thedreampolice
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Damn it, this is why im a software guy. I will either have to get fancy with my soldering gun or replace a $400 part. So dumb. Reason and Kong never let me down like this!
Left output is super quiet on my mpc2500
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Do you have crackling with your volume knob? Does the output change when you move the knob?
thedreampolice
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No, it’s just super low output. The right works fine.
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What about pushing the volume knob down a bit, move it around? Because I had that issue and it was the Rec and Main knobs that needed to be replaced, it's not necessarily the main board, maybe it's just the right side board.
thedreampolice
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well that's the question isn't it? The inputs work just fine and the volume knob doesn't seem to change the situation so it really feels like the output jack. @2GooD Productions I dont know that there is an amp transistor on the audio output of an MPC, certainly on the headphone out. I will probably get my soldering gun out and fix it then sell the damn thing. I hate having something like this slow me down. With Reason worst case is I just use a different computer.
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From my experience it could also be just a loose ribbon cable. Just that alone gave me weird issues like certain buttons not functioning.
When I had the output issue I just ended up using the right output until I replaced the board, so it was like I was going super old school and doing a mono ouput!
thedreampolice
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man I can't do mono, thats no good. I like using the MPC but I just hate dealing with this crap when I want to get to work. I will tear in to it over the weekend.
thedreampolice
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I had my friend who is a soldering wizard remove the old jack and replace it with a new one I ordered on eBay for $10. I bought him a case of beer for his trouble and I did all the work of tearing in to it. So it cost me like $30 and some time to fix. Still annoying though.
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That's cool you got it fixed!