The correct set up. I need to start making music.HELP

im just a beginner trying to start producing music ive bought an mpc2500 a fantom xr a midi keyboard and a soundcratft es mixer ,would be much apperciated if someone would get back to me on the correct set up.I know it tells you how to set up on the instuction booklet but it doesnt tell you where to put the inputs in to the mixer. Pls help me

1.Midi keyboard out going into the midi mpc in.

2.Mpc midi out going into the phantom midi in.

3.ES spirt mixer monitor out going into the record in on the mpc.

4.On the phantom ive got outputs mono(l) (R) going into a channel on my mixer

5. On the mpc assignable 1 and 2 i have got goin in to a channel on my mixer

6.Fianlly iv got on my mpc stereo out also going into a seperate channel on my mixer

Seems as if you have everything connected correctly.

EmmanuelG wrote:
but it doesnt tell you where to put the inputs in to the mixer. Pls help me

Not really sure what you mean by that....

thanks 4 the reply jahrome. What i meant by this, is that i dont know where to put all all my outputs coming from the mpc 2500 and fantom xr to the mixer. e.g the record in from the mpc2500 should go where in the mixer.?????? would like if you got back to me

did you check out 2500 manual page 6, setup and config?

Lamdog thats what i have done but wut it doest tell you is whereabouts to put the outputs from the mpc2500 and the fantomxr in the mixer pls help so i can get to start making music??

all outputs from all other gear go into the mixer ins.

u already have that going on though, so what's the problem?

Do u have powered moniters plugged into your mixer?? or do u have an amp and speakers hooked up

i have powered monitors

EmmanuelG wrote:
4.On the phantom ive got outputs mono(l) (R) going into a channel on my mixer

5. On the mpc assignable 1 and 2 i have got goin in to a channel on my mixer

6.Fianlly iv got on my mpc stereo out also going into a seperate channel on my mixer

EmmanuelGwrote:
Lamdog thats what i have done but wut it doest tell you is whereabouts to put the outputs from the mpc2500 and the fantomxr in the mixer pls help so i can get to start making music??

It appears to me that you are contradicting yourself.

If your mixer has enough audio inputs channels, connect all the MPCs audio outputs and all the Fantom's audio outputs into the audio inputs of your mixer.

Your mixer should have a main monitor output (or master stereo output) to connect your powered monitors to.

If you mixer has an additional audio outs (stereo out, send outs, buss outs), you can connect these to the stereo audio input of the MPC.

much apperciated jahrome.So the stero out and assignable mix out 1 and 2 at the back of the mpc2500 all go in to stereo inputs.But what about the (record in) at the back of the mpc2500 where do i put that in the mixer because i want to sample the sounds on my fantom xr to the mpc ????????

You have several options.......

As I said above, if you have an additional stereo output, Buss output, or send output..connect that to the stereo input (record in) of the MPC. This way, you can route sounds from the mixer to the MPC to sample.

You also have the choice of connecting an audio output of the Fantom to the stereo input (record in) of the MPC. This way you can record sounds from your Fantom into the MPC.

much respect for that jahrome i going next door now to setup. respect

thanks jahrome the only problem i have is when i go to the record function in the mpc to sample sounds from the fantom it doest not record anything+ there is a distortion coming out the monitors, ive got outputs from xr going into going into mpc (record in)

First...how did you set-up your MPC and Fantom? Can your MPC trigger Fantom sounds from your MPCs pads?

my mpc midi out a going into fantom midi in and also like you said ive got the mono outputs going into the record in on the mpc, and yes my pads and keyboard play the sounds of the fantom