Setting up a hardware studio : a basic guide 

I really like this old way to create a track that never ends...

I've been looking for the exact video for decades. You explain everything really well! Merci!

really nice, clear overview on putting together a hardware setup. really dig the set up and the tune. thanks for sharing!

This would have saved me so much time back when I was first starting out with hardware. I'm even running similar gear including the zed fx, alpha juno and mpc. Props on a great tutorial and channel overall!

This is amazing, been looking for a good video on this, perfect!

man i love the vibe of this song

amazing music and video! thank you for the advice

I love your setup so clean and operateable

Beautiful melody and atmosphere

Good tutorial and excellent music!

I stumbled on this channel while looking for reviews on that zed 24 mixer. Glad I did, you have some badass stuff on your channel. also a fellow MPC2000 classic user. rock on!

This is really sick and inspirational

Your amazing simon...youve gone so far since this video... your northern of course lol besides that you know how to work with your machines .. also have imagination and passion to go far... Great inspiration for the future! Thankyou for taking the time to show how you set up..

Hellooo Simon! Had no idea you were doing that sort of videos aha, I am in the middle of rewiring my studio and was looking for some inspiration on how to integrate my MPC 2000 XL - what a surprise to see who is the author of that nice tutorial! Cheers from Barcelona, hope to catch you soon again!

I think you are the only guy on RU-vid to have done this! well done Reedale Rise! nice ;-)

this is gorgeous

Superbly useful tutorial...and superb track...! nice 1

Cool video and beat, and yes have plenty of cables handy, audio, midi and power cables, the nemesis of a hardware based studio. All worth it in the end :)

Nice setup and video

Great video!

cool hardware set-up and music :)

really good tutorial ReedaLe m8,, the music goes with it aswell ,, perfect , thumbs up brother ; D

This music is right down my alley.

the tune is sick has hell

Hi mate! great video, thanks for share your work in ypur setup! cool stuff!

You got some good sounding tunes man. Good job.

Amazing✨

Thankful for this 😅

good job mate!

that beat was dope bro

how about a video update to show what your studio looks like now, how you changed it, and also why? would be very handy for those of us trying a DAWless set up and wondering if we're limiting ourselves too much ! Thanks

very nice video and track! now you can get everything in one small machine, check Fingersonic EXP-1. I think you may like it!

Thank you brother 👊😃✌❤

Thanks for the video man...extremely useful...and beautiful track by the way. In a similar set up but using a DAW as sequencer, how would that set up be? MIDI OUT from the PC(audio interface) to a midi splitter and then to each synth? From the mixer comes only one audio (stereo) out back into the Pc for recording? Cheers!

The best

Been watching your videos a lot, so I'm buying the MPC and MFB because of them! Will be spamming you with all sorts of questions the next while, you have been warned ...

i have just bought a digitakt and novation summit..never used synths before lol i dont even no how to set them up.maybe i have just jumped in at the deep end.if you had the 2 what would you add to play them at full potential please

Great video!! You explained it simply and easily. Thanks for sharing! Quick question for you , if you can give me some guidance, I'd greatly appreciate it. I want to connect my MPC 2000, Korg keyboard & my DJ Setup all together with the least amount of additional gear. Could I just hook all this equipment up to a similar mixer like the Allen and Heath Zed 14 and run it through protools?

hey, great video, thanks!

thank you for not talking. Your setup is great and I really enjoy the vibe of the music. What about throwing a table in the mix? Seems terribly uncomfortable being on the floor

Love the teack

Excellent vid Do you use one track in MPC for drums or do you have separate tracks for each drum?

This guy needs to keep makin music!

Hey! thanks! Very cool sound :) I was looking for a clear video in french about harware studio/setup but this one is the most explicative aha. I've some questions: If i understand you can perform live with your hardware setup, you don't need a laptop? And how do you record if you wanna produce? Does the MPC have their own sound or did you make it with a progam like reason, ableton, fl studio or whatever?

Nice vibe.

Uuh nice setup! The MPC really shines as a sequencer too I see;)

Cool video and very helpful, nice tune too! Can I ask how you now record yours channels into Ableton? Do you alt3/4 select the channel you want to record and records each part in individually? Is there a way to multi track record with this setup? Thanks

Hi reedale, thanks for making this tutorial. In my church we have same mixer. I tried to connect my Steinberg ur12 audio interface to this mixer in alt out but I was not able to get any output from it. Can you please tell me what is the problem with that??? I successfully connected audio interface to this mixer from mono out. Please help me because I want to record my choir songs every Sunday.

i have a little big problem whit my drum machine and the mpc.. wen i also write a track in the mpc 1000 as midi to the drum machine.. after pressing play.. is it in anyway possible muting them in real time on the drum machine?

awesome! Keep it up

Really nice video which helped me understand midi on MPC2KXL! Many thanks from france, but I jave a question ? Is it beacause the Blofeld is multitimbral that you can play several blofeld's presets at the same time via the differents MPC channels please ?

Amazing

this tune here is so dope!

thanks for making this video! i have a pretty silly question but i'm a complete noob - do you know if it's possible to achieve the same setup but with a digitakt instead of an MPC? cheers

Thanks for your video !! so easy and very useful to me :) you said the midi out from the mpc goes into the midi thru of the the kenton , do you mean midi out from the mpc goes into midi in of the kenton ( make more sense for my understanding ) and then all midi thru's go to the midi in's oft the other gear ?

yo! good job dude. what are the drums in the beginning track? btw I love the stereo spread. cheers!

@Reedale Rise thank you for this video! This clarified many things for sure! :) Question! Let's say that a hardware stereo compressor unit would be added to this setup in order to achieve the pumping kick sound associated with French house genre. Where would place it in the signal chain? I bet that there are many options for this, right? Curious to hear your or any others thoughts, thanks! :)

Hi. Super nice Video! One more question;) when you record your jam to the Pc, how do you manage to record the individual channels? Do you record track by track? Are you muting all the tracks excerpt the track you want to record? I own a zed14 with the same layout and routing possibilities as the zed24. I used to use the alt out connected to the interface and when i wanted to record a track, i pushed the pfl button. The pfl was set up in the monitor section. The only problem with this method was, the pfl sent the signal just in mono to the alt out. Another method is, when you use the aux 1 and 2 to record separate tracks...but its not very comfortable, because you have to rotate the pontentiometers all the time...carpal tunnel syndrome.... So i'am curious about your recording style. Any secrets or tips and tricks?:) thx

What brand midi controller are you using? Your videos have been a huge help with getting my current otb setup running.

i have a genuine conundrum question. at 4.39 you are playing two different blofeld patches at the same time??? thought midi only affects current preset on the synth but is possible to have multiple played out on same synth module?

Dope.

In place of the kenton midi thru, could you use a midiman 4x4? its a 4x4 a-d midi interface that is usb powered. new to midi connections and am in the process of getting my first synths(some volcas) and want to be able to control them like you do here via an mpc2000 and a axiom25 keyboard

Oh cool... I'm much the same, and at times for what ever reason it stops my process. I was thinking its prob good to set up a template for the MPC when using midi... Right. That way you load the template and all your machines are set to midi. Thinking out loud helps me sometimes.

Hey man nice set up !!!! hope you can help me some…. I have an XL and a yamaha dx7. How could i connect it to the mpc to try some melodies during the mpc is looping and rec whenever i want as you did on the video but with the midi controller. Sorry to bother, i think with the dx7 it could be a nice combination and i'm little bit lost. I think in going into a pre and then into the in of the mpc, but when recording as a sample i cannot listen the loop….Sure I'm doing it wrong. Hope you can give a hand ! nice music well done !

Hey, cool tutorial and music. I have two quick questions to ask, What audio interface you are using? And how does this work with Ableton Live? Appreciate the reply

Is there any way you explain to me a bit more about how you connected the MemoryMan to the mixer and what connections need to go where etc. I am trying to get my ARC1000 multifx set up with my mixer so I can use it over multiple channels. Thanks in advance.

Reedale Rise awesome tutorial bro! just what i was looking for... one more question, could you seq your synths like this with the mpc 1000? or there are some differences between the mpc 1000 seq and the 2000xl?

Hey thank you for this! What is that box in middle, next to the mixer and MPC 2000?

Question I have A few things like volca, a pocket operator and kaossilator which has midi along with my midi controller mpk 49. I bought a interface (scarlett 2i2) but know there aren't enough inputs for all. (Also having a dj set up, with a rane 62 mixer) I do have ableton. I just don't know where to go from here, and would using an interface along with a splitter something that works together? Or could be of use. Cant find anything on this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Really helpful video, thank you ! probably a noob question, but I thought the Zed 24 had an audio interface USB built in, so why using one more audio interface ? Is it possible to have only the mixer ? I struggle to know if I need an audio interface or a mixer...

Where was this video hiding for years?

Question: could you also assign the mpc to its own channel and use the sounds coming out of it while using it as a sequencer for your other gear?

gotta get my gear together!!! i would also love to try with mpc... i thought that blofeld was white!!

nice video, thanks for showing! can u assign a blofeld patch to a midi channel? how did you manage to change the preset/patch within the mpc?

Are all those drums in the opening track from that 522 you have? I might just have to get one!

great track::) i like:D

Where should I look to learn more about routing setups? I have a lot of gear I could be more creative with, and one or two purchases to really launch things. Thanks for the video.

Is this possible with a korg electribe as the sequencer instead of the mpc?

Nice! Because you don't have midi going from the machines to the MPC does that mean you can only record knob tweaks on the final recording/mixdown?

Do use use a template on the MPC typically with all you drum machines / synths ready to go? Or are you patching per song idea?

Great video thank you. Question might be stupid but is Ableton master here or the mpc ?

Thanx for sharing! I have one question, don't know if it is a stupid one but just curious :-) -> I see you use a stereo input channel on the A&H for a stereo output synth, but also a sepperate channel (line in 8 + 9) What is the difference, and can it dammage the A&H to use a L input + R input jack in the Line inputs? Thanx in advance!

Is the kick in the song playing till 3.15 sample comming from mpc or is it from mfb 522 ? Nice vibe ;)

How do u feel after all this time about the Zed Mixer, as I am thinking of Zed 436?

oh my God this track is dope! where can i get this track from i love it!

Nice video! Do you record the audio in one track in youre daw?

I dig your music

I thought that a mixer is an audio interface? Or doesn't yours come with one? Can and does the akai mpc control everything here, and can it be the main controller for all of your setup, or does the mixer play a part in that too? To anybody, thanks. I'm new to how all of this goes together.

I have a question to u. why did you especially use mpc? instead use a midi-control device with send midi-channel feature (yamaha pss 780 can do) yamaha pss 780 to boss dr-202 boss to kenton, kenton to each synth. i know its cheap way... do you think it's ok or any other ideas ?

Tbh I’m stuck in choosing the appropriate mixer. I’m in between a Korg MW mixer or the new Tascam Models. I own a TR8, TB3, Korg KP3, Microkorg, CDJ, MPC, Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, a Boss Over-Drive Pedal, and a Boss Sp Sampler as of right now. So for a total of 11 hardware pieces/equipment what mixers are generally suggested? (including channel wise) I’m new to music and producing and would like to learn how to a build a workflow with mixer integration. Thank you!

I'm dying to know if you've filled the rest of those channels on the Allen and Heath yet haha. Serious question though: have you tried using the mixer as an interface, if so, what was your experience?

Hi @reedale rise ! Little question for you... What's the best way to record the Zed24 in multitrack into DAW (Ableton)? Is it even possible or is the Zed R16 needed for this? Thx

If you were tracking MIDI for multiple hardware synths, can't you use a MIDI merge box to take the MIDI outs from all your synths and merge them to one MIDI input on your MPC? They'd still be on separate channels, so you could avoid having to use a separate controller and then use the synths themselves to both send MIDI to the MPC as well as receive.

How would I set up my laptop with my usb interface, analogue desk, and monitor speakers? I want to route the output of my laptop to my mixer, and back in again so that i can record my ITB sounds with analogue colour. How do I wire up the cables so that I can monitor the sound without recording also? How do I do this in Cubase 7? If I dont select the interface inputs within cubase, do I still hear the inputs from the mixer in my monitors? Interfaces and laptops generally confuse me when it comes to audio: Im used to just having a mixer, hardware, and an amp.

how do you configure the midi out through the midi slitter into the synths i also have a mpc 2000 but i cant seem to know how to do it

one more man? jajaja please the last one ! I've got my dx7 running via midi into the mpc. Is it possible to make like a new midi channel with the same device? because i can record in one channel 1A in the mpc but i cannot make a hole new sound and use it in another midi track.

great video, how much does all of this cost approximately?

Ha, when the music started playing I was like 'hmm... this sounds kinda like E.R.P. and the kind of electro I like', and then I took notice of the artist/channel name! Got a few EPs recently with tracks of yours. I'm just thinking of delving into world of synths, drum machines, etc. Can you recommend some synths (preferably budget) that will enable me to make some lush sounds (pads and strings) the likes of which you hear from yourself, E.R.P., Plant43, etc?

Is the tune you made in this video still available to download anywhere? Couldn’t find it on your Bandcamp!

Just a quick question how many cables should you need and what type or types do you need?