MPC2000XL not recognized as a device.

If the USB-MIDI interface you're using it's not doing what it's supposed to, there won't be any MIDI communication between your MPC2000XL and the computer/your music software.

Which MIDI interface are you using...please don't tell me it's the one that costs like 5 bucks in ebay? 🙂

J.

I have an MPC2000XL. It doesn't have a USB port. It has MIDI ports. If your using something that has MIDI connectors on one end, and a USB connector on the other, that's a USB-MIDI interface.

J.

imperfekt wrote:

Okay. I just realized that this little cable is an interface and it's name is "mio", which I did see in Logic when I was trying to figure this all out.

OK, so you got the iConnectivity one. It doesn't require you install a driver.

If you go to Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI Setup...and from the Window menu choose "Show MIDI Window", you should see an icon representing the mio, and it should be active (not dimmed).

If it it active then probably teverything's OK with it and the problem is something else...for example: Have you connected the connector labeled "In" to one of the MPC's MIDI Outputs...and the one labeled "Out" to one of the MIDI Inputs on the MPC?

J.

imperfekt wrote:

I still can't figure this out. I have it connected and recognized, but now I still can't get it to trigger any sounds.

OK, first put that tutorial aside for the moment and start simple, from scratch:

Connect the mio's "In" cable to the MPC's MIDI Out port A.

On your MPC, set the track type to MIDI, like in this image (you can leave what comes after "MIDI" to the default.):

Create a new project and load a software instrument on a software instrument track.

Hit the pads, that should trigger your software instrument.

J.