Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By M Nine Productions Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:14 am
As per title, I finally bought this fantastic sampler, but there is a little problem that I posed.
I press MODE + record in play and when I send out to record the main (selected, of course, and obviously with ON MONITOR) I recorded it, but at a very low volume! (In fact I do not see anything when I send in play and the treshold can not even work, so the signal is not seen.
But when I send in play in the vaults I feel perfectly monitor connected to a high volume that I have done on the MPC on the screen and then recording the volume is too low it is hardly noticeable.
Can you tell me why? Please help me. :(
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By Lampdog Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:18 am
Something somewhere in mixer, or parameters, or programs or something similar
is causing your samples to be low. Check out everything that can affect the samples and check that out.
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By M Nine Productions Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:30 am
Lampdog wrote:Something somewhere in mixer, or parameters, or programs or something similar
is causing your samples to be low. Check out everything that can affect the samples and check that out.

Thanks for the super-fast reply.
So, i have the mpc collegate ONLY with the M-AUDIO monitor by the stereo outs. When i check the final sound of the beat is very nice and the sound is very high,when i record i don't understand why the final sample on the compact flash when i listen it on the mac is so low.
When i record the main out,i play stop,next i click PLAY and the beat is high and perfect for me,but i don't know why when i click "KEEP" and next i go to MODE+SAVE --> SAVE ON ROOT OF COMPACT FLASH,i collegate the mpc via usb on the mac and the sound of the sample is misteriously LOW.
I try everything,i don't say what i can do,try to tell my something to do,i have also reset the mpc but nothing it's changed.

@demonceie the Master Level is is set to 0dB,the maxium. But the volume of the mpc is correct because when i do EVERYTHING is perfect the sound i feel on the stereo out monitor collegate,and also when i PLAY the recorded sample,only when i KEEP and next i SAVE on the memory the sample,when i play it on the mac is very very LOW,is another thing with the sample that i have play on the mpc.
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By Lampdog Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:33 am
Check what I told you. Something in your mpc is making the volume low for main output.
Find it and correct it.
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By M Nine Productions Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:38 am
Lampdog wrote:Check what I told you. Something in your mpc is making the volume low for main output.
Find it and correct it.

In the mixer all volume is set to 0,so it isn't the problem,i check something other,but i don't know now what i have to control,because i've tried everything yesterday :(
Say me what are the thing i have to control please,so i try to find and verificate all of them.
If i not find nothing i will buy an audio card,a M AUDIO FIREWIRE SOLO and i record it directly in Logic,is the only thing i can do if i don't find the problem.
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By M Nine Productions Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:04 am
demonceie wrote:Did you check the main output level of your MP? Try this, usually it is set to -6 threshold to start. That will make the main u=outputlevel higher, if this will fix your problem.

I reply to you some post up,i have put the master level to 0dB,but this is not the problem. But the volume of the mpc is correct because when i do EVERYTHING is perfect the sound i feel on the stereo out monitor collegate,and also when i PLAY the recorded sample,only when i KEEP and next i SAVE on the memory the sample,when i play it on the mac is very very LOW,is another thing with the sample that i have play on the mpc.