my DR-5 sounds better than my MPC1k... wtf?

i had been using a roland DR-5 for all my 808 tones. i bought an mpc1k thinking the tones i could download online would be far superior to the DR-5. turns out, i was more attached to the DR-5 tones than i thought and found the snares and hats were integral to the songs. so i sampled the actual DR-5 tones onto the MPC.
but now when play the MPC back to back with the DR-5 the MPC sounds more thin, and less "meaty" than the DR-5.
the DR-5 hats sampled onto the MPC don't cut as well as they do on the actual DR-5.
it's hard to explain, but it's as though the MPC adds it's own color to the tones.
has anyone noticed this?

when i sampled the DR-5 i recorded them into protools and then dragged and dropped the wave files onto the MPC. could going through protools be why they sound thinner?

its your a/d converter on your pt system probally making them sound a little thin. i had the same problem with a sound mod and my mackie onyx when i first got it but decided midi was just the better route to take then trying to sample it anyway. also you are correct about the 1000's d/a conversion as well. compared to my yamaha su 700 the mpc sounds a little thin and wimpy. im sure someone like nym would have a perfect work around he seems to be a mpc pro on the 1k.

so basically i have to respond to this after such a kind but exaggerative statement by SLA

an instrument's "sound" is very subjective. there are samplers that a lot of people think sound like ass that others think sound amazing. the sp1200, for example.

personally, i can tell a difference in the mpc sound - sometimes. it depends on the sample. i definitely don't mind it when i'm sampling from vinyl into the record ins at all. stuff always still sounds fine to me, esp after i track it all out in acid and effect/eq it as necessary.

however, here's a workaround for those that don't want it. it's how i'm bypassing the mpc's converters.

at this point, my sources run into my mackie mixer, which runs into my delta 66. this has a digital out. basically, i routed everything that comes into my pc back out through the delta's SPDIF. this goes into my mpc.

i've noticed that the delta has terrific converters. to have it digital before even it touches the mpc is great. everything soudns terrific.

if you get a chance w/ your own audio setup to mimic this, i'd suggest at least giving it a try and seeing what you think. it comes down to whether you like your sound card's converters better than those of the mpc.

in my case, definitely.

i know that i dont know alot about all this but also play with the eq on the mpc... you can do alot just cutting high frequencies.

cool. yeah, i've tried dialing in the eq as best i can, and although it helps, it's definitely more than that.

i don't know anything about converters, so i think i might just trigger the DR-5 via the mpc with midi. problem solved... it just adds one more step to the process.

thanks, i'm glad i'm not crazy.