Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Sleepcomputer Tue Apr 12, 2016 4:51 am
I know this is probably frowned upon but whatever Tbh...I'm trying to sample off my phone with a 8th inch to quarter inch into L, mono but for whatever reason its messed up sounding. It sounds like unplugging one of the rca's of your turn table. Pretty much half of the mix clear the other half completely distorted and wrong. However when I sample with a quarter inch from my record player it works.just fine. Any way to fix this problem?
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By Lampdog Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:30 am
Doesn't matter if that sampling practice is frowned upon, do what makes you happy. I haven't sampled a record in decades, frowned upon by purists, of course, it's a **** that I just don't give.

Try this ....

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By Wal Martian Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:04 pm
I think you're only hearing half the sound/song/source you are trying to sample. Most sounds are stereo which is two channels, you have plugged in only one cord to the L so you are hearing just the one channel. Depending on the source material it could be no different or it could sound real strange, sometimes just the drums will be isolated etc. Do what Lampdog said get the proper stereo 3.5mm to 2 x 1/4" cable.
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By tapedeck Thu Apr 14, 2016 10:26 pm
or if the cable you are using has 2 black bars on it on both ends, you shouldn't be doing that. you could be trying to cram a stereo signal into a mono signal.
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By Wal Martian Fri Apr 15, 2016 3:12 pm
!!! ^ I think tapedeck is right. :WTF: If you're trying to use this cable:
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That won't work. The L and R channel of audio are phase cancelling each other and you are hearing only the remaining frequencies. If you slowly back the cable out of the MPC while in the sample screen you might be able to hear just the R or L channel.
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By tapedeck Fri Apr 15, 2016 3:51 pm
^thanks for providing the picture. yes that is what i'm talking about. it might not be your problem, but it's a guess.