I want an Akai MPC.

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:25 am

Whatever man. Get a MPC then. I own a 3000.

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:56 am

if you own a 3000 you should know that live cannot groove like a 3000, or I'd love to be wrong about that, how are you achieving things in Live?

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:59 am

starving student wrote:if you own a 3000 you should know that live cannot groove like a 3000, or I'd love to be wrong about that, how are you achieving things in Live?

I just turn it on and jam man.

I don't have any problem gettin' my groove on with Live.

It's not what you use, it's how you use it. I can get the same type of swing out of Live that I do with a MPC. As a matter of fact, I can get the same type of swing out of Reason and Sonar as well. It's all about knowing your tools.

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:04 am

i couldn't agree with you more....to an extent, thats why i asked you how you are going about it, I think reasons re-groove module is the best on the market at this time.

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:54 am

Cheers for the thoughts, guys. I recon I'll probably look at either an MPD32 (if I can get my hands on a new laptop any time soon) or a used MPC200XL (for controlling Live and getting the chuff away from a screen to write!).

The 500 is kinda written off now, as it's not got a 'full' complement of pads (thanks Kirb). I never knew that the 'To MPC or not to MPC' question would spark such a debate!

Lux Libra · Post by **Lux Libra** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:03 am

I've sold my MPC 1000 a few months back to afford a Machinedrum.
It served me well over 5 years and was fun to use for controlling the computer and
partly sampling (but software ever does this job better / more comfortable).

Now that i nearly never use samples anymore, a MPC is senseless to me (maybe the sequencer is not).

best thing :

i paid 800 € at this time. i worked the thing for 5 years. i got 620€ on the bay of e........nice worthkeeping....

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:40 pm

yep thats true , the mpc-1000 has been going up in the used sector, i got mine for around $400 but now they keep rising because of the jj os, the mpc 1000 is not just on par but over par the mpc 2500, and it has so many synth features it is not the same machine at all due to the jj os.
if intrested def check out jjs site because even if you got the jj os 3 months ago he's been steadily upgrading the features.

this is definitley not your dads mpc

http://ie.youtube.com/user/nymantics

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=5xpHEAqlH ... re=related

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=6GFD3vThh ... re=related

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=IMWT1blUZ ... re=related

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=7BmGLZG4L ... re=related

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:42 pm

what i love about this guy is , check out his mpc, it doesn't have any words or lettering on it but look how he gets around on it, if that is not a sign of how intuitive it is then i don't know what is.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:45 pm

I would feverishly dry hump anyone's leg who could make a thread showing a good work flow with Live and the MPC. I'm still clumsy with it and don't get as much from it as I should.

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:42 am

Tone Deft wrote:I would feverishly dry hump anyone's leg who could make a thread showing a good work flow with Live and the MPC. I'm still clumsy with it and don't get as much from it as I should.

That sounds like a challenge to me...!

starving student · Post by **starving student** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:03 am

a bump and a video

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez0mY-Btuc

chrisedmo · Post by **chrisedmo** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:09 am

Sorry to hijack the thread but i have the chance of buying an MPC1000 for £150 ? Should i do it - im not sure i 'get' the MPC + computer thing..

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:41 pm

chrisedmo wrote:Sorry to hijack the thread but i have the chance of buying an MPC1000 for £150 ? Should i do it - im not sure i 'get' the MPC + computer thing..

MPCs can develop a problem of dead pads, something about a later generation of them using a different system. unless you can try it first, don't do it, someone might be pawning one off on you.

pribeh_tom · Post by **pribeh_tom** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:50 pm

Wait for http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/products ... ndex.shtml

kraze · Post by **kraze** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:49 pm

If you're like me and think as an mpc of an additional way to expand your creative horizons, the mpc 500 is a must have.

Of course i looked into buying the 1000 with jap-mod, but the portability really makes it for me. I use it in a totally different way then i would with other models. I prepare samples and transfer them to the cf-card to be able to just pick it up when i travel and be able to bang out beats no matter where i am. YES, i HAVE been using a laptop and a padkontrol when travelling but the mpc 500 is alot more fun and not being able to totally nerd out by tweaking needless stuff while on a plane really adds to the productivity.

When i'm ready to spend the big bucks on a mpc, i'm getting the 5000, which is a great deal with the recent price drop on all their models, but even when I do that, i'm still going to use my mpc 500, which is more than i could say if i bought the 1000.