By knowtheobscure
Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:05 pm
electric dragon wrote:i see a lot of misinformation in this thread:
first we have three types of plug ends: RCA, 1/4" and 1/8".
pick the cable that connects the jacks on each piece of hardware.
the MPC does not have 1/8" or RCA outputs! so one end of the cable has to be 1/4".
a soundcard usually has a single stereo 1/8" input jack. so you'd need a cable with one stereo 1/8" plug end and where the other end is split into two mono 1/4" plugs. the cable in the photo of the 2nd post is ideal.
your soundcard may or may not have a line input but almost all will have a mic input. if you can, use a line input. the difference is the mic input will have an extra gain control, accessible from the sound control panel in your PC's operating system. basically that just means it will distort faster as you turn the input volume up in the PC....
probably why all your stuff sounds distorted knowtheobscure is because you have the volumes too high in the computer and on the MPC. also if the PC is connected to the input on the MPC you could be creating a feedback loop. just depends on your actual connections, and then the settings on each piece of hardware. the cable pictured in your post is a dual 1/4 to dual RCA.
Yeah I figured the RCA cables were the culprit, I didnt have the volume up that loud on either the pc or mpc. I appreciate the help.