Hi All I've created a song with seven steps of 8 or 16 bars each and it plays and exports to audio perfectly. Now I'm trying to create a single sequence so i can export each individual track into Pro Tools so I can mix it better but the sequence it creates is corrupted and doesn't play properly. It seems to have mixed up the different tracks and programs and it's a mess. Is this a known problem or is there a limitation I'm running into? Or is it user error? I'm using MPC Beats v2.8.3 (64 bit) on Windows 10 Home with Scarlett Solo audio interface. Thanks Steve

Hi Steve - When you talk about exporting a sequence, do you mean exporting a Standard MIDI File? If so, make sure that all the tracks are on different MIDI channels and that you're exporting the SMF as a Type 1 SMF, which [on Import] will have separate tracks for every MIDI channel; if you export as Type 0 all the tracks/channels will be mixed into one, which kind of sounds like what you're describing..

Hi Joe Actually, I'm planning to export the rendered audio for each track not the MIDI. But the problem is before I get to that point. Because MPC Beats is designed as a series of sequences (verse/bridge/chorus etc), it should be possible to join them up into one complete sequence for the whole song, (like you would get in a traditional DAW) within the app before exporting each track. That's what I'm trying to do and where the app seems to have a bug, unless I'm doing something wrong. If this still isn't clear just let me know and I'll post a video of what I'm trying to do in the app. Thanks Steve

Hi Steve - Ok, now I understand what you're trying to do.. I assume you're following the steps in video #22 [Exporting Stems] of the course linked above, and choosing "Explode Tracks" to get separate audio stems for each track..? If that's what you're doing and it's still not working, then maybe there is a bug.. I can't find a manual on the Akai website for the MPC Beats software, and since I don't have it here I can't test it, but maybe another MPC user/guru will weigh in with a suggestion..

Hi Joe Yes, I'm following the details in the class (although it was Booker's class MPC Software 101 course, not Alex's - I accidently linked to the wrong class on this post, sorry) Anyway, I've worked around the problem by exporting each track from each individual sequence as a separate audio file and then reassembling them in ProTools. It was a bit of a pain having to do it seven times but worked fine in the end: https://soundcloud.com/user-522587607/cee-0-vee-1-dee/s-aklk6lnlgks By the way, how did you manage to paste a screen image to your post? I tried to do a screen shot from MPC Beats but this forum website wouldn't allow me to paste the image file (PNG). Is there a particular file format that you used? Cheers Steve

Hey Steve - Great! I'm glad you got it working.. Sorry, only the Forum Moderator (that's me) can post images -- that limitation is part of the site's aggressive anti-spam protections..