What phono preamps do ya'll use for sampling?

What's up ya'll.

Just copped an MPC1000 and am itching to start sampling, and it looks like a phono preamp is gonna be considerably cheaper than any mixer worth the money. Can anyone recommend a particular model and how much they cost?

Thank you!

AQ

letsjumpnow wrote:What's up ya'll.

Just copped an MPC1000 and am itching to start sampling, and it looks like a phono preamp is gonna be considerably cheaper than any mixer worth the money. Can anyone recommend a particular model and how much they cost?

Thank you!

AQ

Maybe you want to consider using a pair of these until you get a pre...

5 bucks a pair @ your nearest RS.

Thanks for the help!

So with those jacks do I even need a phono pre?

AQ

letsjumpnow wrote:Thanks for the help!

So with those jacks do I even need a phono pre?

umm....yes you do. I don't know what dab was referring to with that post.

So can anyone make an actual recommendation? I'm dying to start sampling, ya'll!

Thank you!

Alec

Any phono preamp you can find. There's no magic about them.

Although I'm brand new to the MPC game I've been a DJ for 9 years, I'm assuming you're talking about a pre-amp needed for your turntables to sample from? I'm not sure what mixers you were looking at, but any DJ mixer should have a pre-amp in them and they have a TON of mixers under $200 and even a couple for under $100. Any one of them should work. Check these out:

http://www.audiolines.com/product.php?p ... t=0&page=1

http://www.audiolines.com/product.php?p ... t=0&page=1

I would recommend showing these prices to your local Guitar Center for them to price match. You'll save on shipping, plus I have a strange feeling these guys (audiolines) are kinda shady. Every single time me and my boy has called them or come down to their warehouse to check out a "Floor Model" or "Open Box" deal they always suspicously "Just sold the last one," "Can't find it," "the only copy is on layaway" or someother bullish excuse that they don't have it and they try to sell us their brand new models. We think they're just fronting on most of their so-called "Open Box models" just to lure customers in. Either way those two mixers I found just by doing 1 search in Google, if those aren't what you're looking for I'm sure you can find something else.

Sh*t, sorry so long but I just remembered that any portable turntable has a decent phono pre-amp built in them:

http://www.topdjgear.com/nuptpotu.html

http://www.topdjgear.com/vehatrpotu.html

They ain't the best but they get the job done. I remember hearing that J Dilla used one of these and like a Boss Sampler or something to make Donuts on his deathbed. If you're lucky you can find the Vestax one in Black for clearance at an Urban Outfitters (I got mine there for under $50.)

I was partly joking and the other half was fo'real. I was thinking MPC4k partly because it's already quoted as having "Phono Input; RCA x 2 with RIAA EQ". I forgot the 1k does'nt have an on board pre.

dabmeister wrote:I was partly joking and the other half was fo'real. I was thinking MPC4k partly because it's already quoted as having "Phono Input; RCA x 2 with RIAA EQ". I forgot the 1k does'nt have an on board pre.

Ah, I see