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All studio mixers have 1/4 inch jack inputs so you can hook up your MPC using a
standard audio cable available from any music shop. Your mixer will have two types
of input channel - single (mono) or stereo. A stereo channel will only have one set of
eq and pan control for two jack inputs.
If you have a spare stereo channel available, simply connect the main stereo left
output of your MPC to the left input socket of this channel using a jack lead. Then
connect the right stereo output of your MPC to the right input of the mixer channel.
If you only have mono channels available, simply pan one hard left and the other
hard right using your mixers pan pots – this will give you exactly the same set up as
using the single stereo channel. Then as before, it's left out into left in (hard left
channel) and right out into right in (hard right channel).
Later in this book, we’ll look more deeply at how to use the additional individual
outputs, but for the moment, you could also wire these up to your mixer. Simply
connect each of the 4 outputs to 4 available mono inputs on your mixer. A typical set
up is shown below:
III. Connecting to a DJ mixer and amplifier
The procedure is similar to above as basically, a DJ mixer is just a specialised studio
mixer designed for mixing together turntable (as well as line signal) inputs – a
common hip hop scratch mixer is the Vestax PMC05 Pro. This time, you will probably
find that you have to use the RCA cables mentioned in the first section of this
tutorial. A DJ mixer features both phono and line inputs - phono inputs are only for
turntables, so make sure that you connect your MPC to a set of line inputs (left to
left, right to right). Finally, make sure you switch your channel from 'phono' to 'line'.
Now your MPC volume can be controlled through your DJ mixer and can be used
during a mix just as you would a turntable or CD player.
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