Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By jimmie Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:37 am
I'm intrigued.
What's the prob?
use balanced or unbalanced 1/4" jacks (dunno if 520 line in's are balanced or not).
By Clint Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:26 pm
Can't see exactly what type the line inputs are, but you'd want to use those to connect an MPC.

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By jimmie Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:15 am
I stand corrected. Go mono 1/4" jack (mpc) to mono phono into ur mixer for left and right stereo out (mpc) or each individual out of ur mpc into the mixer.
If you have DI's you can go mpc 1.4" jack -> DI -> MIC IN (on mixer).


Isn't this all obvious?
By Clint Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:46 pm
jimmie wrote:Go mono 1/4" jack (mpc) to mono phono into ur mixer for left and right stereo out (mpc) or each individual out of ur mpc into the mixer.


In case that wasn't clear...

1. Determine what type of connector your mixer uses for LINE INPUT by looking at it. I suspect they are 1/4" jacks or RCA.
2. Assuming they are 1/4" sockets go to your local audio store and ask for an 8 channel MONO 1/4" jack to jack loom to connect the 8 MPC outputs to the mixer. You may also want to connect the MPC's main outputs to the mixer also in which case you'd need a pair of similar cables each with a 1/4" jack at both ends.

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Most of us use something like this, eight way 1/4" (6.3mm)MONO jack loom, to connect our 8 outputs to a mixer its just neater and easier to manage compared to using 8 individual cables. Colour coding is also very helpful.

If your mixer has/ had RCA connectors you'd need to use an eight way MONO jack to RCA wiring loom as shown below.

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Make sure the cables you get are MONO and BALANCED to avoid problems later on.