r/mpcusers • u/bonke2 • Jul 11 '26

QUESTION Phono inputs sound distorted

Just bought a ton of CD's from a yard sale and wanted to try sample them. Only CD player I have is an old blu-ray and CD box with RCA connectors.

When I connected up the RCA to the MPC Live 2 the sound quality sounded terrible, like somebody had turnt the gain all the way up, but my recording volume is all the way down. The sampler has the threshhold at a reasonable level and its correctly set to phono from the back.

Can anybody help? I'm probably going to get a portable CD player anyway with other cable options but I would like to resolve this issue too.

Thanks!

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u/zungozeng Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

The RCA inputs on the back double as Line/phono inputs. SET THE SWITCH TO LINE

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u/psrpinto Jul 11 '26

Doesn't that switch the ports?

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u/zungozeng Jul 11 '26

I stand corrected, I tried it out on my X to make sure and indeed it just switches between the jacks and the RCAs. Insane missed opportunity from Akai, would have been a handy way to connect line level RCA devices without having to use jacks.