MPC2000 Strange Sound

Just copped my first MPC this week, A reasonably good condition MPC2000 for learning purposes at first.

However. I'm getting some serious sound issues, as its really my first outing with an MPC I'm not sure if its a setup or a real internal hardware issue.

I have just a simple headphones out and 2 mono in setup from an amp/turntable or straight ipod in via Y cable.

When sat on the sample screen I get a low volume static/squelching noise that sounds almost like chopper blades getting infinitely louder and louder over the space of 20 seconds or so until I have hard-kill the unit for worry of damaging it or my phones. It seems to happen randomly, it can be there from startup or just suddenly appear even after an hour or more of normal use.

Would appreciate some help getting it sorted I don't really want to back the unit to the buyer and then find out its a cheap fix or just my lack of setup knowledge. Can give more details or even try to record the sound if necessary. Apologies that my first post is asking for help.

Sixtwo wrote:Just copped my first MPC this week, A reasonably good condition MPC2000 for learning purposes at first.

However. I'm getting some serious sound issues, as its really my first outing with an MPC I'm not sure if its a setup or a real internal hardware issue.

I have just a simple headphones out and 2 mono in setup from an amp/turntable or straight ipod in via Y cable.

When sat on the sample screen I get a low volume static/squelching noise that sounds almost like chopper blades getting infinitely louder and louder over the space of 20 seconds or so until I have hard-kill the unit for worry of damaging it or my phones. It seems to happen randomly, it can be there from startup or just suddenly appear even after an hour or more of normal use.

Would appreciate some help getting it sorted I don't really want to back the unit to the buyer and then find out its a cheap fix or just my lack of setup knowledge. Can give more details or even try to record the sound if necessary. Apologies that my first post is asking for help.

sounds like feedback usually associated with a few things... grounding, bad wiring of ins/outs/

i would unhook everything and just power the MPC on by itself... put it in sample mode and play with the volume... if u still hear the noise take your unit and plug it in elsewhere in the house... if it disappears then the issue is power source... in your room or the power strip u use...

if not try each item one at a time... the process of elimination will be the cheapest route right now

Well it seems one of the memory modules had become loose during transit, fixed that and been running for a few hours now without issues. Fingers crossed that was all it was.

Yes man, random inspiration for the name.