notes in the mpc software
It should just be plug and play with your computer and the software . Make sure you have the drivers downloaded. I can also tell you if you have an M1 Mac it isn’t compatible yet but all the intel based Macs can run it
Ok I use a pc I was always wondering how it works because when I had a synth all I knew how to use it for was recording audio, I never knew how to get it to record midi notes
I have a huge question and I want to ask anyone who knows if they could. I own an mpc one but when I plug in my mpk mini to the back of my mpc one it doesn’t recognize my midi controller but when I’m in stand alone it does. Is this just the way AKAI made this units USB port? I’m so confused
Yes if you’re trying to plug the keyboard in the MPC and use with the software I don’t believe that would work you’d have to plug directly to the computer the only time it would recognize the controller straight in the MPC would be as you said in stand alone mode
@@DeeDotMajorMusic thank you so much i was going crazy for hours thinking it was me or a problem with the mpc but I would see the controller power on but no recognition in the actual settings thanks a lot atleast I know I’m not crazy LOL. I finally found my first issue with mpc one that’s crazy that they will only allow the usb to work on standalone mode but it is what it is. Thanks bro
Can anyone please help!!??
I'm trying to separate the headphone mix from the main outputs. In other words, have select instruments only play through the main L/R outputs while the whole song is playing through the headphones (or vice versa).
If you're sequencing all three synths at once, do you have to assign a different midi channel for each one? I'm trying to sequence one synth via midi, and an iPad soft synth via USB.
Thanx for the vid but you still didn't show how you plugged everything in from step 1
You’re welcome there is another video on this channel that does
@@DeeDotMajorMusic share the link to that vid please, thanx:)
Can you apply built-in MPC effects like reverb on the audio input from your external synthesizer in real time?
It should allow you to either where the volume slider section is in the mid left hand section of the track and sequence screen or you may have to do it on the mixer screen where you can see all of your tracks. I apologize I’m visualize right now I don’t have my MPC I had to send it out for repair. Once I get it back I’ll revisit this and give you a more thorough answer I may even do a video on that
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Thank you! Warranty repair or did you end up having an unusually creative session with it? 😂
😂😅 it’s warranty service after the recent update it pretty much bricked my MPC One it couldn’t load past the initial MPC screen once you power it on. I tried to factory reset after talking to Sweetwater and Akai and it wouldn’t work so they’ll try to repair or send another I’m glad I was in warranty
@@DeeDotMajorMusic Wow, thanks for the warning! Just ordered an MPC One Retro myself yesterday. Can't wait to dive in!
@@DeeDotMajorMusic I know how, but it does not work. Maybe you can show us, how to set up.
Got any idea on how to use a talkbox, but DAWless? Midi keyboard via usb with a synth program and then what...audio i/o to/from talkbox and then record in an audio track?
Sorry just seeing this but you are on the right track. If the talkbox has an audio out you’d go in just as if you were sampling to the MPC. From there create an audio track and record. You should be able to play the midi keyboard via usb in to the MPC one.
Are the synths being recorded as midi tracks or audio tracks in this setup?
First recorded in midi, then i record the midi to an audio track, allowing me to use another sound from the synth
Is the audio coming from the usb? Because I didn’t see you run all the audio outs of each instrument. I only see one audio input on the MPC One.
No there is one audio in and one out on the MPC One
I also daisy chained each instrument into the MPC input
So which USB port did you use on the back of the MPC one? Does it matter? I thought u were gonna show your connections...
There is only 1 USB in and 1 USB out I use a hub going in because the out goes straight to the computer
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how do I connect my mpc one to my drumbeat impact? I have it connected thru USB but when I press start on the drumbrute I only hear the mpc one drum kits.....help. wait.....I need to try audio on.