Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By maniac Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:27 pm
connection wires for a mpc 2500 to a midi keyboard,record player,apple computer and cd player to a mixer?what wires do I need and how many
By maniac Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:07 pm
My bad am maniac from nyc am in a group called sonz of gunz check us in myspace/nunezd the illest group in the east coast I use flstudio but I moved up to the mpc2500 I just need to know what wires I need to hook it up to all these components thanks holla sonzofgunz!!!
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By poundaproblem Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:30 pm
You can connect the 2500 main outs to channel 1 & 2 on the mixer. For that you can use a pair of ¼” cables.

The midi keyboard you can connect to the 2500 simply by purchasing a midi cable and going from the midi out of the keyboard to the midi in on the 2500

The CD player can connect to channel 3 & 4 on the mixer. For that you can use a pair of ¼” to RCA cables. The RCA end for the CD player of course.

For your turntable, does it have a built in pre? If not you will need a phono pre amp to boost up the signal. If it has one built in then you can go directly to the MPC input.

The CR out on the mixer will be for your monitors (speakers) and the main out will go to the computer.

Now I notice that you didn’t mention any type of interface, what are you using to record into the Mac?

Also, there are a bunch of ways to wire this up, I just gave you a basic way that will work. Let me know whats up.