Were you using a MIDI to SMPTE converter of some kind? The MPC 1000 only has MIDI I/O, no SMPTE tape sync. And the stock firmware only offered regular MIDI clock, not even MTC[1], though it is possible to get MTC in and out of an MPC 1000 using the unofficial JJOS OS[2].
You're holding it wrong. You can just record a real one and play it back. I use the same cursed approach with my 2500XL to intake/chop/modify/output cv/note signals to a modular setup (which has a handful of outs that don't need to be modified to do this)
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We once had an AKAI MPC1000 running as a master for a "big studio" ProTools rig using LTC. Good times.
Were you using a MIDI to SMPTE converter of some kind? The MPC 1000 only has MIDI I/O, no SMPTE tape sync. And the stock firmware only offered regular MIDI clock, not even MTC[1], though it is possible to get MTC in and out of an MPC 1000 using the unofficial JJOS OS[2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_timecode
[2] http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/
You're holding it wrong. You can just record a real one and play it back. I use the same cursed approach with my 2500XL to intake/chop/modify/output cv/note signals to a modular setup (which has a handful of outs that don't need to be modified to do this)
JJOS is legendary though. Crazy how much it adds
Did a similar thing too with a sample of a single square pulse which allowed us to "sequence" a Juno 60 arpeggiator.
A real what?
A real LTC timecode signal. It was designed to be recorded on tape and used to sync multiple tape machines together among other uses.
Sorry, yes it was MTC, not LTC!
We used JJOS. It is such an awesome upgrade over the stock OS.