Esquilo wrote:The problem is the **** quality when i put it on my computer, unless i-tunes has a better quality-ifier i dont think that will help.
An audio interface (or soundcard - interchangeable terms - I prefer soundcard bc I'm old-school) will help tremendously. Both the MPC and the computer are digital devices. The loss of quality happens when you transfer your track from the MPC to the computer via an analog cable. There is a digital to analog conversion (DAC) inside the MPC, the analog transmission down that 1/8 inch cable, and then an analog to digital conversion (ADC) inside the computer's built in soundcard, and from there it is sent to audacity. That's how you're losing sound quality. Conversion is a lossy process, the signal does not make it through the conversion process perfectly. (By the way, mp3 is also lossy, so further reduction in sound quality)
You have three options.
First is to resample the track (or use song->wav) inside the MPC, then use a flash card (or usb cable) to transfer the wav to the computer.
The second option is to get a soundcard with better analog to digital converters and stop using that god awful internal soundcard. Pretty much any soundcard will be better than the built in one... You could also upgrade your MPC's ADCs and DACs, but that's for the tech-heads.
The third option is to get a soundcard that has SPDIF digital inputs and outputs and hook your MPC up to it digitally.
The first and third options use digital transfer, so nothing is lost in transmission. The second method can still produce quality results with most all decent soundcards.
Oh, and iTunes does indeed have a sound-good-izer...
