Guitar to MPC 1k, how do they do it?

Alright folks, thanks for your time in advance.

I'm curious to know if anyone out there has any resources or answers to my query in regards to hooking up an electrical guitar to MPC.

How is it possible? Is it possible to directly connect the guitar to the MPC via Active DI box or would I have to consider a different alternative such as utilizing the amp and microphone technique.

I'm looking for the cheaper alternative, which seems to be the direct connection.

Thanks again.

hook it into ur mixer that runs to mpc..

thanks man. i'm still familiarizing myself with the general interconnectivity of the MPC. it's almost overwhelming. thanks!

i hear ya man.and no problem...u can also hook directly to mpc but sounds funky if u cant eq it.

Or you can use a multi-effects unit that has amp/cabinet simulation and then go out from that into the mpc.

Or record your guitar via another means - computer, recorder, etc. And then route the recorded signal out to the mpc. This is what I do and it works well.

you can di straight to the mpc

This method I use allows for the most amount of manipulation of the sound when sampling. I usually record my guitar using a quality amp (prefer JMI era Vox AC50) and quality mics, think multi-mic placemant using more than obviously more than just one close mic near the speaker cone. Think ambient room sound also. You know what I mean, multiple mics equals a sh*t load of different sounds. Anyhow, I record the guitar to either the DAW or my old Tascam 38.

Record tons of chords, licks, whatever and then listen back EQ, add effects, compress, whatever needs to be done to get the best sound possible.

Route out through the mixer during playback and into your MPC and "record" your samples from there. Pan(stereo sample of course) the separate microphone tracks and see what texture you come up with. Try to get the best sound or the sound you are looking for. Work at it. I don't prefer DI method, but that is just me and my taste. To each his own. I will also overdub several guitar tracks with different tones to get a nice layered sound. There are so many things you can do.....try using two or three amps and many, many, many mics and many, many, many individual tracks. Just watch for phase issues, but those are very simple to fix though.

F*ck it, just experiment, have fun and see what you come up with.

is it electric guitar?

Use POD (eg. pocket pod, or POD x3 if you have enough money) and connect it into MPC.

You have a lot of simmulations of different amps, mics, cabs and effects, and they all are pro - sounding (X3, and less pro in Pocket POD).

best regards