MPC setup

I am going to get an MPC soon and I need help with the setup,I have been looking online for a couple days now to see what you need to setup an MPC right. What equipment, the wiring. Any help would be appreciated

depends on what ur trying to accomplish and what equipment u already have?

check the manual for the mpc model you're planning to buy

the manuals are available online and explain how to hook them up

alright i will check the manual then if i have more problems i will ask

U can make it as extreme as ur imagination and wallet allows u.
But to start off it's important to get ur sounds INSIDE ur mpc, like a turntable with dj mixer or a computer. Then u need something to monitor what's comming OUT of ur mpc. This can be a simple hifi set (use THE AUX for that), or monitor speakers with an amp or mixer.

For wiring get familiair with RCA and 1/4"Jack cables and adapters. It kind of speaks for itself.

Menco wrote:U can make it as extreme as ur imagination and wallet allows u.

Yep

do some research on basic equipment for the genre of music you'll be making. usually hip hop heads start off with either a drum machine and turntable/keyboard. then buy some type of interface to record into your computer OR buy a digital 8 track or something similiar if you wanna go that route

personally, i bought the 500 first. then bought a microkorg. then bought sound forge and an interface to record it all into. my last 2 pieces of equipment was an SP 303 to add FX to my sounds and a pair of decent headphones (m-audio q-40's)

BEWARE OF GEAR LUST THOUGH MY DUDE

its VERY easy to think you "NEED" something just because you see/hear about other cats using it.

Hey mate, I'm going to be purchasing an 2000XL shortly and was struggling to figure out exactly what cables etc was needed, I have very little music production knowledge but after some research looking at various MPC manuals this might make it clear as to what a basic setup could look like (Where you can basically sample from a turntable and listen to everything). If this is wrong people please correct me!

Please draw your attention to this expertly drawn schematic..



Cable D - Is a normal phono cable like so: http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR29117
Cable C - Another phono cable as above but the two plugs that connect into the MPC need to be converted into 1/4" jacks with 2x of these http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR40612
Cable B - You need a 1/4" jack cable (http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR243549) but the end which plugs into your amp you need to convert into phono with 2x of these http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR217245
Cable A - Just speaker cable such as http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR288859

What does everyone reckon? Does this look right?

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I can see you've done ur homwork sir.

you seem to have the right idea, but you don't need adaptors, you can buy cables with phono plugs on one end and jack plugs on the other, so there's no need to convert anything (that'll probably be cheaper too)

if HTFR don't have them just go to Maplin, or order from dv247.com or thomann.de or loads of places

Aiiight, and just to go a bit further - to record from your MPC onto your PC you go through a Mic lead (http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Tab ... &U=Strat15) into an interface like the Saffire 6, which then goes through USB to your comp right?

EDIT - Think i've got this bit completely wrong. Those are Midi ports. If you start involving Interfaces and stuff looks like you go through the stereo out from the MPC into the Interface, then you can split the signal between both your comp and amp/speakers at that point.

going into your PC is basically the same as going into the amp, in fact, it's all the same, it's just a case of getting cables with the right plugs on them!

the only exception is that a turntable without a builtin phono preamp needs to go through a mixer/preamp with a phono stage to raise it to line level. after that, everything is line level signals and you just get the right cables and plug them in.

outputs go to inputs. that's it.

(actually, there are more aspects, stereo vs mono, balanced vs unbalanced, but you don't need to worry about them too much for most uses)

agerstone wrote:EDIT - Think i've got this bit completely wrong. Those are Midi ports. If you start involving Interfaces and stuff looks like you go through the stereo out from the MPC into the Interface, then you can split the signal between both your comp and amp/speakers at that point.

if you mean the cable in the pic, no, that's not used for midi, that's an XLR plug, not the same as 5-pin DIN used for midi

not sure what you mean about splitting the signal, you could do that (via a mixer) or you could just send the PC's output (which includes the sound from the MPC) to the speakers