digital out from mpc 2000 xl to mbox spdif ?

im trying to connect my mpc 2000xl to my mbox....i got the right cables, but when i set up the channels in pro tools im not seeing a signal go through...i set to channel to spdif and nothing.........i know i have to change the input to spdif in the i/o set up but what do i have do to the mpc 2000 xl to send out digital signal.....8 outputs are hooked up fine and when i record in via digially, its fine.....any help would be appreciated....

8outputs are analog.

spdif is digital.

Check the 2kxl manual for exact spdif rates. Your mbox and daw should be set to the same specs
in order to get anything done.

"record in digitally" where, how, what is that? Your not being specific.

i have the session on pro tools set to 44.1 khz 16 bit...im assuming that is the setting i need to have unless it need to be at a higher rate. i was testing the cables to see if a digital signal could go in and its fine, if i want to sample digital...but i want to send out audio via digital signal and not sure if if there is a setting on the mpc i need to change or my setting in pro tools....appreciate the help in advance fam

it says the sample rate for the mpc is 16 bit 44.1 and that what i set on my pro tools session and still nothing.......really weird cause this should work.....unless something is wrong on my mbox, but i doubt it.....

you need to set the input in protools to the spdif channel... lets say, your audiointerface (in this case your mbox) got 4 analog inputs... input 1-2, 3-4. then your spdif should be shown as input 5-6.

maybe you can only use 1 stereo output pair of the mpc 2000 xl. if you got the analog stereo outs connected to your mbox as well, disconnect them. you dont need them anyways when you are using the digitals.

i did do all that and still nothing....i just have the cable plug in to the digital in and no sound is going threw when i play a beat...

Are your pads routed to the individual outs?
The pads have to be routed to the main out cause the s/pdif represent the main out of the MPC

peace


Another question. Mac or Windows?
You probably have to change the input settings in the driver control panel (not just in protools)

peace

yeah, every thing is routed to the main out....im just not sure what it is, ive been researching this all day and have not solved this problem......my set up is mpc2000xl, motif rack es.....i initially tried to go digital out from motif to digital in on the mpc then out from mpc to digtial in on mbox......that didnt work, then i just tried from the mpc 2000xl digital out to the spdif in and no signal.....there gotta be something real small that im not doing unless the cable i bought from sam ash isnot the right onc, but i doubt it....

and im using a mac

I've got a 2500, Firewire 410, and I'm on Mac as well........After lots of frustration, trial and error, etc. I got digi spdif working by adjusting mixer settings in the 410......but I'm getting a barely noticeable buzz and the overall output levels are funky in a not good way. I just went back to using analogue outs directly to Mac's line in. I just wanna make beats and be creative, not fiddle with gear-----Peace and good luck--

yeah i wasted too much time with it and the set up i had was fine..this morning i hooked up the digital out from the motif the the spdif in and worked like a charm....now my mpc can just go directly into the mbox without going through my mixer, which was killing the sound but wasn't noticeable too much, just to my cyboric ears....now my motif sounds clean and mpc sounds alot better going directly in the mbox....thanks for those that responded......

Lampdog wrote:

drumjockey wrote:I just wanna make beats and be creative, not fiddle with gear-----Peace and good luck--

Unfortunately fiddlin's what we deal with cause we love it so much...

We don't fiddle with fiddles though.

Damn, he went in hard on that fiddle!