Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

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Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

By Hustle4House Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:42 am
Hey all! Looking to purchase my first MPC. My goal is to record from my MPC 3000 through a studio mixer into my DAW. After spending some time researching recording MPCs into DAWs, I noticed that some prefer the sound of the low end coming out of the stereo out (for kick drums and such).

My question is this... Is there any way to assign only a select few pads to the stereo out? Or is it strictly a master output? I am aware that you can assign different pads to the 8 mono outputs, but can you do the same for the stereo out? Thanks!

Re: Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

By LoopTheCrook Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:17 am
Hustle4House wrote:After spending some time researching recording MPCs into DAWs, I noticed that some prefer the sound of the low end coming out of the stereo out (for kick drums and such)


I heard exact opposite :roll:

Remember reading somewhere that stereo outputs are 18bit? (Not sure)
I don't have mpc3k but s3k... didn't make any tests, but i'm sure difference is not drastic, if there actually is any.
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Re: Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

By Lampdog Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:59 pm
Hustle4House wrote:I am aware that you can assign different pads to the 8 mono outputs, but can you do the same for the stereo out? Thanks!

No, you assign pads -> output, not the other way around.
Pg. 136-137
http://www.mpc-tutor.com/files/mpc-manu ... manual.zip

LoopTheCrook wrote:Remember reading somewhere that stereo outputs are 18bit? (Not sure)


No
http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/mpc3000.php

Re: Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

By LoopTheCrook Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:15 pm
Lampdog wrote:
LoopTheCrook wrote:Remember reading somewhere that stereo outputs are 18bit? (Not sure)


No
http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/mpc3000.php


Service manual of the mpc 3000 says 18 bit. Page 19 ... :hmmm:

Re: Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

By Hustle4House Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:10 am
Lampdog wrote:
Hustle4House wrote:I am aware that you can assign different pads to the 8 mono outputs, but can you do the same for the stereo out? Thanks!

No, you assign pads -> output, not the other way around.
Pg. 136-137


Yea... pads to outputs. That's what I said. Am I missing something here?
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Re: Question about individual outs vs stereo out on 3k

By marrelarre Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:25 pm
Not quite sure what you're looking for here but Is the answer as simple as turning down the volume to 0 on the onces that are going to individual outs (volume in stereo out mixer) and keep the ones you want ?
I have some stuff going out of the stereo out and soem stuff from the individuals.
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