Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By Recks1 Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:44 am
im going to the store today to buy some cables to sample with. they will go from my vestax mixer into the record in/out on the mpc. what cable do i get? i know the back of the mpc takes a 1/4 jack plug but whats the exact name of the cable. thanks.
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By Phatz Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:46 am
quater inch mono cable......if you sample in mono it will save some of your memory

By Recks1 Wed Feb 11, 2004 3:55 am
so its a dual 1/4 mono cable going to a dual rca cable?

By Recks1 Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:05 am
i would have thought sampling in mono would be less quality than stereo. i have 32mb ram so should i just stick with sampling stereo? so really i should get dual 1/4 stereo into dual rca cables???
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By Phatz Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:08 am
rca on one side and quater inch (1/4) on the other.........If you want to sample in stero go for it.......but the source in which you will be sampling from is the Turntable right? If so it is all ready mastered and it is balanced carrying the same thing on both channels.......try it both ways and which ever is better for you do your thing........but thats the cable you need

By Recks1 Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:12 am
hey thanks alot man
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By Phatz Wed Feb 11, 2004 4:45 am
If you are max'd out in memory 32mb then do what you do..........
either mono or stero.......When I first started I didnt know any better and when I sampled I was killing the 10.9 seconds of memory I had......A good friend of mine told me to sample in mono on the left because it carried more detail and because that would save me sometime to load other stuff.......I guess I can say its always been a force of habit.......I am max'd out now.....but check this out........

Sample both ways and tell me what you hear????
If you sample in mono and you play it back you will hear it in both ears or speakers.......
If you sample in stero and play it back you will hear it in both ears as well

So in my words the only difference to me is the size of the wav when you save it.......
If the sample is lets just say 860kbs in mono it would be 1720kbs in stero.....meaning it will use more space to save