Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
By abe1200 Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:34 am
Does the Normalize option when editing your samples defeat the purpose of the record gain knob???
By abe1200 Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:24 pm
so what's the difference if they both raise the sample volume to 0db?
By _Stilo_ Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:34 pm
The difference is, when normalizing you raise the noise volume as well.
By jimmie Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:10 am
Rec gain is only used when recording into the analogue ins (well.. you can use it with the monitor too). The max volume of your sample will be clipped to 0DB if you go over 0DB. Rec gain is usually used to boost your rec signal to as near to 0DB as you can without clipping when you are sampling through the analogue ins.

Normalising is used to boost the volume of a sample already in the machine in it's entirety (noise and all) until the max volume peak of that sample reaches on or near to 0DB.
By abe1200 Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:16 am
peace to all who replied!

happy holidays!
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By MIDIchlorian Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:27 am
Older MPC`s had no normalize option.
If you didn`t record your samples at full volume with your record gain you could not amplify the sound anymore.
With Normalize you can max out of the volume of samples sampled to low.