IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE... BUT IT'S FINALLY COMPLETE

yep, its workin for me aswell.

poundaproblem wrote:Hip try it again cuz it just worked for me.

Nice, I got it. Thanks so much. This ish is phat!

That's some serious looking equipment right there.The customization is sick.

you've gotta do a follow up post when you get your white led's installed

yo that looks sweet! can't wait to see it when the new leds are installed.
thanks for confirming that the black pads are softer. now i definitely gotta order them.
i'm thinking about the black data wheel too. still looking forward to the wood sides or the aluminum sides (if alex is still gonna design them).

Beautiful job... For a long time, it seemed like no one was customizing the 1k. Now it's probably one of the most custamizable samplers out there. I plan to slowly customize over the next year or so... First, I need to get those damn pads...

Fresh.

ABSOLUTELY NASTY my Ninja!!!! Real nice, clean job dawg. Still trying to figure out exactly what I'ma do w/my xl..

I was wondering where I can buy the black pads at.
They look sweet.
Sometime I would like to do a bunch of custom work on my mpc1000.
I should just start with the JJOS.

VoltageHead wrote:I was wondering where I can buy the black pads at.
They look sweet.
Sometime I would like to do a bunch of custom work on my mpc1000.
I should just start with the JJOS.

Yeah, Get JJ first then do the rest.

Reminds me of the 2500 ltd edition DAM i wanna customize mine.I saw the black with wooden panels but im liking this more.I just got the blue screen(my green screen went out) and recently i bought jj0s1,2gb card and ram.If i got extra money later in the year ill prolly look into sumthin like this

narkotiq wrote:As some of you may know... i've undertaken quite a customization project with my MPC1000.

She is finished....

The whole process hasn't been without its hiccups, but nothing that couldn't be easily rectified.

here are some pics, i've included closeups at angles so you may see the flawless paintwork, my apologies if any pictures are of bad quality or blurry.

i want to give my personal thanks to Alex Badcock (christfutura) for his help and input on the project. Check out http://www.needlewerk.com for blue lcd screens and led lights etc. wooden side panels are due for the end of august!!!

peep this...













i've painted all buttons, sliders, the data wheel and cf card slot surround.

i've replaced the grey pads with black ones and also installed the stunning blue lcd screen from http://www.needlewerk.com

i've also got white led lights that will be installed at a later stage by a proffesional. (i'm taking a break from the customizing as i've been bustin my balls to start makin beats again!!!)

the blue screen: for me and any other MPC1000 user, i think this is amust buy. looks beautiful, easier on the eyes and way more responsive (you can navigate menus and such with the blue screen faster than the green)

the black pads: they are softer - FACT. the guy at vst told me the reason that akai produced these black pads was for the pad upgrade they will be selling (if the fukers ever get round to it) so they feel better on the fingers, kinda like the old mpcs. not to mention i think they look great on a white machine.

should anybody want any details on materials and methods used to do this, i will be more than happy to help. get at me.

also shout out to distorted techno, neartao, jbraudio, taxman, xibalba1875 and anybody else who held it down on the mpc1000 forum when the customization haters came a knockin'

hope you boys like it.

peace.

WOW!! And its not the miller high life talking, that is DOP!! Holy sh*t!