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--- In AN1x-list@y..., BARANT@r... wrote:
> i have my an1x synced to my mpc 2000 through midi time clock, and 
> everything works perfect. now, i need to record midi from my keyboard 
> into cakewalk, with the mpc200 still controlling the keyboard tempo 
> and i have tried hooking it up every-way i could thing possible:
> mpc2000 out to an1x in, and the an1x out into cakewalk,
> and every other way, and cakewalk wont record it that way. Is there a 
> way I could make the mpc 2000 control the an1x, using the 
> midi "through" port? How am i supposed to do this?? 
> Thanks

I don't understand why the MPC2K has to be the master clock? Why not 
use Cakewalk as the master and slave, or trigger, the MPC2K. Are you 
trying to dump an MPC Sequence into Cakwalk?

If it were *my* set-up I'd not hesitate to use a multiport MIDI 
Interface so that each bit of kit would be on it's own port but, 
assuming you don't have, need, or want a multiport MIDI Interface, try 
this:

Cakewalk Out -> AN1x In
AN1x Out - > Cakewalk In
AN1x Thru -> MPC2K In

Make certain the preference setting in Cakewalk are set to transmit 
MIDI Clock and not to filter any incoming messages that you're trying 
to record.

Alternately, you could try this:

Cakewalk Out -> AN1x In
AN1x Thru -> MPC2K In
MPC2K Out -> Cakewalk In

This set-up *should* let you slave Cakewalk to the MPC - assuming the 
MPC is correctly set-up to transmit MIDI Clock and Cakwalk is set-up to 
receive clock from an external source.

Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

Jon