WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THIS 4 MIX OUTS?

THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE WORTHLESS FEATURES OF THIS THING BUT ANY WAY WHAT ARE THEY FOR? WHO NEEDS THIS UNLESS YOU DJ'ING ON LINKIN PARK AND SHT?

You can assign each output to an input on your mixing console. Nice!!!

how do you do it? i noticed it wasn't on the mixer function menu

ha ha ha!

hey man laughing ain't gonna help the situation! and go put on some shoes!this is the streets mofo! not the penn with two pits and a cot!

man did he just say USELESS!?!?

if anything i need 8 outs!!

if anything i need 8 outs!!

damn. i second that )).

Example:

kick->assign output 1-2 -> hard pan left -> input ch1 on mixer
snare-> assign output 1-2 -> hard pan right -> input ch2 on mixer
hihat ->assign output 3-4 -> hard pan left -> input ch3 on mixer
cymbals/shakers -> assign output 3-4 -> hard pan right -> input ch4 on mixer
sample1 -> assign output main -> hard pan left -> input ch5 on mixer
sample2 -> assign output main -> hard pan right -> input ch6 on mixer

main=stereo out

thus this example shows that u can have up to 6 mono channels coming from the mpc into ur mixer where u do the eq'ing, compression and panning. Thats how the big boys work on the SSL or other larger consoles by mixing the beat right INTO the processing. This way u have control over dynamics,eq and panning RELATIVE to eatch channel. Make a balanced mix and pull up the master faders on ur mixer so that the VU meter is almost constantly in red. Cut back on the monitor level and set ur recording software on 24 bit / 88 kHz. Watch the meters in ur DAW and use ur ears to determine when the digital clipping is starting to be harsh. Take back a little level on the master faders on ur mixer and u have a nicley driven in signal wich 24bit can handle quite well. Contrary to popular belief it wont sound harsh or give u any audible nastiness. In fact this is digital limiting by squeezing all that hot signal into the highest bits.

Of course u can use the stereo out for stereo things like acoustic samples,stereo sources etc. Also, u can split a stereo samples into 2 parts mono and then assign eatch to a pad. U could then go on and program a track with lets say the left part and then copy it onto track2 replacing the left sample by the right counterpart. Delay then one of the tracks by a couple of ticks and u will have genuine spatial panning wich is NOT attainable by simple panning technique. U could even put a filter on one of the mono parts thereby simulating a stereo miced recording. Works great on vocal adlibs.

PEACE!!

Before i get flamed tho i have to mention that if u plan to have ur music mastered DONT drive the signal in too hot. That way the mastering engineer wont have headroom left to do his thing on it. If u process single channel program material u can go up to 0db on ur DAW ( i personally tune it to -0.3 db just to be safe )If its a mix intended to be mastered by a pro let him/her have 3 db headroom at least so the mix should be recorded to have the peaks at around -3 db in ur DAW. PEACE!!

this tops the poll as the most useless starting post ever

right on chd.... very useful information. thanks a lot!

first, id like to thank all members in advance. i can usually get an answer to a question w/o posting a newb question. reggae dub requires at least 4 individual outs so each track- vocal, snare, etc. can be processed with reverb, echo or other effects. never thought to split the main out. again, thanks.

fez wrote:first, id like to thank all members in advance. i can usually get an answer to a question w/o posting a newb question. reggae dub requires at least 4 individual outs so each track- vocal, snare, etc. can be processed with reverb, echo or other effects. never thought to split the main out. again, thanks.

I use two of the extra outs through a Korg DL8000R delay, MIDI-synced to the MPC so delay time tracks the tempo. OK, you could do all that in software on a PC or Mac, but it's more fun to struggle with the MIDI channels and parameters. (But I'm a math geek with no soul, so that might not work for everyone...)