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Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:also, when sampling IN to the MPC, turn your volume control down as low as possible, just enough so that you can still hear what you're doing...

to stop vibrations from the speakers?

no, because it just creates extra white unnecessary noise....turn your speakers on your monitors up, go in your sampling screen and then turn up and down your volume knob...when it is up all the way, you will notice the extra noise...

Oh okay, yeah I know what you mean. You’re talking about the Gain control on the MPC, not the Master volume. A better way (I think) of saying that is to keep the Gain on the MPC as low as possible at all times. And when necessary, increase the signal strength as close as possible to the source. ‘Cause when you sample from your mixer, you’re already getting some unwanted noise (in my experience it’s usually not too noticeable though), so if you make sure the signal going into the MPC is hot enough to start with, you won’t have to use the Gain on the MPC… Because by doing so, you are also increasing the volume of the white noise from the mixer etc. …Same thing with increasing the level of a sample from the TRIM -> PARAMS screen post sampling.

I'm talking about master volume.....

So you must be talking about the Master out on the mixer/sample source?

The knob on the right hand side that says "main volume"...

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:also, when sampling IN to the MPC, turn your volume control down as low as possible, just enough so that you can still hear what you're doing...

to stop vibrations from the speakers?

no, because it just creates extra white unnecessary noise....turn your speakers on your monitors up, go in your sampling screen and then turn up and down your volume knob...when it is up all the way, you will notice the extra noise...

Oh okay, yeah I know what you mean. You’re talking about the Gain control on the MPC, not the Master volume. A better way (I think) of saying that is to keep the Gain on the MPC as low as possible at all times. And when necessary, increase the signal strength as close as possible to the source. ‘Cause when you sample from your mixer, you’re already getting some unwanted noise (in my experience it’s usually not too noticeable though), so if you make sure the signal going into the MPC is hot enough to start with, you won’t have to use the Gain on the MPC… Because by doing so, you are also increasing the volume of the white noise from the mixer etc. …Same thing with increasing the level of a sample from the TRIM -> PARAMS screen post sampling.

I'm talking about master volume.....

So you must be talking about the Master out on the mixer/sample source?

The knob on the right hand side that says "main volume"...

I was afraid of that... That knob has no effect on samples when sampling into the MPC.

I guess he was saying when you have your MPCs volume knob all the way up it adds noise.

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:

Krux wrote:

Boogie Man wrote:also, when sampling IN to the MPC, turn your volume control down as low as possible, just enough so that you can still hear what you're doing...

to stop vibrations from the speakers?

no, because it just creates extra white unnecessary noise....turn your speakers on your monitors up, go in your sampling screen and then turn up and down your volume knob...when it is up all the way, you will notice the extra noise...

Oh okay, yeah I know what you mean. You’re talking about the Gain control on the MPC, not the Master volume. A better way (I think) of saying that is to keep the Gain on the MPC as low as possible at all times. And when necessary, increase the signal strength as close as possible to the source. ‘Cause when you sample from your mixer, you’re already getting some unwanted noise (in my experience it’s usually not too noticeable though), so if you make sure the signal going into the MPC is hot enough to start with, you won’t have to use the Gain on the MPC… Because by doing so, you are also increasing the volume of the white noise from the mixer etc. …Same thing with increasing the level of a sample from the TRIM -> PARAMS screen post sampling.

I'm talking about master volume.....

So you must be talking about the Master out on the mixer/sample source?

The knob on the right hand side that says "main volume"...

I was afraid of that... That knob has no effect on samples when sampling into the MPC.

I'm not saying it affects the samples, but it does add unwanted noise...like I said earlier, go to your sample screen, turn up your monitors, go back and forth with your main volume knob and if you listen closely, you'll hear extra white noise when it's at full volume...I had this same exact problem when I first bought my piece and was told by someone who knows what they are talking about exactly what I'm telling you....

Turn your main volume down...

Okay man, my bad. You actually got me thinking, I don’t sample as HOT as I could… I could sample a lot hotter in future and just keep my main level on the MPC mush lower (it’s pretty much constantly on about the 7th dot/1 o’clock at the moment). I don’t really noticed too much white noise at all, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to start doing this.