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a little history:
i owned an mpc2000 (nonXL) from 1999 to late 2005.
a couple of months ago i owned (for a few days) an mpc500 that you can read about in this blog ( link )
i always loved the mpc. i hated the 2000 for the floppy and zip disk hassle.
really really loved the 500 for the few days i owned one, but after about an hour of use the outputs would start distorting and sound really messed up (not in a good way) so i had to take it back.
over the last few weeks i have noticed that i have no desire to be reliant on the computer for making music. in fact, anything that requires the computer was getting very neglected. i do graphic design for a living and am stuck staring at a computer screen for way more than 40 hrs a week in an office with harsh flourescent lighting. my eyes literally hurt at the end of the day.
i'll end up playing keys or guitar, but somethings that i really really love like my monome 40h hadn't gotten used twice in almost 6 months.
last week i realized that i used the mpc500 more in a few days than i have used my macbook + monome since i have had them. it became clear that i should go ahead and sell the monome, that with some store credit i had at guitar center would just about cover buying a new mpc500. fellow em-er zfigz scooped it up and now has 2 monomes!! im jealous in a way, i always wanted 2...
so i go to GC tuesday night to see how cheap i can score a brand new 500. i know there is some flexibility in their pricing as the open box one i bought before was hundreds off of the retail price, which was hundreds less than the list price. they are $699 i was hoping to get one around $599.
guess what i see in the used gear case? akai mpc 1000 $599
i could not resist, that much more power for less than the asking price for the 500.
i am simply amazed at this machine!!!
it is soo much more powerful than the 500 (i knew that), but leaps and bounds more powerful than the mpc2000 i used to love. its got everything i have ever wanted. i havent even tried out the JJ OS yet (which adds a lot more features to it).
here is some things i am blown away by right now:
its so fuckin ugly!! ok so that belongs in the bad column, but i had to get it out. i hate the blue and red. the black of the 500 (and newer 1000s) is so sleek. oh well, i can always get a black replacement case.
the slice to new .pgm!! had no idea. my 2000 had no auto-slice at all. with this i can load a break, slice it to 8 or 16 or whatever slices and have it make me a new program with the new slices mapped out to pads for me. that would have taken ages on the 2000.
lfos!! i didnt realize they had lfos in the mpc now. lfo to filter, pan, pitch or level. seperate lfos for each pad. there is even a delay for the lfo like on my juno106 and rs 09, i love delayed lfo! this is really exciting to me.
mute groups!! on my 2000 you could set 1 pad to cut out another pad, but on this you can set mute groups. for the pads. i think there is 32 of them!! crazy. so much easier to use this way.
multiples samples per pad!! on the 2000 you could have 1 pad trigger another pad, but on this you can load 4 samples to each pad. you can even velocity switch them.
velocity to sample start. totally dont remember this on my 2000. SOAGing should be do-able on this thing.
im in love. anyone else use a 1000 and know any fun tricks i should check out? i've been searching the forums at mpc-forums.com but i still can't stand that place.
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05/17/07
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Roshi
I thought it was DJ ugly.
05/17/07
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HKHK
i bought an mpc 2000xl three years ago as an attempt to get away from the computer. I found that as a result it greatly improved my timing as well as my understanding of natural rhythm. It was very it was fairly easy to sample onto from a synth or other audio sourcre. It was also very easy and quick to get a track up and running, but i found it took for ever to finish and fine tune a complex song when using the MPC as the main sequencer to control other external synths.
Sold it recently, for as much as i paid for it if that is any sign of the current popularity, and am now making tracks on the computer again which i feel are much better than what i made on the mpc but also a lot better than what i was making on computer before i picked up the mpc. Definitely somthing learned from the experience.
My advice to everyone is to try out the mpc as it has made such a crucial contribution to much of the modern music we are hearing. Even if it is not for you the chances are you can get a good resell value on it.
05/18/07
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bodo
this might be of interest to you (in the long run)
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05/18/07
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mux
bodo: WOW! Thanks for that link!!
05/18/07
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velocidad
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm[url=][/url]
10/15/07
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KidQuaalude
bought a fully expanded mpc 1000 (128mb + 80gb hd) at the weekend. falling in love 
if anyone here owns one and hasnt upgrdaded ro the JJ OS yet...do it! the grid edit and global program edit additions alone are worth the $30
10/15/07
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energygiant
jack master juge hahaahahaha
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ejectorset
yeah grid edit and gpe are awesomes. so are the audio tracks.
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