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Chapter 2: The Basics
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Hooking Up Your System
The following diagram shows how to hook up the MPC3000 to a
MIDI keyboard and two sound modules.
MULTI TIMBRAL MIDI KEYBOARD
MULTI TIMBRAL MIDI SOUND MODULE
MIDI IN
MIDI OUT
A---B---C---D
MIDI IN
1—2
MIDI IN
MPC3000
TO AUDIO CONSOLE
MIDI OUT
MULTI TIMBRAL MIDI SOUND MODULE
MIDI IN
INDIVIDUAL MIX OUTPUTS
1
MIDI OUT MIDI IN
1 2 IN OUT
SYNC FOOT SW
LEVEL PHONES LEFT DIGITAL GAIN
LOW MID HIGH
RECORD IN
OFF ON
POWER
RIGHT MONO RIGHT
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 A B C D
SCSI
STEREO OUT
TO
POWER
If you only want to use the MPC3000 as a drum machine for now,
don’t connect the MIDI keyboard, the sound modules, or make any
MIDI connections. If you choose to make the MIDI connections, you
can daisy chain all of the sound generators to MIDI Output A of the
MPC3000. (Connect MIDI Out A of the MPC3000 to the MIDI in of
the keyboard; connect the keyboard’s MIDI thru to the MIDI in of
the first sound generator; and connect its MIDI thru to the MIDI in
of the next sound generator.) This method of connection, however,
will limit the total number of MIDI channels on all sound genera-
tors to 16. By using the four independent MIDI outputs shown in
the connection method above, you can use all 16 MIDI channels on
each of the four MIDI Outputs.