Sampling Help

I saw somewhere else in here, that you need a either preamp or it was something else, to sample from turntables to the mpc(1000).

So, should i either get a direct drived turntable with preamp, or buy a mixer to it?

Get a mixer, it will give you more control over the sound that goes into your MPC as opposed to a turntable preamp.

Onslaught wrote:I saw somewhere else in here, that you need a either preamp or it was something else, to sample from turntables to the mpc(1000).

So, should i either get a direct drived turntable with preamp, or buy a mixer to it?

a mixer would be good....but remember..you dont HAVE to have anything....you CAN go straight from your table to your MPC if you need to....untill you get that mixer

Doesn't that distort the frequencies though? A proper phono pre-amp does something different to the frequencies then a normal amp...

Probably wouldn't sound very good. If you are low on cash, you could get a junky old stereo from the 70s and use the phono in / tape out from that and it'd probably sound better than nothing.

I'm getting confuzzled.

I don't need a mixer, to sample from a turntable to a MPC(1000)?

the signal from the tt needs to go thru a pre-amp, usually in a mixer

i wouldn't buy a tt with a built in pre-amp cos it's more than likely shit quality, but that's me

Aight thanks, but what mixer would you suggest? (Not one of those to 1000$+..)


Just found this:

http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--BEHDX052

Is Behringer a good company?

no, cheap knock-offs

i'd go for a compact Mackie to start off with, they will last a long time and ultra low noise

Get whatever mixer is affordable for you.Don't buy into all that ish about makes/models.

Well, i just want a good one to start with, so i don't have to replace it after a month or summit.. But. Is this the mixer?

or this

I mean.. What is necessarily when i sample?

stryke wrote:Get whatever mixer is affordable for you.Don't buy into all that ish about makes/models.

?

well if you want quality gear certainly do buy into reputations and reviews of gear, try it out for yourself too

you wouldn't buy a 'Bush' hi-fi would you?

mate you can sample with any mixer you want, obviously you get what you pay for

I think you're missing the point.........

If he can only afford a $200 mixer.Looking into a $1200 mixer will do him no good.Not everyone here can invest alot of doe into gear.I'm not saying he's one of them,i know i am,the point is not the gear but the end result.Does that make sense?

Behringer will sound a little less good than the expensive stuff.

Not like way worse, but you would notice side-by-side.

But also the cheap mixers will only last maybe a year before the knobs start to go and stuff.


A lot of it comes down to being realistic about your cash situation... if you can REALLY only afford a behringer, that's fine... but if you could save up a little longer and get something that's built to last, why waste $200, ya know?

Bottom line though, you could make a hit record sampling thru a behringer. I'm sure of that, they don't sound _that_ bad, for f*** sake.

you probably couldn't hear the difference in quality if you A B'd an Allen & Heath mixer and the equivalent Behrenger, but the Behrengers won't last, much cheaper components built the cheapest possible way.

“I think you're missing the point.........

If he can only afford a $200 mixer.Looking into a $1200 mixer will do him no good.Not everyone here can invest alot of doe into gear.I'm not saying he's one of them,i know i am”
For sampling from a turntable he could spend $500 on a compact Mackie mixer which in my opinion would be a wiser investment than just going for something affordable without even considering reputation & build quality. I didn’t read he only had $200 just something not over a g.

“,the point is not the gear but the end result.Does that make sense?”

not really, seeing as you need quality gear to achieve the end result, but then it depends how serious he is and what end result he’s going for.

Paul R wrote:


“,the point is not the gear but the end result.Does that make sense?”

not really, seeing as you need quality gear to achieve the end result, but then it depends how serious he is and what end result he’s going for.

So you need top of the line gear to make good music/ tracks???
If you believe that, you might wanna look up a guy named 9th Wonder and see what he uses.Or ask someone that uses a comp and software.