OK THIS IS MY SETUP !!!!

THIS IS MY SET UP NOW I TRIED JUST CONNECTING MY INSTRUMENT CABLE FROM THE AUDIO OUT ON THE CASIO WK-200 TO THE RECORD IN LEFT AND RIGHT HOLES I TRIED PLUGGING THE INSTRUMENT CABLE TO THE SMPTE IN AND STIL LTHE PADS DID NOT TRIGGER THE SOUNDS ON MY MPC 2000XL PADS NOW I ALSO HAVE A AUDIOBOX USB NOW CAN ANY HELP ME ON SOME WAY TO CONNECT THIS I TRIED EVERY POSSIBILITY AND READ ALL HAND BOOKS AND TRIED ALL ADVICE AND PLEASE REMEBER IM NEW AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW ALL THIS BUT IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE DO I THINK IT JUST MIGHT BE THE PIANO THE HOOK UP ON IT ISNT VERY GOOD

umm did you try the midi

which midi?

georgiebarns wrote:which midi?

That usb port from the keyboard, does it support a usb to midi I/O cable? I think I asked about that in another thread of yours.

That's the key to unlocking this mysterious delima you're dealing with.

Personally, I don't think there's anything out here that will work for your keyboard. So I'd get rid of that board and grab something else that actually has midi I/O ports.

Check out the midi controller I use....http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=446



4 midi outs, 1 thru, & 2 ins....you don't necessarily need the same thing I've got, but that's the kind of connectivity you need to make things happen.

Looking at your interface, those two left and right holes say MAIN OUT, which will be impossible to hear sounds if you are connecting the outs from your keyboard to those. Outputs always go to Inputs.

Like Dab said, check your manual for the Casio and see if the USB is MIDI capable. To play the Casio sounds from your MPC, you have to set the MPC as master and the Casio as slave and the MIDI OUT of the MPC goes to the MIDI IN of the keyboard, which might be MIDI capable. The audio outs of the Casio should go into the audio inputs of the interface to record your performance on Logic.

I'm MIDI illiterate, so try to download a pdf manual for your MPC to explain the hook up better.

Personally I wouldn't even bother with that keyboard trying to trigger the MPC, or vice versa. That keyboard doesn't have MIDI, unless you route it through a computer, and that is a whole other mountain to climb.

Your best bet at this point, is to plug the audio OUT of your keyboard into the audio IN on your mpc, sample the sounds, then just use the MPC exclusively after that, and play the sounds from the MPC. This actually works pretty good and is a lot more rewarding than feeling helpless on the internet.

If you get a proper MIDI keyboard, then you can start thinking about triggering things. Until then, forget using them at the same time.

And take note, I'm not saying it's impossible with what you got, it's just way more complicated.

If your keyboard had midi, it's literally plug and play.

Since it doesn't its:
1) get drivers for keyboard on your computer
2) get daw for you computer
3) plug in keyboard to computer
4) configure daw to work with keyboard
5) configure daw to route midi properly
6) connect midi cables from audio interface to mpc

a lot of stuff that is very particular to your set up.

ps. just a protip, even though you have SMPTE jacks, you likely don't have the SMPTE chip, and even if you did, it has absolutely nothing to do with anything you are trying to do. It's more for recording to tape.

Ill-Green wrote:MIDI OUT of the MPC goes to the MIDI IN of the keyboard, which might be MIDI capable.

from the specs on the Casio websites the keyboard has no MIDI IN. It can only do MIDI over USB.

so he'd need to go MPC MIDI OUT -> interface MIDI IN, and interface USB -> keyboard, and set the midi channels appropriately everywhere, which is going to be too hard for him, which is why I said he should forget midi and just sample the sounds for now, and assign them to his pads

Ill-Green wrote:The audio outs of the Casio should go into the audio inputs of the interface to record your performance on Logic.

he originally said he wanted to sample the sounds in the MPC, not in Logic, which would mean connecting the keyboard outputs to the MPC inputs.

but I don't think he has a clue what he wants to do or what the gear can do

I think he needs an ASR, a Linndrum II and a Fairlight to get it working

georgiebarns wrote: I TRIED PLUGGING THE INSTRUMENT CABLE TO THE SMPTE IN AND STIL LTHE PADS DID NOT TRIGGER THE SOUNDS ON MY MPC 2000XL PADS...CAN ANY HELP ME ON SOME WAY TO CONNECT THIS I TRIED EVERY POSSIBILITY AND READ ALL HAND BOOKS AND TRIED ALL ADVICE

1. Dont PM me with your nonsense.
2. Stop typing in all caps
3. Appreciate the help and advice you've recieved already on this subject in other threads.
4. You've already been spoonfed everything you need to know, the rest is down to you.
5. Anymore nonsense from you and I'll lock this thread too


Good luck

HAHA OK FIRST IM JUST GONNA SAY I GOT THE KEYBOARD FROM BEST BUY OF ALL PLACES HAHAHAHA I WAS IN THERE **** AROUND WITH IT AND WHEN I HEARD THE DRUMS ON IT I HAD TO GETI T CAUSEI K NOW I COULD SAMPLE IT NOW I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A STUPID QUESTION BUT WHICH ONE IS THE MPCS AUDIO IN I KNOW THE BOTTOM 8 ARE OUTS AND EVERYTHING'S LABELED BUT NOTHING SAYS AUDIO IN HAHAHA NOW I WAS GONNA GET ANEW KEYBOARD CAUSE I KNEW THE ONE I GOT WASN'T GONNA SYNC WITH THE MPC WITH OUT TROUBLE NOW I WANTED TO PICK UP A NEW KEYBOARD BUT DONT WANNA PAY A RIDICULOUS PRICES HAHA BUT YEAH ALL IREALL NEED TO KNOW IS WHERE THE AUDIO IN ON THE MPC IS AND IMA READ OVER WHAT U GUYS SENT AND TRY IT

georgiebarns wrote:HAHA OK FIRST IM JUST GONNA SAY I GOT THE KEYBOARD FROM BEST BUY OF ALL PLACES HAHAHAHA I WAS IN THERE **** AROUND WITH IT AND WHEN I HEARD THE DRUMS ON IT I HAD TO GETI T CAUSEI K NOW I COULD SAMPLE IT NOW I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A STUPID QUESTION BUT WHICH ONE IS THE MPCS AUDIO IN I KNOW THE BOTTOM 8 ARE OUTS AND EVERYTHING'S LABELED BUT NOTHING SAYS AUDIO IN HAHAHA NOW I WAS GONNA GET ANEW KEYBOARD CAUSE I KNEW THE ONE I GOT WASN'T GONNA SYNC WITH THE MPC WITH OUT TROUBLE NOW I WANTED TO PICK UP A NEW KEYBOARD BUT DONT WANNA PAY A RIDICULOUS PRICES HAHA BUT YEAH ALL IREALL NEED TO KNOW IS WHERE THE AUDIO IN ON THE MPC IS AND IMA READ OVER WHAT U GUYS SENT AND TRY IT

Georgie........come on dude! I don't believe you're really trying to get your thread locked again. And I really don't think you're that short on the thinking, but I could be wrong.

Dude, quit while you're ahead because clint just told you what you shouldn't be doing and you're doing it anyway. I don't get it, you are def one of a kind, and if you're serious and not playing, then I'd really suggest you pick another hobby because this def ain't your cup of tea.

You just asked which inputs you need to hook up on the mpc and it's CLEARLY labeled on the back of it where to hook up any audio source to sample.

I'm done at this point and wish you the best in whatever endeavors you pursue.

Peace.


On second guessing, I do believe somebody is impersonating as being loose in the marbles and we're falling for this sh!t.

I DID DO THAT I TOLD YOUS IT DIDN'T WORK THE PADS DIDN'T TRIGGER AND I TRIED ASSIGNING THEM AND PPL SHOULD BE BLOCKING MY POST ANYWAY THAT'S JUST CORNY AND NOWHERE ON THE BACK OF THE MPC DOES IT SAID AUDIO IN AND I WAS JUST SIMPLY STATING WHAT I DID BEFORE I DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN IM JUST SAYING CAUSE EVERYONE TRYNA PLAY ME AND IN ALL REALTY IM JUST LEARNING LIKE ALL YOUS DID AT ONE POINT LIKE COME ON IM JUST SAYING LIKE ARE YALL ALL THAT ANGRY AND IM NOT COMING AT THOSE WHO ARE HELPING AND JSUT CAUSE I HAVE CAPS ON DOESN'T MEAN IM YELLING IM JUST STARTING I DIDN'T JUST PICK THIS AS A HOBBIE THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO OR ILL GO CRAZY LOL I JSUT FINALLY GOT THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AD IM TRYNA GET ALL MY STUFF TOGETHER AND HOOK IT ALL UP NOW IN NOV I TRIED GETTING A LIST BUT EVERYONE WAS TO BUSY BASHING ME INSTEAD OF JUST HOOKING A ***** UP AND LETTING HIM KNOW WHATS GOOD SO I HAD TO GO AND TRY AND PIECE TOGETHER WHAT I COULD WITH WHAT LITTLE I KNOW NOW YOUS MUST UNDERSTAND THE ONLY TIME I CAN REALLY SIT AND READ ALL THIS STUFF IS WHEN IM AT WORK AND WHEN I GET HOME I TRY AL LTHE STUFF YOUS TELL ME NOW THE ONLY AUDIO IN OR ANYTHING THAT SAYS IN ON THE BACK OF THE MPC 2000XL IS THE RECORD IN LEFT AND RIGHT MIDI IN LEFT AND RIGHT AND THE SMPTE IN IM NOT TRYING TO BE A HASSLE TO ANYONE IM JSUT TYRNA LEARN AND I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO SIT AND JSUT TRY THIS STUFF ALL DAY BECAUSE UNLIKE SOME OF YOUS I WORK SO I THANK THOUGH FOR THE HELP AND THE GUY THATS BEEN HELPING ME GOOD LOOKING OUT YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD AMOUNT OF HELP AND DEFFINATLY SENT ME TO THE RIGHT PLACES TO READ UP ON THIS STUFF

Georgie, it doesn't say audio in on the mpc...........it says RECORD IN.

AND MY COMP AT WORK AROMATICALLY STAY ON CAPS LOCK BECAUSE ITS WORKS WITH THE PROGRAM I
HAVE TO USE SO EVERYONE JUST KNOW IM NOT YELLING HAHAH JUST TALKING

I KNOW THATS WHAT I BEEN SAYING IF ANYONES BEEN READING I PUT THE INSTRUMENT CABLE IN BOTH RECORD IN AND OUT PORTS AND THERE WAS NOTHING I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHIGN WRONG WITH MY PADS OR IM NOT ASSIGNING THE PADS RIGHT
BUT I ALSO DONT KNOW HOW TO PICK A CERTAIN SAMPLE FROM THE PIANO LIKE THE DRUMS AND NOT PIANOS STRINGS OR SYNTHS

Dude, **** you and read the manual which I know you have'nt because you don't know which was the audio in. If you read the manual you'll see the pretty pictures on what goes where.