Elektron Musical Instruments

Andy, interesting!
I'm using the same kind of setup, but with an MPC-1000..
Do you use your MPC as a main sequencer? I've tried that, but there were 
some problems doing so. I'm using my MD as main sequencer now. The 
problem is that the MPC sends programchanges each time it loops. This 
will reload the selected patch of the synths connected (2xMS2000+virus) 
- therefor the sequence it plays is a little delayed and it sounds like 
a little click at the beginning. Also, the tempo's of the sequences are 
most of the time different, so I'd like some external gear to act as a 
main clock for all MPC sequences.
Now that I've got the MD as a main sequencer, it all works fine: The MPC 
starts playing when I push play on the MD. This way I can make a 
complete song in renoise, render the song to wave, cut them out in 
soundforge, load them into the MPC, split the samples to multi-programs 
with the chopperfunction, get crazy with MPC song mode, and add a hell 
lot of wicked beats with the MD, adding up synth voices with the M1-M4 
channels of the MD which midi-out stuff to the external synths.
Layers enough, I would say..
then only 1 problem remains:  Saving the work... (and don't forget to 
write on little notes which patterns match to which patches)..
(that, btw, is the only thing that stinks)

-chris
ps. here's a pic:  http://members.home.nl/cosmiq/studio.jpg




ANDY wrote:

> Right,
>
> I've had my MD for about 3 months now and it's now full of 
> sequences/patterns for my live
> set... I am using it in combo with an mpc 4000 which I use to sequence 
> my Proteus 2K for
> bass lines and pads and also some loops and one shots from the mpc's 
> internal sampler...
>
> Just curious if anyone else is using this sort of combo (even if it's 
> an mpc 1000) and if so,
> how are you controlling the sequence changes etc... I am asking this 
> because I want to be
> focusing on one machine to do the sequence changes... which one would 
> you use, how do
> you go about either making program changes from the mpc to the MD or 
> use the MD to flip
> the sequences on the MPC...
>
> one more thing... don't know of this has been discussed already but I 
> would definately love
> elektron to make the mutes triggerable from an external peice of 
> gear.... by this I mean
> making it possible to make mute mappings in the mpc to flip the mutes 
> and without being in
> song mode...
>
> thanks for any help
>
>
>
>
>
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