Best mixer to connect with MPC2000XL

they dont make mixers that just work better on the mpc. find a good mixer and work with it. honestly though in this day and age its about the same price to just buy an audio interface with the number of inputs you need and skip a mixer all together
 
It's good to use a mixer because it allows you to eq and shape your sound before it gets to the computer. And analog eq's sound much better than plug-ins. Don't believe what anyone tells you about plug-ins that imitate analog eq's. Why you think they try to imitate analog eq's in the first place?
 
themaestro said:
Why you think they try to imitate analog eq's in the first place?
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because analog eq's were around a lot longer than digital ones. the problem with eqing from a mixer is that if you over do it u cant go back and fix it inside the daw so u have to re eq and then record it can make your track muddy. track dry and let the engineer decide to eq in the box later
 
not really on a budget but not looking to spend loads of money need a mixer to mixdown my final project and i have the 8 outs on the mpc 2000xl so i can record into logic 8.
 
Just get an audio interface with 8 (or more) inputs and do your mixing in Logic. Or just track them out one track at a time, or two at a time, using the stereo outs. Unless your beats are reaching 20+ tracks, this method works just fine.

But, what Xabiton said about EQing with is mixer is true. Doing it over a second, or third, time after finding out it didn't come out how you like it is going to suck if it happens more than once.
 
By eq'ing before the AD converters, you maximize the use of the available bit depth. EQ is a way of adjusting the gain around certain frequencies. It only makes sense to maximize the frequencies that you want, and minimize the ones you don't. Best example is a mic that picks-up too much low end. If you record that straight to your DAW and you clip, then it would be caused by the low frequencies, not the highs. Wasted bit depth on low frequencies. Now if you roll off the low frequencies, you will reduce the chance of clipping and you'll record only the part of the signal that is needed. So eq'ing before the converters optimizes and prepares the signal for recording.
 
Though the "wasted bits" thing is theoretically right, it's rarely a real-world issue with 24bit recording. More of a remnant from the 16bit era. Low-end cutting is still a viable option, but it's more like an exception to the rule than justification that you should EQ while tracking...

Also, some analog EQs are pretty great, yes, but that doesn't mean it allows for generalizing that statement into "analog EQs are better than plugins". Most EQs on "home-studio grade" mixers aren't probably gonna be any better than the stock EQ plugins in your DAW.
 
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