How would you set up this 80s/ 90s collection of mid-range gear?

[Atak]

Akai MPC's work very well you should be fine. I use to sync the MPC 3000 to a JL cooper box that cost me about $150.00. To my Tascam 4 track FSK smart sync and it worked great. You having a Macbook Pro should be good. Also great work and nice setup.

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[Yoozer]

If you want to stay out of the box like that invest in a good MIDI patchbay. Not just an USB MIDI interface - a real patchbay that can function standalone.

Yes, the MPC has 4 outputs but you're going to be driven mad by all the daisy chaining otherwise.

[Atak]

Originally Posted by Yoozer

If you want to stay out of the box like that invest in a good MIDI patchbay. Not just an USB MIDI interface - a real patchbay that can function standalone.

Yes, the MPC has 4 outputs but you're going to be driven mad by all the daisy chaining otherwise.

I agree, good piont

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[bluegreengold]

Get a midi patchbay, or even just some thru boxes. Unless you absolutely need to use plugins while tracking (which considering your list, you needn't), don't bother trying to 'sync' ableton to the mpc60. Set it up so that the software starts recording with MTC says to, but don't try and match up sequences in the daw. You can always add DAW tracks later after your hardware tracks are in as audio.