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By jigginz Mon May 08, 2006 4:32 pm
Late to the game on the 1000 with new OS. How buggy is it? Has the new OS made it buggier than before?

I'm thinking of buying, but heard a few comments here and there.

Jigginz
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By Hypes Mon May 08, 2006 4:34 pm
theres the "new folder bug"

thats the only one I have seen my self.
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By Antonym Mon May 08, 2006 5:11 pm
jiggins - it's better than windows, and i'm not just being funny.

i've been through instrumental hell on my 1000, and it's faithfully served me every step of the way -- EXCEPT for that new folder bug. that's about the only thing i look out for, that and occassional hard drive issues. both are very avoidable, the NF bug by making your new folders BEFORE you start your project instead of after, and secondly, back up your beat song files frequently, like after you finish one or two.

peace, get it and enjoy it, if you dig what it offers.
nym
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By ryssen Mon May 08, 2006 5:27 pm
These are the ones I have experienced or remember reading about.

- Directory Error problems while saving, http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=49759.
Reproducable.

- Some problems with notes going permanently mute after moving multiple events in Step Edit.
Not reproducable, random.

- Have also had mine freeze with strange codes appearing in the display while in step edit or when moving very fast between different modes. Might have been the "CPU adress error" or the "System error" people have been talking about. Search the forums on those.
These have been random and very few.

- Some samples on the harddrive has been messed, they play fine until it´s 25 % left of it, then it starts slashing around up and play the ending of another sample. Might be realted to the Directory Error bug and the fact that I keep several copies of the same sample on the harddrive.
Very random, happend twice.

- There´s also someone who´s found a way to tilt the machine by setting some parameters in the LFO screen in a certain relation to each other.
Reproducable according to the guy posting it.

Some have had constant problems after their updates, some have had no problems at all. I guess it comes down to trouble with individual units and how you work with the machine.

But it´s stable enough to buy.

By jigginz Mon May 08, 2006 5:52 pm
Thanks for the info.

I realize most hardware is gonna have a few bugs here and there but as long as they're not serious enoungh to mess with the creative flow that's all that matters.

However, dropping notes is another game all together. As long as this is not too serious I may still be interested.

By jigginz Mon May 08, 2006 8:35 pm
Wow, after reading this thread, I've changed my mind!

One of the reasons for going hardware is reliability, but saving every time you add something to a sequence sounds like working on a bad pc. :shock:

Time to take stock!
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By Antonym Mon May 08, 2006 10:56 pm
eh honestly i wouldn't worry with that one...i have no idea what was going on in that particular instance, but i use the mpc fairly rigorously and i never ever have notes dropping out. ever.
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By manik_66 Tue May 09, 2006 12:48 am
I have a legacy "blue" MPC1000 shipped with 1.07. Recently updated to 2.10. But too buggy on it. As many guys are saying, I often see DIRECTORY ERROR when saving. Sometimes the MPC gets silent suddenly causing no sound output at all, then I had to system-reset to solve. Sound volume ballance are all corrupted so I must adjust all PROGRAM param settings originally saved with 1.07.

And the baddest point is MIDI sync slave - SONG MODE falls into REC mode (???) when the MIDI master (MTR) starts recording, causing PROGRAM/SEQUENCE data get broken!!!

Now I returned to 1.07 as I can't do anything with the new OS. VER 1.07 has no problem at all, very stable.

By jigginz Tue May 09, 2006 8:01 am
Antonym wrote:eh honestly i wouldn't worry with that one...i have no idea what was going on in that particular instance, but i use the mpc fairly rigorously and i never ever have notes dropping out. ever.


Antonym, a quick question: I am considering getting a Soundcraft M4 mixer which has a built in s/pdif digital out. It is set at 44.1khz / 24 bit, and is not configurable.

What would happen if I connected this to a 1k (if I buy one) ?

By jigginz Tue May 09, 2006 8:27 am
The Soundcraft is only digi out. I was wondering what would happen if i tried to record a sample into the 1k from the soundcraft?

I've checked, it's not configurable.
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By Mr modnaR Tue May 09, 2006 12:51 pm
it either would not work, or you'd get some random white noise, but more likely, it just wouldn't work.
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By seatown350 Tue May 09, 2006 10:28 pm
i can say this get and wait till the next Os comes u'll have those bugs removed , the 1k is worth it as long if ur wanting another model .