Useful in Step Edit Mode when sequencing phrases in Note-On Mode.
Scroll to the bar number where you want to commence your note duration.
Press Over Dub and hit the relevant pad.
Calculate the exact Duration value to type in to the D field on the MPC based on the following calculation.
MPC 2500 has 96 Parts per Quarter Note. Therefore, the Duration of 1 beat = 96
for signatures of 4/4
1 bar = 96 x 4 D= 384
2 bars = 96 x 8 D = 768
3 bars = 96 x 12 D = 1152
4 bars = 96 x 16 D = 1536
…
8 bars = 96 x 32 D = 3072
16 bars = 96 x 64 D = 6144
Hope this is useful. I couldn’t find any info out there so here it is.
-MC-
Tags: Duration, MIDI, MPC, Note, Sampler
Sometimes certain events are not activated or heard when starting playback after the start point in your project. This can be frustrating at the editing stage when you want to preview changes.
Logic has a function to analyze your project and locate events before the playback point so that they are active when you press play mid-way through a project.
From the Toolbar, choose: Settings > MIDI and click on the Chase Tab
In the list, check any event types that you want to hear when you press play. Most of them are self explanatory.
The most common ones that you may want to enable and maybe Continue reading »
Tags: Cycle, Event List, MIDI, Note, Region
External MIDI Instruments can be routed through Logic Pro’s Mixer and Effects by way of the External Instrument Plug-in.
The resulting track behaves just like an internal Software Instrument.
Notes:
- Realtime Bouncing to an audio file IS possible
- Offline Bouncing to an audio file is NOT possible
- Freeze Function is disabled
Set up Effects Processing for External MIDI Instruments.
- Connect the Output (pair) of the MIDI Instrument to an Input (pair) on the Audio Interface.
- Create a Continue reading »
Tags: Channel Strip, Effects, MIDI
Enables you to add Program Change, Volume and Pan settings from the Track Parameter Box to selected regions on External MIDI Tracks in the Arrange area.
Only checked (ticked) parameters are added and they are placed one quarter note before the the beginning of the selected region.
The Track Parameter Box
The Insert Instrument MIDI settings as Events Command
The Event List
-MC-
Tags: MIDI, Region
Is it possible to play back multiple midi channels from logic into the MPC 2500? The answer is NO. The MPC 2500 is not a multi-timbral Sampler. That is to say it is not a multi-timbral sound module. The MPC4000 / 5000 / z8 are multi-timbral.
Therefore, even though you can send out an MPC 2500 SEQUENCE of multiple TRACKS with independently assigned MIDI channels and demix them in LOGIC PRO you cannot play them back into the MPC 2500 and hear them as intended. ALL MIDI DATA IS MERGED AND PLAYS THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE MPC 2500 TRACK. So you get a Continue reading »
Tags: MIDI, Multi-Timbral, Sampler
Loops are NOT recognized when exported as part of a midi file.
You must turn loops to copies. Not all sequencers are geared up like Logic to enable any kind of loop mode so…
Here’s a very efficient way to deal with this scenario.
1) Select all regions including those currently looped.
2) In the Arrange window go to: Region > Merge > Regions per Track (Key Command: shift =)
Hey Presto! All data is Continue reading »
Tags: Export, Loops, MIDI
