MPC 1000: Main out resampling problem.

Hi there,

Everytime I try to do a search, the server sdisplays this error:

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I also searched manually through most of the posts in the MPC 1000 section, and by the 200th post, I've had enough.

So please, I'd like an answer without someone telling me to do a search. Thanks!

01_ Here is my problem: when I record my beat via main out, the sound is REALLY weak. Even if I normalize the final beat (the re-sampled beat), it doesn't change anything.

Is that normal?

02_ What would be another way to record my beats? I've heard things about DAT, mixer, DAW, M-Box, etc.

I'm a beginner at this, so I don't know what those things are.

I have a MAC, a MPC 1000, Audacity, Digital Performer (but I don't know how to operate it) and no mixer.

Thanks a million!

Chris.

might sound stupid but...

did you turn up the volume on your MPC before resampling?

this does affect resampling level.

maybe apply the compressor and EQ in master effects.

they're not great effects, and you'll get much better quality if you can
track everything out seperately into your DAW... if you've got one.

but it's an ok way to get a quick version and a rough demo grade idea of
how your beat will sound.

Thanks for the quick reply!

I'm sure the volume on my speakers and my MPC are ok. Example: I'm playing my beat from my MPC through my speakers and the sound is great. After, I record the beat via main out. I replay the re-sampled beat from my MPC through my speakers and it sounds really weak. Even if I normalize it afterwards, it still sounds weak.

Other people on other forums have had the same situation, but no one seem to understand it...

In the manual, it says this:

"When the MAIN OUT is selected, you cannot adjust the
recording level When the MAIN OUT is selected, the recording
level is decided by the setting of Master level in the GLOBAL
page of the OTHER mode. The initial setting of the Master level
is –12dB as the output sound will not distort when many samples
are played back simultaneously. If you record one sample through
MAIN OUT with this setting, the recorded sample level is lower
than the original sample level. In this case, if you set the Master
level to 0dB, the recorded sample level is same as the original
sample level."

Somebody once told me to put the db to "0", but of course, the sound distorts.

(What's a DAW?)

Try setting global to -6db.

(Google DAW)

I'll check those two things out.

Thanks!