beginner at sampling and trimming, please help

hello everyone,
i am new to these forums and new to the mpc. I have my turntable (technics) and mixer(vestax05) hookedup to my mpc 2000xl. The "outs" of the mixer goes into the recording "ins" of the mpc. When sampling i can hear the sample fine, but when i try to recording it, the sound never passes the threshold like it is supposed to. When i go into trim mode, i can hear the sample, but there is no sound wave, just a few dots that go horizontal across the screen. I do not know what i am doing wrong. Is there some setting that i am missing. Even when i try messing around with the trim settings, nothing is really happening. i have read the manual, and i still do not know whats going on. If someone can help me out, that would be great. Thanks

lilnomie wrote:When sampling i can hear the sample fine, but when i try to recording it, the sound never passes the threshold like it is supposed to.

There must be something wrong with either your volume settings or your threshold settings.

* Check the volume on the mixer
* Check the rec volume on the mpc
* Check your threshold settings

lilnomie wrote:When i go into trim mode, i can hear the sample, but there is no sound wave, just a few dots that go horizontal across the screen.

How did you sample something if the sound never passes the threshold?

Seems like you're either sampling at a volume that's too low or too loud, if you don't see any waveform.

I have set the rec volume and mixer volume is set to medium. And yes i have played around with it, which it all does is adjust how loud i hear the sample. the threshold is set to -20, @ mid level. Yes, i find it weird too that i can hear the sample i just sampled, but no visible indication of a soundwave. Is there some way i can zoom in or out to adjust its visibility?... im really confused too.. maybe i just got a busted mpc, who knows. If anyone can help or has been through what i am going through, please it would be much appreciated!! thanks RECK for your help. i will see if playing around with the volume might make a difference.

reackone
thank you for the advice. i was able to figure it out. i messed around with the volume setting for both mpc and mixer. the sound wave is coming out like it is supposed to. thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! much apprecaited!!