Hooking Up Your System - Akai MPC 3000 Operator's Manual

Chapter 2: The Basics

Hooking Up Your System

The following diagram shows how to hook up the MPC3000 to a
MIDI keyboard and two sound modules.
MPC3000
POWER
OFF ON
MIDI IN
1—2
TO
POWER
MIDI OUT
MULTI TIMBRAL MIDI KEYBOARD
MULTI TIMBRAL MIDI SOUND MODULE
MULTI TIMBRAL MIDI SOUND MODULE
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.
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TO AUDIO CONSOLE
SCSI
FOOT SW SYNC
1 2 LEVEL IN OUT DIGITAL
MIDI IN MIDI OUT
1 2 A B C D
MIDI OUT
A---B---C---D
MIDI IN
MIDI IN
RECORD IN STEREO OUT
GAIN MONO RIGHT LEFT RIGHT PHONES
LOW MID HIGH
INDIVIDUAL MIX OUTPUTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
MIDI IN