MPC 2500, MACKIE, MICROKORG SET UP

I cannot get sounds out of my keyboard to play or sample into the MPC 2500.

I want to be able to sample any type of audio into my 2500.

I have an MPC 2500, MACKIE 1202 vlz mixer, NUMARK dj mixer, turntable, MICROKORG, cd burner, alesis amplifier, ns-10's and bx5a's.

I have it set up like this:

AUDIO
MPC mono outs 1-8 connected to the MACKIE 1-4, 5/6, 7/8.

MICROKORG outs into MACKIE 9/10, NUMARK mixer outs into MACKIE 11/12.

MIDI
Midi Out from MPC to the Korg, Midi Out from Korg to the MPC.

Program on the MPC set from Drum 1 to Midi, making sure all channels match on both pieces.

Should I put the NUMARK mixers OUTS into the MPC 2500 RECORD IN to record from the turntable, or the MICROKORG into the MPC RECORD IN when I want to sample from the keyboard?

THE MPC 2500 stereo outs <-------definitely confused to what is to be put into here.

Please advise or give any suggestions.

yeah when you want to sample something (keyboard, turntable) you have to put it's outputs into the MPC's record inputs.

stereo outs of the MPC are the master outs, these are the default outputs unless you assign a track to a certain other output. Start with these into one of your mixer's stereo channel, forget the individual outs for now.


I'm not going to ask how someone gets all this gear and has no knowledge how to hook any of it up. RTFM's

Good dont ask, you aren't wise in doing so.

For a start i dont use mono outs on my mpc, i connect the stereo outs to channels 1 and 2 on my mpc.
Then i Connect phono cables from the mackies send into akai record in.
If you want to record the micro korg which is on channel 9 and 10, turn up the aux 1 and 2 knobs which are just above the eq knobs on ch 9 and 10, then go into record on the mpcby pressing mode then record.

I use to MPC Mono outs 1-8 to individually isolate the sounds when mixing them opposed to mixing the whole beat together as one.

I figure the stereo out is for the main mix and could just plug them into 7/8 or whichever stereo input I have available.

I was going to go from the MPC stereo outs to the mackie stereo aux returns, but im not quite sure how that will work out.

I will probably just mix using the headphones.

Lamp, I got'cha PM. lmao. I kind of interpreted a passage from the good book "Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this."

I am just trying to learn this shyt.

plug all your gear into your mackie mixer... plug your monitors [if you have any] into the mackie's MAIN outs... then run another cable from the mackie's AUX outs to your MPC's RECORD IN. this way you can use your mixer normally and just press the MUTE button on a specific channel [or multiple channels] to send that audio source to the MPC's inputs.

crossings wrote:plug all your gear into your mackie mixer... plug your monitors [if you have any] into the mackie's MAIN outs... then run another cable from the mackie's AUX outs to your MPC's RECORD IN. this way you can use your mixer normally and just press the MUTE button on a specific channel [or multiple channels] to send that audio source to the MPC's inputs.

Job done....

crossings - THANK YOU !!!!....that is the wisdom I did not understand until you blessed me with it.

I absolutely want to use my mixer normally how you explained and thats the missing connection I had.

GOOD LOOKIN' OUT. I am applying the knowledge this evening.

crossings wrote:plug all your gear into your mackie mixer... plug your monitors [if you have any] into the mackie's MAIN outs... then run another cable from the mackie's AUX outs to your MPC's RECORD IN. this way you can use your mixer normally and just press the MUTE button on a specific channel [or multiple channels] to send that audio source to the MPC's inputs.

You don't know how long it took me to figure this out. I figured it out about a year and a half ago, and I was excited as hell.