MPC5000 reviews, bug reports and fellow user support on the most recent standalone, hardware MPC from Akai
By tittlebittle Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:57 am
I have an AKG perception 400 going into the xlr combo record in on the back... i set the switch to MIC INPUT, but i can't get a dang thing outta the mic. what am i doing wrong? Please help! Thanks.
By reeloy Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:17 pm
...that mic needs phantom power....

the mic inputs of the mpc does'nt have that....

so you need a little pre amp inbetween....starts with 70 bucks....

or you try a dynamic mic...starts with 100 bucks