How to connect turntable..

Hi, im planning to buy a turntable and a pair of speakers with intergrated amplifiers. But how do I connect the turntable into the MPC 1000?
The speakers im planning to buy is: Aktimate Maxi, but im not really sure about a turntable yet.

Thanks for ur help

Your gonna need some midi headphones to get that going properly.

You'll need some kind of phono preamp for the 1000, basically something that amplifies the phono signal to line level. Probably the most common way to do this is via a DJ mixer, but you can also get dedicated stand alone pre amps plus you'll find them built into many standard recording mixers.

turntables come with manuals. depending on what model you get, you may or may not need an additional pre-amp... most the turntables noobs get nowadays are those portable or usb type ones that are of lower quality but do not require additional equipment and can be connected directly to the mpc or whatever... higher end turntables are going to need a preamp in order to connect it to your mpc.

this is basic stuff... very easy to find on google.

gonna drop $1,000 on speakers and then ask the most basic of basics

Any off the shelf home stereo receiver will also provide the preamps the OP needs.

Metatron72 wrote:Any off the shelf home stereo receiver will also provide the preamps the OP needs.

off the thrift store shelf maybe

Wal Martian wrote:^Alot of new recievers don't have phono inputs.

use a dj mixer as preamp or buy a standard phono preamp. again something i usually pick up at the thrift store.
google 'phono preamp' then click the shopping tab.

tapedeck wrote:off the thrift store shelf maybe

Wal Martian wrote:^Alot of new recievers don't have phono inputs.

Yeah I forget it's not the 90's. I'm sure if a lot of us took a hard bump to the head we might actually think it is the 80's or 90's with the gear we favor.

dj mixer ftw.

sidenote i used to think ftw meant fuq the world, not for the win; but i was using it in the same context as "for the win" in my head.

the many uses of the word ****

damien907 wrote:sidenote i used to think ftw meant fuq the world, not for the win; but i was using it in the same context as "for the win" in my head.

Me too

eliko wrote:Hi, im planning to buy a turntable and a pair of speakers with intergrated amplifiers. But how do I connect the turntable into the MPC 1000?
The speakers im planning to buy is: Aktimate Maxi, but im not really sure about a turntable yet.

Thanks for ur help

More of the home stereo enthusiast than a music producer...