PIMPED OUT MPC1000 PICS (BEFORE & AFTER)

Water based decal.

1. design in illustrator/photoshop
2. print onto decal paper
3. place paper in water
4. very very very carefully attempt to transfer onto mpc
5. spray a clear coat after drying

WOW

I know I would **** that process up

Looks great!

How'd you go about getting the template for it?

The wooden side panels are the funky fresh flava

ayo that has gotta be the dopest 1000 ive ever seen ... where did you take the rec and vol knobs and jog wheel off of man thats sick

my1k wrote:

krzone81 wrote:ayo that has gotta be the dopest 1000 ive ever seen ... where did you take the rec and vol knobs and jog wheel off of man thats sick

my1k wrote:

ayo that's cool, that jog dial looks like the one on my roland boss dr 5

did that come from roland product too?


that's looks space like, I imagine is what they make beats with out at area 51

Here's an mpc1000 with yellow pads. for those who were wondering what that looks like..

DJ Illustrious wrote:with my new white pads and jog wheel installed:

hey, I like this one pretty much ..

Soft mods but with good taste

Nice MPC's up there. heres mine in its early stages.







Under Construction as you can see.
only the rec and vol knobs are painted [for now] and sliders switched out.
Still Debating on what color lcd & pad color to switch to. Hmmm

[edit]
befote


after

If only AKAI would make MPCs to look sexier, I'm sure there sales would increase dramatically, it didn't take much work to pimp out my 1k !
I'm going to put brighter green LEDs in as the 2 I changed are a bit dim, and blacken the memory card slot, see what you think ....
Tone

@TokinTone - The volume knobs & jog wheel are wonderful. Don't have my 1K yet but I really think that is going to be the FIRST thing I do to it. Say... is there any way to get smooth action on the wheel? That'd be ultimate.

I did see a post somewhere here on how to de-click the jog wheel, I think it's just a case of removing a small metal tab from the encoder, but I think I prefer it to click.
Tone

my1k wrote:Water based decal.

1. design in illustrator/photoshop
2. print onto decal paper
3. place paper in water
4. very very very carefully attempt to transfer onto mpc
5. spray a clear coat after drying

Exactly the same process is used. Pretty tedious work haha.