Mixing beats on the 2000xl

Can anyone shed any light on the best way to do this? How was it done in the 90's?

I got the 2000xl with cf card reader and 8 outputs installed but no fx board.

I was thinking about getting one of them cassette portastudio's but im not sure

Am i better off doing it externally on a mixer (which i would prefer) or doing it in a DAW? (sorta defeats the object of the mpc in my opinion. i may aswell of just made it in the DAW lol)

here is some beats ive made using it
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Many thanks in advanced, please dont hate.. im only trying to learn!

Peace!!

ok, first off mixing in the daw would not defeat the purpose of using the mpc, true u could make the beat without but it likely wouldnt have the same feel or sound.

second, it depends on your budget and what you already have, can you afford a decent mixer to mix with and what type of soundcard do you have running to your daw? if your sound card had eight ins on it then I would just send the mpc outs too the daw and mix in the daw which gives you great advantage due to all the mastering vsts available. dont make the beat in the daw just mic it down in it (which is what I and moat ppl do around here)

now if your daw has less then eight ins, let's say 2 then you could get a mixer, eq and run external effects on the board and then just run the mixers 2 outs to the sound card, you just need to decide what feels more like you. or do neither and just try to mix in the mpc, which I've done and many others still do, it's more of a personal decision and what sound you want in accordance with your budget

InspectaMorze wrote:How was it done in the 90's?

In the 90's, established artists were tracking through big desks and a bunch of outboard to get 'that' sound.

I would personally scrap the portastudio idea and just invest in a decent interface for your computer. If you can stretch to a small mixer that will also open up a few extra options.

happy new years arkyve...


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Lampdog wrote:Onyx-i-want one

Corrected to echo my thoughts exactly.

Ok thanks, i already have a tapco 2x2 usb interface.. 2 inputs

so basically i could have mpc 8 outouts > 8 inputs on mixer > stereo out to DAW

or

mpc 8 outputs > 8 inputs of audio interface > 8 tracks in DAW


so mixing in the DAW should still give you that 2kxl sound everyone talks about?

sorry for questions, ive always used fl studio lol so im tryna convert to using my mpc so i can delete fl. just gets confusing tryna figure this out myself when ive never used any of this before lol

clint246clint wrote:

Lampdog wrote:Onyx-i-want one

Corrected to echo my thoughts exactly.

I just bought the little brother of this mixer (1220i)... Hello hands-on fun, welcome back old friend.

InspectaMorze wrote:so mixing in the DAW should still give you that 2kxl sound everyone talks about?

InspectaMorze wrote:that 2kxl sound everyone talks about?

InspectaMorze wrote:that 2kxl sound everyone talks about?

just record something it has nothing to do with the sampler or the method used to record.

just hit 'record' on the tape / daw.
hit 'play' on the mpc.
you'll be fine.

InspectaMorze wrote:so mixing in the DAW should still give you that 2kxl sound everyone talks about?

What is this sound, and who is talking about it?

I have heard of MPC60 and MPC3000 having a favorable sound, not sure I have heard of the MPC2000XL having any particularly special sound quality.

this myth comes from people watching videos of people who KNOW theyre gear and how to squeeze what they want out of it. Another thing they dont take into account is what you see in a 5 minute video of damu or whoever playing beats is just that playing beat you dont see all the time spent tweaking layering using eq's or other gear in conjuction. do you experiment and if there is one thing i have learned since switching to hardware your always going to be looking for that extra piece that is gonna give your THAT sound that you hear in your head especially if you spend a lot of time online on forums. Learn what you have to work with and how to accomplish the sound you are looking for. that is 99% of the battle right there.

Something i use to do when recording my beat to my DAW is to record each track out one at a time and then mix on my computer.

You could get a cheap usb midi interface to sync your MPC to your DAW and all your tracks will be on time.

This leaves you with so much more controll over your sound, and you can get that 90s sound u want.