Analog to Digital

Just wondering what is the best way to achieve a clear digital sound during recording. Since my MPC only receives a analog signal, when I record, my songs sound flat and full of air. Can someone please give me some pointers on what gear I could use to make my tracks sound air tight and crystal clear. Thanks, Peace

i don't get what ur saying... full of air??? okeeee.... well why don't u use the digital in then???me equipment with digital outs etc.... but i think it's all in ur imagination... or ur mixer/soundcard/turntable u are recording it from is **** up...

THE CHEF wrote:Just wondering what is the best way to achieve a clear digital sound during recording. Since my MPC only receives a analog signal, when I record, my songs sound flat and full of air. Can someone please give me some pointers on what gear I could use to make my tracks sound air tight and crystal clear. Thanks, Peace

You've got two options. As poast pr said you could use another analog to digital converter to convert the sound by using the digital in on the MPC (if you have the board). Or you could use a computer with better converters to capture the sound and then transfer via flash card or Hard disk to the MPC.

But the MPC isn't bad in the analog sampling stakes. It is a bit noisy. You have to make sure that there is a good amount of level going in or you will just end up with more noise. Same thing goes for whatever sound your sampling. It should be pretty noise free. The more samples you layer on top of each other the more the noise builds up and before you know it you have nest of rattle snakes living in your speakers. Even a little noise can affect the overall clarity of the track.

I'm not saying that everything sampled should be noise free but if your after clarity and tightness then noise is a big factor.

I should also add that I dont have 8 outs installed on my MPC I am presently recording to a external CD Burner through a mixer. If I understand correctly, with digital outs I will get a cleaner sound. Or should I be using a software program to record my tracks on to clean them up. Thanks for the input. Chef

THE CHEF wrote:I should also add that I dont have 8 outs installed on my MPC I am presently recording to a external CD Burner through a mixer. If I understand correctly, with digital outs I will get a cleaner sound. Or should I be using a software program to record my tracks on to clean them up. Thanks for the input. Chef

If you don't have the 8 outs installed you don't have a digital out. If you want super clean samples the problem lies more in the analog to digital side than the Digital to analog side. In other words the sampler section of the MPC is where you'll get most noise/distortion.

You could use a computer to capture and edit your samples (soundforge,wavelab,recycle etc. etc.) and then transfer them via disk etc.
This is assuming that the computer has a decent soundcard. If you use digital all the way from input to output then you will lose some of the MPC's sound which is one of the main reasons that you'd use it IMHO. The Normal analog outputs on the MPC have been used in thousands of tracks and they are definitely good enough for clean and tight sounding samples.

Cleanness and tightness have more to do with what you sample. Providing you keep the noise at a minimum, get a good level on the samples and , most importantly, that your samples are actually decent it should sound good.

and a little noise makes a track raw.... i like that. I HATE the crystal clear sounding beats.....