By alexnameless
Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:20 am
i recently purchased a mpc 2000xl... the catch is the thing has no drive in it hahah. ive been looking on you tube and forums trying to find how i can use this mpc 2000xl without a drive in it. i cam across this one guys video it looked like he was using the mpc2000xl as a midi controller ( if that's what its called) im still new to all this =) i was gonna use this thing to make beats through the zip disk but since there's no drive i cant really go that way can i ? lol .......but there is good news a friend of mine gave me some stuff before he moved away said it could possibly help me if i can get the stuff to work
he gave me
1 midi cable
1 instrument cable
1 audioboxusb
he told me i could run the mpc through the audio box usb but problem is idk how to set midi channels in my logic 9
and i don't have any manuals or anything just a few tips to run off of
now from what i seen on the you tube videos and forums if i wanna use the mpc2000xl as a midi controller i need to run the midi cable midi out of the audio box to midi in on the mpc . now as far as the instrument wire or cable goes idk where it goes i tried the headphones jack on the mpc audio in l and r smpte slots but no sounds and to be honest i would try and see if i hit record on the daw and see if the mpc lights would come up like on the videos but here was no luck and a lot of ppl usually have some kind of piano ......is that why this wont work because no piano??? if someone could please help a brother out it would be much appreciated i know this stuff doesnt just happen over night
p.s. and when i unplug the audiobox usb it says device removed so im guessing tis reading the box but i just feel like im missing a step somewhere
he gave me
1 midi cable
1 instrument cable
1 audioboxusb
he told me i could run the mpc through the audio box usb but problem is idk how to set midi channels in my logic 9
and i don't have any manuals or anything just a few tips to run off of
now from what i seen on the you tube videos and forums if i wanna use the mpc2000xl as a midi controller i need to run the midi cable midi out of the audio box to midi in on the mpc . now as far as the instrument wire or cable goes idk where it goes i tried the headphones jack on the mpc audio in l and r smpte slots but no sounds and to be honest i would try and see if i hit record on the daw and see if the mpc lights would come up like on the videos but here was no luck and a lot of ppl usually have some kind of piano ......is that why this wont work because no piano??? if someone could please help a brother out it would be much appreciated i know this stuff doesnt just happen over night
p.s. and when i unplug the audiobox usb it says device removed so im guessing tis reading the box but i just feel like im missing a step somewhere
