Akai MPC 2000xl - Manual (Page 22)

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Chapter 2: The Basics
Hooking Up Your System
The following diagram shows how to hook up the MPC2000XL to a MIDI keyboard, two sound
modules and a CD ROM.
You can connect other external SCSI devices (such as a hard disk, ZIP drive, etc.) to the SCSI
interface on the rear panel so that you can save or load samples, songs, etc.
If you only want to use the MPC2000XL as a drum machine for now, don’t connect the MIDI keyboard,
the sound modules, or make any MIDI connections. If you choose to connect an external MIDI
device, connect the MIDI Output of the MIDI keyboard to MIDI Input of the MPC2000XL, and the MIDI
Input of the MIDI sound source to MIDI Output of the MPC2000XL. MIDI Output provides an A or B
Output. Normally use Output A when there is only one sound source. If you want to use a sound
source from the connected MIDI keyboard, connect the MIDI keyboard MIDI Input to the
MPC2000XL MIDI Output. (In this case, it is necessary to turn the Soft thru function on the
MPC2000XL off. For details, refer to “Setting the Track’s MIDI Channel” on page 52.) To connect
multiple sound sources, use the MIDI THRU jacks of the MIDI device. Connect the MIDI Output of the
MPC2000XL to the MIDI Input of the first MIDI sound source. Connect the MIDI THRU of the first
MIDI sound source to the second MIDI sound source, and so on. MIDI can handle up to 16 data
channels, the MPC2000XL has MIDI Output A and B each with 16 channels enabling you to handle
32 channels of data.
MIDI
OUT MIDI
IN
ON OFF
POWER
MODEL NUMBER MPC2000XL
SCSI
ASSIGNABLE MIX OUT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN OUT
DIGITAL
RECORD
IN
STEREO
OUT
RIGHT LEFT PHONES RIGHT LEFT
IN OUT
SMPTE
A B 1 2
MIDI OUT
MIDI OUT B
MIDI THRU MIDI IN
MIDI IN
MIDI IN
Multi timbral MIDI sound module
Multi timbral MIDI sound module
Multi timbral MIDI keyboard
MIDI OUT A
MIDI IN 1 or 2
Connect power cord and
plug into power supply
CD ROM player