Setting up MPD24 MMC controls in Cubase

Hi Matt, just wanna ask you a question, I have a Cubase SL3, How come the Midi Machine Control Slave option dont show up on my device setup ? I can only see the Time Display option and not the other one... I really want to use the transport control of my Akai mpd24 but I cant solved it... Could you help me please ? I also have the Oxygen 49 but still I cant use it also on my Cubase SL3... Any advice for it ? thanks...

ok.. thanks.. I'll be here waiting for your help...

So, whats that mean ? I'm gonna reinstall my Cubase SL3 ? coz my MPD24 is already plugged in via USB but I still dont have it... But one thing I know is that my Cubase is already installed before I purchased the MPD24... maybe I'm gonna reinstall it right ?

I always connect my mpd24 on my PC... my mpd24 works well with Reason 3.0 but I dont know how to set it up with cubase... Do you use Cubase SL3 also ? my mpd24 is always plugged in my pc via USB, how come the MMC is still not visible ? sorry to bother you man but the support of Steinberg and Akai doesn't help anything...

Ok, thanks... I'll be here...

I have reason 3.0 & an akai
mpd24 that triggers reason perfectly and all the functions work except the
sequence (rec, rew, play) button on the akai don't trigger the sequencer to
start in reason. I spent all night (literally) up trying to follow all the
steps that akai & reason said to make it work, but no luck. I was wondering if anyone might be able to guide me in the right direction.

Does any1 knows why my pc speakers sound distorted after 3 min of recording??

I tried all those step mention above, but i can't seem to find di MMC control slave in my device set up, i know in the sx3 there is a + that you need to click on in order for you to see it, but in the Le version its not there.

i use the alesis version of cubase, may be thats the problem.

MATT I HAVE THAT SAME PROBLEM ALSO WITH CUBASE LE AND ITS STEINBERG PRODUCT .

From some reading I've been doing around the net it sounds as though Cubase LE (and possibly even Cubase SL) simply don't support remote Transport control via MMC... I'm not *certain* about this, but it appears to be the case.

about the cubase le preset , its not in my mpd24 . i have every preset but that one . but i did figure out how to use it in cubase le and now trying to understand how to load up sound in the 16 pads of the mpd24

Hello everybody!
I have a little different problem here. Also regarding to mpd24 and cubase sx. I´have no knowledge how to sync them! I have a really low latency firewire soundcard(motu ultralite) , the latency is something aroun 1- 2.5 millisecs i/o.
When I start recording with metronome ieverything works perfectly( i hear no latency when hitting the pads ), but when played back the recorded notes are behind..out of the tempo totally. I made sure the auto quantize is off and i´m sure i´m not playing so OFF tempo :)

so there must be sync problem! I have no ide what are the internal clokcks..timecodes etc... I tried every possible setting...i took my at least 3 hours...and i could not get a good result.
btw, my akai is connected through usb 2.0.

Any ideas:)?

Matt, Thanks !
This was very useful. I still have something little strange with the delay(actually the notes are not delayed but they are recorded a little earlier ) BUT it still made a huge improvement in perfomance !!!!
One thing,,,I´ve lost the metronome click sound after using the timestamp option.(i made sure the metronome click is activated but still no sound).

Maybe I need to play around with SYNC setup in SX3 now... There are so many options actually. midi clock..timecode etc...this is a bit confusing.

Anyone who uses akai mpd24 what´s your "sync" setup like?
(I´ve connected the mpd24 straight to usb and the soundcard is in firewire...).

Thanks MATT and MAKETUNES!
HannesV.

It works in my SX3 but only sometimes???

Why would this be? I got the play/forward/rewind down for a day or so and now nothing happens. I see it under MMC. Can I just set it up to All MIDI Inputs since I have two USB MIDI devices?

Also, how do I setup all those faders and knobs? HOw do I get them to control the features I want in Cubase and my VSTs???

THANKS!

Well it doesn't sound like an MMC issue wrksss? Maybe start a new forum topic about your specific problem and we can work at that

Hmmm yairhol - do you have a "Transport" section under your Cubase Device Setup menu?

Some versions of Cubase have limited functionality, such as the lack of MMC controls. Cubase LE is one of these, and I suspect Cubase Studio 4 could be the same?