When I hook my MIDI keyboard to the MPC2000XL, why can
MIDI connections do not transmit audio, so you won’t hear the keyboard sounds from the MPC2000XL’s headphone output. Only MIDI data (note on/off messages, etc.) are transmitted and recorded in the MPC. The audio from the keyboard will be output directly from the keyboard output. You will need a mixer to connect the outputs from the keyboard and MPC to, then you can listen to the headphone output on the mixer.
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