VGA output for 2500

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VGA output for 2500

By Ulysses Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:38 pm
Would anyone know if the 2500 could be modified in anyway so that a VGA card or similar could be used to allow it to connect to a large screen.

I'm not here to start a debate on the merits of having a 19" display, but this is for practical reasons. I'm a Music Tech lecturer and i'm having an extra studio built that's gonna have about 12+ MPC's (prob 2500's) along side Mac's and Logic/Pro Tools, so this is for teaching purposes only.

I'm a big MPC fan, having used them professionally for over 10 years and Akai samplers in general since the late 80's, so I just want to display a MPC screen over a large area to aid learning.

I know a few electronic wizards who could probably do it, if it's pos. I remember the MPC 3000 used the IB-CRT card to allow it to connect it to a VGA screen 10 years ago.
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By Spirez Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:08 pm
If it's just for you to have a bigger screen for demos when lecturing, could you not hook it up to some sort of camera and projector? Then you could have a massive screen at the front of the class that all the students could see.
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By Lampdog Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:44 am
Try using a stand or something with a video camera faced downward at the mpc screen, live feed into a projector.

You could program, create and teach while the class watches on screen.
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By taxman806 Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:39 am
Lampdog wrote:Try using a stand or something with a video camera faced downward at the mpc screen, live feed into a projector.

You could program, create and teach while the class watches on screen.


My sentiments exactly.
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By Spirez Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:49 am
Spirez wrote:If it's just for you to have a bigger screen for demos when lecturing, could you not hook it up to some sort of camera and projector? Then you could have a massive screen at the front of the class that all the students could see.


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