Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By armanii Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:27 am
Ok so I'm lost... I have an mpc2500 and a juno d. I want to record the juno d sounds over the drums. and i also have a few sequences i want to actually put together and arrange into a song? What computer program do i need? basically where do i go from here to put everything together?? Im running a stock mpc!

HELP!!!


could you guide me through what connects to what? thanks in advance!!!
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By Menco Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:43 am
U have to hook them up through midi.
Plug a midi cable into the mp's midi out and plug the other end into the juno's midi in. Another midi cable from the juno's out to the mpc's midi in.
Set the right midi channel in ur mp's track in which u want to sequence the juno sounds.
Search the manual for the ' hook up to external device' chapter in the manual.
Make sure u set the juno on the same midi channel as the mp.

For creating songs check the manual about song mode.
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By armanii Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:10 pm
I've tried but I cant hear the juno. I've heard I need a mixer? a dj mixer?
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By Lampdog Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:17 am
Midi doesn't transmit sound.

juno audio out -> mixer in
mpc main out -> mixer in
mixer audio out -> power monitors.
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By armanii Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:26 am
and with a turntable go to record in on the mpc or get a multi channel mixer?
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By Triple-X Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:31 pm
armanii wrote:but where would the audio outs on the keyboard go?


wow. the diagram above answers all your questions.

if u dont have a mixer or anyway to mix multiple sound sources (the mpc and the juno are sound sources) then you can either A) get some Y splitters and plug them into your speakers (providing you are using powered monitors) and then connect the juno Left out and the mpc Left out to the splitter on you left speaker, and vice versa for the right speaker.

OR B) you could use the direct record feature and plug the juno into the rec ins of the mpc and just record each track directly to audio. But you cant quantize or rearrange the notes you played at all that way. its kinda cool tho cause it gives the track more of a real feel to it(if u can play fairly well anyway).

otherwise you either need a mixer or some splitters.
if you use a mixer , plug the outs of the mpc and the juno into the mixer, plug your monitors/speakers up the the mixers out(either the master outs or the control room outs, depending on what the mixer has to offer). once all your sound sources are connected and u can hear the sound from them live via the mixer/speakers, you need to midi up the juno. simply in to out and out to in from the back of the mpc and the juno.

then when you wanna play the juno and record parts from it to the mpc, select the midi channel you wanna use on the track your recording on via the mpc main window.
You will also need to turn off the Local control on your Juno D.

ALL OF THIS IS IN THE MANUALS . READ UP
If for whatever reason you cant do that, then call the person you bought the stuff from and ask for help, OR call the local music store and ask for help. But my bet is they tell you to R.T.M.F.M
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By armanii Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:02 am
Thank you thats the best/clearest help i've gotten. ONE last question sorry for being stupid, but do i just need a two channel dj mixer? or 4 channel dj mixer if im going to be getting another synth?
By seiko Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:06 am
before you go out to spend money on a mixer...
please investigate the following (I don t have a 1000, I do have a 5000 where it works) :

plug your audio cables going out from the Juno into Inputs of the MPC
in MPC5000 there is an option (monitor on, something like that) so you can 'listen' to whatever source is attached to it's inputs.
In this way you can
1) directly sample your Juno
2) Listen to your Juno via the Input
3) Put FX on the Juno
4) via 'resample' output you can sample the FX'ed Juno
5) send me half of the money you did not have to spend on a mixer

I would think/hope this also works on the MPC1000...
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By armanii Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:43 am
i will try all of that right now..excluding sending the money hahah ;)
By master-ceo Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:43 pm
Yeah thats what The "INPUT THRU" button is for on your 2500. Just run the main outs of the Juno to the Record In of the MPC.

Hit the button and configure.
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By armanii Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:27 pm
i've been doing the input thru thing but you can't record
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By djchucknorris Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:09 pm
armanii wrote:i've been doing the input thru thing but you can't record


Aye yeigh yeigh...
I will be polite...
Please read through your manual. The answers to all these questions are in there, including how to record using input through...
peace