MPC X Direct/Main knob affecting Main L + R / Output 1,2

I’m using the MPC X with all of the outputs routed to my analog channel mixer.

I noticed when I have the Direct/Main knob set entirely to the left (i.e. direct), the main output (output 1,2) is completely muted despite the master volume being almost entirely raised. To be clear, the sound doesn’t even make it to my mixer from the MPC when the knob is entirely to the ‘Direct’ setting.

The manual states the Direct/Main knob functions to adjust the relative monitoring source(s) via the headphone jacks.. so why is it affecting the main outputs? I could see this being potentially disastrous in a live or recording session!

Sorry, I should do a TL;DR by the looks of it around here:

Yo! Okay guys play music out of your MPC and turn the knob that says direct/main all the way down. How come the music stop?

Can't figure it out, can't wait for a answer and then starts to act like a dick. Some how I think that's not the road to succes.

The Direct/Main knob is mixing between your Direct and Main, kind of like a Wet/Dry knob. So it is doing exactly what it is supposed to do.

What I suspect that you want to do is turn monitoring on, which is found under SAMPLE.

I do know how to monitor, and that is separate. More so what I’m asking is: how could Akai be so careless in not mentioning that the effect of the parameter is ALSO routed to the main output; in the manual, the whole explanation of the parameter is prefaced by writing that it is applied “…in the headphones.”

Perhaps this is a good opportunity to sell me on the thoroughness of the MPC Bible. For comparison, can anyone paste an excerpt of how it explains this parameter, please?

lol i bet he has the trs cables in backwards. left into right and right into left and the mixer is defaulting to a mono setting. not even sw related its *stereo* circuit related. (may be wrong though).

Or maybe he hit the mono button on the back side of the mixer (if its a rack mixer).