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MPC Renaissance & MPC Studio: Quick Start Guide. Just received your MPC Renaissance or MPC Studio (or MPC Element) and wondering ? This tutorial covers the basics of getting your MPC hardware and MPC Software up and running – quick and to the point! Adapted from my critically acclaimed MPC Software tutorial book, .

Connecting your MPC to your computer is simple – take a standard USB cable and plug one end into the orange computer port at the back of the MPC hardware and plug the other end into a spare USB port in your computer. There are reports of a few people experiencing issues plugging their MPC into USB 3. MPC is not communicating reliably with your computer, connect it to a USB 2.

If you have no USB 2. USB 2. 0 hub into a USB 3. MPC into the hub.

As for the USB cable itself, one came with my MPC but it was quite short, but I’ve not had any problems using my own USB cables, including a 3m one I bought off Ebay. Power. The MPC Studio and MPC Element are simply powered by the USB cable plugged into your computer. The MPC Renaissance requires separate electrical power, and a suitable PSU (power supply unit) is provided with the Ren.

If you find this is too short, MPC Stuff sell an extended length PSU: http: //www. You’ll need access to a suitable AC power source – I would advise you invest in a . You can twist the PSU around the cable tidy to prevent the PSU connection being accidentally yanked out. Software Set Up. Next, install the MPC Software. You can either download the latest version from the Akai web site, or use the DVD that came with your MPC hardware.

It’s then simply a case of double clicking the installer and following the onscreen instructions. You’ll first install the hardware driver; this handles all audio and controller messages with your computer – after installing, reboot your computer. Then install the MPC Software itself (. This process can take a while so make yourself a coffee and relax. Once the software set up is completed, turn on your MPC hardware and wait a few seconds – this gives the MPC time to begin communicating with your computer. Now launch the MPC Software, and once it’s loaded fully, it should detect your MPC hardware.

You’ll now be asked to unlock the MPC Software, so click the . When you are finished, click . Download Spiderman 3 Pc Game Setup.

You should be good to go! Configuring Your Interface In the MPC Software. The audio output generated by the MPC Software is handed by an audio interface. Hence most people purchase a separate audio interface to handle all audio duties in their computer – these can be in the form of an internal PCI card, but typically these days are externally connected via USB (or firewire). Once connected to your computer (and appropriate drivers installed), an audio interface can be configured to override the built in sound interface.

Many audio interfaces also have MIDI ports, so can also act as a MIDI interface (hence you’ll often see them referred to as . MPC Renaissance owners should see the . If you are using a separate audio interface and cannot see it here, there will be a problem with the way it is set up within your host computer, so make sure you’ve installed the relevant drivers and that your interface is properly connected to your computer as per the manufacturer’s instructions. Now simply select the audio interface you wish to handle the Input and Output duties. Typically, you’d select the same interface for both options, however you can select one interface for input (recording samples) and a different one for output. Configuring Audio Hardware.

A typical MPC Studio audio set up is shown below: Here the MPC Studio is connected to your computer via USB, but all audio generated by the MPC Software is simply output from your computer’s audio interface. If you wanted to record an external audio source such as a microphone or a CD, you’d actually use the recording inputs of your computer audio interface. Once the audio leaves the computer interface, it is then routed optionally to a mixer (where you could combine other external sound sources or add hardware based effects and dynamic processing via effect inserts), and ultimately to the studio’s amplifier and speakers. The set up for the MPC Renaissance is as follows: This time, your audio . In this case, you’ll need convertors or a special cable that has 1/4 inch jack at one end and RCA (or a single stereo jack) at the other end.

To record a mic level signal, plug the mic into the left hand recording input of your MPC or audio interface using a dedicated microphone cable. This is usually built into most interfaces (including the MPC Renaissance), otherwise you will need to invest in additional hardware that can provide phantom power to the mic signal, such as a vocal compressor. On the MPC Renaissance, remember to switch to . You’ll also find that the .

To do this you can simply set the switch at the back of the MPC Renaissance from LINE to PHONO. If you are using an interface with no phono inputs, you should route your turntable via a standard DJ mixer first as this will deal with the line level amplification and grounding. You can then treat the turntable signal as a standard line level signal and use the 1/4 inch jack inputs set to LINE. Finally if you  any of your devices utilise digital inputs or outputs, you can connect these to any digital ins/outs you may have on your interface. The MPC Renaissance has SPDIF connectors, which officially require a special SPDIF cable, but in most cases you can use a standard RCA cable (but there is a possibility of data corruption). Tweaks. Once everything is set up, it’s time to perform some last minute tweaks and tests. First go back to Preferences > Audio and hit the Test button – you should hear a tone and also see the level meter under the .

If you see the green lights but don’t hear the tone, check your audio connections are set up correctly, and check obvious things like volume dials on mixers, amps and interfaces are active and no mute or solo switches are engaged on your mixer. At this point, you can leave all other settings in the Audio tab to the defaults, unless you have a specific reason to change them.

The Samplerate setting controls the samplerate used to record audio, which is commonly 4. Hz, however your audio interface may give you additional options. There are many endless arguments about which samplerate to use, but these are beyond the scope of this book, so I’d suggest sticking to 4. The Audio Buffer size helps you control the latency you may experience when using your MPC controller. When you hit a pad in your MPC, ideally it will register as a hit in your MPC Software instantaneously – this however is unlikely, there will always be a very short delay (latency), but usually this is not noticeable. If you experience any obvious delays, reduce the Audio Buffer size – however if it is set too low, you’ll experience all sorts of horrible distortion from your MPC, so use it wisely. Go to the Other tab: For the moment, the only change you may wish to make here is the Sampling Bit Depth.

I would suggest you set this at 2. You will of course still be able to export your completed songs in 1. The Next Step. And that’s the very basic quick start guide for all MPC Renaissance and MPC Studio users! Next, head over to MPC- Samples.