Volume too low!?

How come my MPC 60 II doesn't get very loud? I have it running through a mixer through the STEREO MIX OUT, levels are about +2db and the master is all the way up. Still sounds very low!? Any ideas why?

The velocity of the pads are extremely low as well. I was wondering how I can change the volume of each sound in a sequence? Can I do this in Step Edit?

= DRUMZ.1

Oh snip....can't wait to receive that upgrade from Roger. hope my MPC doesn't go gargonzola.

Either the drum mix screen or the velocity on each track in the main screen.

You know, the old 60 OS's have a help button, press it when you are on different pages and it will give you some tips.

damn homey....don't you think i'm capable enough of figuring that out. This is a forum. it's a place to ask questions and receive assistance from experienced users. if you can't answer the questions i have then why do you respond? thanks anyways....anybody else have any bright ideas?

Sorry bro, one can never be sure. I just up the trims on the mackie to about halfway and I'm golden.

LMAO Drumatic is funny... Calm down man. Elmacaco is generally a pretty helpful dude. I doubt he was trying to be condescending (yet...lol). And he actually did try to help with your problem.

If you have each sound on a different sequence track you can turn em up some that way. The best way to ensure maximum bang tho is to make sure you watch your record level when sampling into the 60. Get as close as you can to max level when recording. Be careful tho not to overload your converters by sampling too loud. Like Elmacaco said.... you can adjust the volume some in the drum mix...screen as well. I am fortunate enough to have my stereo outs going into the preamp on my mixer. Maximum bang baby..... maximum bang......

And by the way......the manual is your friend. Live it. Breathe it. Study it. Learn it. If you dont have a hard copy print it out! It will guide you thru the good and bad times.

believe me. I've read through the manual many times. It's not as intuitive as i'd like it to be. In fact. I just printed out the latest manual for 3.10 upgrade and that **** is eating up my laser printer. It's like 240 plus pages. It's as thick as a Meriam/Webster dictionary.

How do you determine the maximum record level before you're going to clip? I've set the meter's threshold to like 2 or something but I read in the manual that a red light blinks when your record levels are too high. I've never seen a red light go on and the signal easily hits the far right side of the meter.

Help me with that one.....please.

DRUMZ.1

3.10 baby boy...lol. Get it...

I havent printed out the 3.10 manual. I still only have it in PDF format. I only had to print out like 10 pages since I have had it tho. Its just easy to use... I dont know how much easier it is than the old OS but.... I love it.

Im not being condescending here..... but the easiest way to record max gain for me is just by playing the record and watching the meter... I turn the volume down (or input gain) until it no longers overloads the converters. Simple. I dont know if thats a feature limited to the higher OS or not. When I run sound to the sample in....the meter moves on the sample screen. I turn it down until the highest point is UNDER the clipping point. FYI I have seen no red lights. Then again I didnt even know it was supposed to do that....lol, so I never looked.