mpc2000xl beats to PC

whats the best way to get my beats out of my mpc and to my PC/computer?.
please give me a explanation step by step, thankyou

Take / buy an Audio Interface. Plug it between you PC and your MPC. Buy / download an DAW. Install it. Open it with a new Project. Start your MPC. Choose the beat you want to record. Press "play"on the MPC. Press "record" on the DAW. Wait until the beat finished playing. Press "stop" on the DAW. Save the project. Check the mix. Thank me later.

ok thanks!! i was thinking about buying this,, https://www.storedj.com.au/products/STE-UR22
would this one do the job? and where does the cable plug into on the mpc 2000xl?

stereo outs

tapedeck wrote:stereo outs

so from mpc stereo out to audio interface stereo out ?

mpcee1998 wrote:

tapedeck wrote:stereo outs

so from mpc stereo out to audio interface stereo out ?

This looks like being hard work

Audio outs of the MPC into the audio inputs of your audio interface.

The interface you listed only has two audio inputs so you can only record two outputs of your MPC at any one time. If you intend utilising the 8 outs of your XL (if you have them) then you will have to solo or mute tracks in song mode and stick to recording one or two tracks at a time. You will probably have to solo tracks regardless so that you can record each 'instrument' to a unique audio track in the DAW and then mix down the song.

Otherwise you can of course just record the entire beat as a stereo master directly into your DAW but that would be very limiting as you would not be able to mix individual instruments.

I cover the full process of recording tracks from an MPC2000XL into many popular DAWs in my dedicated 'MPC-DAW' books, but I also cover more general set up in my Beat Making on the MPC2000XL book.