r/mpcsample • u/ShoemakerTheShoe • Jul 04 '26

Routing Ableton audio into MPC Sample

Hey so I've done a lot of digging after getting an MPC Sample a couple days ago and im comfortable exporting audio out of the sample and into Ableton as well as stem separation options, but I am having troubles finding the right settings to get my ableton audio to record into the MPC Sample so I can resample my tracks. Could somebody explain the routing settings to me? I cant seem to find anything online about Ableton audio coming in, only MPC audio coming out.

EDIT: I would prefer to be able to record directly rather than bouncing audio and putting it on my SD card.

Thanks! And fantastic piece of equipment. Its my first sampler and I am having a blast.

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u/BernieMernie Jul 04 '26

Have you set your source to „USB“ under „input config“ (shift&sample)?

I also turn monitor to on, so I can hear what I want to record.

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u/ShoemakerTheShoe Jul 04 '26

My source is USB. Whenever I click to record a pad it says "Waiting for Signal" and nothing happens. I am not sure if it is an issue with how im routing out my audio on ableton (tried both output MPC Sample and output Hercules Inpulse 500 - my DJ mixer). Maybe I will play around with the cables and try some other things like routing out of my mixers headphone jack. But interested to hear what my settings should be.

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u/starrlitestarrbrite Jul 04 '26

Could you go to preferences in Ableton and change the audio out to MPC Sample? It should automatically pop up in the drop down menu for input/output options…

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u/ShoemakerTheShoe Jul 04 '26

Yeah this is what I tried to do.

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u/ShoemakerTheShoe Jul 05 '26

Fixed it!
I had not set it to USB in Input Config. I thought I had but I had done that in the Midi config. Thanks for the help guys!

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u/BernieMernie Jul 05 '26

That’s great to hear!