Help seriously needed!!

I am new to this production game, I have been buying equipment bit by bit and now have an MPC 2000xl MCD, Ensoniq ASR-10, Boss SP-303, Technics 1210 Mk, Roland VS-1680 and Soundforge 7 on my dell laptop. My problem is that I want to use the ASR-10 & Boss SP-303 for sampling, my MPC for sequencing and the VS-1680 & Soundforge for the mixing/recording. I have the 8 output board for the MPC and scsi zip drive for the ASR-10 but I'm struggling with sorting how to connect my equipment together so that they all work as one in my studio. Could someone please share their knowledge on how this is done. The cables needed where I plug it in, etc. I really want to get this production stuff off the ground. I would be very grateful for any advice as long as it helps me.

alright man, first off being "new to this production game" I would first tone it down a bit, personally take the mpc xl connect your 1210 sample some records and freak it. learn the fundamentals of the mpc then run linking your other gear. the mpc is powerful, even just skimming the surface you can do many things. just my opinion . as for connecting all that gear someone here can definatley give you some pointers

First off thanks for the advice. I've been messing with my MPC and it seems quite straight forward to use but by intergrating everything I feel that it will strengthen my learning of all the equipment.
What i want to do is make my MPC2000xl the master and the asr-10, Soundforge and my VS1680 the slaves. I'm gonna try and mess around with it and see what happens but any help would be appreciated.
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it seems a bit bizarre to own all that equipment and not know how to connect it

have you made any sequences thru midi yet?

Okay, let me clear up my issues. Firstly I know how to connect all my equipment. My problem was that I wanted to make the MPC the master and all the rest the slaves, what I find funny is that i'm hearing it's easy this or it's easy that. I'm sure that it probably is but no one in the forum has actually said anything that is of use. Now either people don't know (which i doubt) or some peeps are going on tight wid the info. Please only reply to this post if you have relevant suggestions and not "i can't believe you have all this equipment and don't know how to connect it. But yes i have made sequences thru midi. People come with advice that helps as this is what the newbie forum is for.
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You should be able route the MIDI out of your MPC to each unit you want to control with it. Route the MIDI out of your keyboard controller to the MPC MIDI IN. You're going to have to figure out the basics of either MTC (MIMI time code) or SMPTE. All your gear that requires timing info has to receive time code. That would be your multi track recorder and any thing with an LFO or arpegiator you need to control. Its not necessary for tone modules or sound forge as you will probably be using sound forge to master or edit samples. You will have to go to the SYNC pages on your MPC and turn on MTC for the appropriate MIDI out port. You will have to set up the VS to receive MTC. Personally I use my multi track recorder to start the MPC and have the MPC drive the rest. That way if im working on sequencing, the multi track dosen't run.

debechi wrote:Okay, let me clear up my issues. Firstly I know how to connect all my equipment. My problem was that I wanted to make the MPC the master and all the rest the slaves, what I find funny is that i'm hearing it's easy this or it's easy that. I'm sure that it probably is but no one in the forum has actually said anything that is of use. Now either people don't know (which i doubt) or some peeps are going on tight wid the info. Please only reply to this post if you have relevant suggestions and not "i can't believe you have all this equipment and don't know how to connect it. But yes i have made sequences thru midi. People come with advice that helps as this is what the newbie forum is for.
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sorry geez, just sounded like you were one of them people who bought all the gear without learning it

man i wish i was in the UK so I could G ya gear........

Thanks for that fader pro, i'm gonna try that out.