Ok guys, I'm really new, need some explanations about mpc

ok, just so you know, I DONT know what is it, I never worked with it, I dont even know what MPC stands for. I have no idea what is this, but I heard that you can make beats with it. I know it sounds weird, but IM 17 year old, I always made beats in the computer, but it's not that proffesional, and im kind of sick of using samples downloaded from KAZAA or from offical sites(drum samples, beats of hiphop, guitar, w/e).

So I heard about MPC and SK-1, and I decided to buy one, but I gotta ask these questions:

Can a guy actually make good beats(during time) without any previous experience on a real machine?
How much does it cost? I heard it's pretty expensive.
Which one to use? I always thought there's only a mpc 1000, now I can see theres 2000, 3000, and even a forum for 4000, which one is the the cheapest? I aint got too much money to spend.

How does it basically work, as in, you got buttons on it? sorry about the dumb questions its just Im really eager to work on some pro stuff and make beats.

thanks in advance.

The MPC 1000 is a legit workstation that you can freak til your head falls off. Check my Soundclick site, this was all done on the MPC 1000

www.soundclick.com/rayrayus

hey dude, i started at age 17 with an opcode sequencer running on a 100 mhz mac and a sampler my mom bought me for my birthday. now i have a few more gadgets like a mpc and some synths, and i think my music is pretty cool (although not hip hop at all, which is why i don't pimp it here).

the mpc1000 will probably be the cheapest, unless you can get some stoner to sell you his 2000 for real cheap because he realized he can't make music. they're basically all the same. the 60 sounds cooler, but it's real old and will crap out on you. once you get a lot of money from being the next timbaland, you can buy a 60 and pretend like you had it the whole time.

yes, you can make professional music on any of them. hell, you can make good music on fruity loops. the key is practice, practice practice. don't think you need some sort of special training. you just need to listen to a lot of different types of music, listen to the music you want to make, and incorporate your own style into it and all. don't listen to these folks that drop 10 grand a year on audio production school. get yourself a pair of reasonably good speakers, some pirated software and maybe a mpc if you have the cash (i worked at the gap in high school to save up for mine) and just start rocking out.

this is my opinion, others may differ.

man im just past age 17 myself bro

i had no experience with with music production or anything before i coped the MPC1000, and now im banging away, just 2 months after i got it, you can check out what i did on my MPC1000

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/mattmedeirosmusic.htm called "Face The Facts" all done on the MPC1000

if you listen to hip hop, most of it has been made with some sort of sequencer, and im sure the name MPC is in the majority of studios across the globe. its a basic and essiential, in my opinion, of any music production on a serious level, not just your hobby, but your work.

i love the MPC1000 myself, as a new user i made my way areound it quickly. it was simple enough for me to be makign sequences the first night i had it, and complex enough to have me still challenging myself for years to come. its an investment.

in my area, canada, i got it for 1300.00, and maybe in the stats its about 800-900.00, but wither way, if you dont want to goo all out on ya first piece, then get the 1000. and sice you said you havea computer, you can sorta use a mix between them, as the 1000 is the only MPC that has USB connection to PC/mac for file transfering. basicly my HD is a huge memory card. also, i sample right to my computer, trim on screen, program my samples then move it to the MPC, all ready to start pounding away at the pads.


its somethign too look into. just one thing, do your research, and buy with confidence, those are both key

ok guys thanks a lot for the time you took in order to reply, that means a lot to me.
Face the facts was tight bro, I liked the beat and the one who sang.


About you soda, heck, I tried, believe me, fruity loops didnt work, and trust me, I can make music. I've played the piano for over 5 years, I was kind of gifted, but I felt like a nerd so I dropped it, but seriously, I tried fruity, I cant make zilch with this program, too weird, I tried and tried and it seems like even if you want to add a piano sample it wlll only play 2 seconds when the sample is like 15, i aint got no time to figure out this hehe
and if you got MPC, why do ya need pirated software? i thought that you create the music with the mpc?and how do u get guitar and piano samples to the mpc? through the USB cable?

p.s

1300 bucks...in Israel it's like 5000 shekel, thats not cheap. But I guess that 2 months of full-time job will do it.

are you compariing to the american dollar, or the canadaian?

i paid it off in 2 months part-time

wait, you don't got the time to figure out fruity loops? You want to work on some "pro-stuff"? Before you run out and drop a lot of money, take the time to find some software you can figure out. I think (and many will dispute this) that the mpc1000 works best with a computer you use to record and edit on. Then you dump your stuff into the mpc and sequence till the sun comes up... Buying "pro stuff" is not going to make it easy. just my two cents...

i agree with flithering.

first, you should use learn how to work fruity loops. learning the mpc takes just as much patience. work with what you have right now. plus, i know this kid who did an entire album in fruity loops and cool edit, got signed to the largest label geared towards the style he works in, and he sells a good 3,000-5,000 records per release.

if this is your first venture in making music, you're going to need a good year, no scratch that, two years, to master the mpc. furthermore, there's more to making music than being talented. hell, i played piano for six years, bass for two, and i taught myself a few tricks on the guitar, but that sure doesn't make people like my music. i know plenty of virtuoso guitarists who've never written a tune in their life.

there's a lot more to making music than just banging on a mpc. there are many reasons you need software, recording and editing a finished product is just one of them. you can't do it all on a mpc.