bruxism Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 ok, so i'm using my MPC with my band more and more, running programmed beats to the drummer through the headphones, and the MPC plugs into one channel on my mixer, and i'm cutting on the other channel. the problem is we want the sound guy to be able to mix the beats and scratching independently, which means running the MPC into one mixer, and my turntable into another mixer. All i really need is RCA in to the mixer, and RCA (or anything else) out. One channel is all i really need and a volume fader to turn it up and down. which mixer, (or other thing) is the cheapest (or best) alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rygon Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 so what is the setup at the moment...hasnt the soundguy got an extra channel he could use???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakule Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 an idea, not sure if it would work, but if you can pan your channels independantly on your scratch mixer - so have the MPC panned hard left, and the cuts hard right. at gigs with a band i scratch in mono anyway, if you want stereo scratchmixer you take up two channels on the desk dont you... so you can have the left output on your scratchmixer going to channel 1 (for example - on the desk) which would be just the MPC and channel 2 on the main desk as the cuts. obivously on the main desk its not gona be panned, just a standard mono signal. sorry, kinda rambling idea, never tried it coz i never had to, but it could work and it will save you buying anything else! goodluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruxism Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 so the setup at the moment is the MPC runs into channel 1, and i do my scratching on channel 2. The problem is that we'd like the sound guy to be able to mix the scratching and the beats independently. We could send the beat directly from the MPC to the sound guy, but the problem there is that in almost every song there is a part where i have to drop the beat out. If i drop it out on the MPC, the drummer loses it in his headphones, and everyone loses the beat. That's why i need it running into a mixer with a volume or crossfader so i can cut it out that way. I remember someone talking about a cheap one channel mixer. Did that ever eventuate? Cheers for the help so far. (oh, and no panning on the pioneer 909, but good idea drakule) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 how about running the headphone out of the mpc to the drummer (assuming you don't need it) and running the master out of the mpc to a volume pedal? cheapest one-channel mixer i can think of... (about £20 for a volume pedal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruxism Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 hmmm, volume pedal, sounds sweet. would that have two rca's in and two rca's out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakule Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 no panning on the 909? thats a bit shit isnt it! damn, think that wouldv worked too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzell Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 you could try getting a 2spliter lead for the headphones output of your mpc. Your drummer will get a straight signal and your have one to cut out with your mixer. something like this http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Module...ITTERS&doy=24m7 Job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 i think the problem is that the sound guy needs a seperate feed of the mpc and the scratching so he can balance them individually in the mix - otherwise he could just send the headphones out to the drummer and the master out to the mixer volume pedal would probably have 6.3mm stereo jack in and 6.3mm stereo jack out, if you got a couple of these: you should be in business (although 6.3mm jack would probably be a preferable connector from the sound guys poinit of view and iirc mpc outputs are 6.3 jacks already) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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