Finally got my 1000...

Just wanted to say thanks to all those who gave me advice while I was doing my research... My 1000 finally arrived today and I'm psyched. I ended up with a black 1000, 80GB Hard Drive, and 128Megs of RAM.

Now I need to pick up tutor's ebook because I have no idea what I'm doing and I want to learn this baby inside and out.

I have to say I'm loving this 80GB drive and 128MB of RAM. I'm used to my Korg ESX so I always have to switch out banks if I want to work on a new project. With the MPC I just dumped all of the samples I have on my computer to the hard drive and now I have EVERYTHING right at my fingertips and I still have massive amounts of space left over.

It's going to be a lot of fun figuring out how to best integrate this with the rest of my gear.

Anyway, thanks all & peace.

- Mura

Congrats, Mura!
I know you've been waiting for a while now, and I'm sure it was worth the wait. That's cool that you got it loaded with the EXM128 and an 80gb drive. I have the EXM128 as well as an 80gb drive (Seagate), and I never looked back at software sequencers since then (about 2 years ago). I used to use my friend's MPC2000, so the transition to the 1000 was relatively smooth (though I havent used a 2000 in quite a few years).

Definitely buy Tutor's book, as you mentioned. He's very good with thoroughly explaining things and wording them properly. I may even buy the book as well. From what I understand, there's something in it for everyone, reguardless of skill level.

Best of luck with your MPC.

Thats crazy man, how much did you end up paying for that? I just recently got my 1000 off of Ebay for $700 but now I want to get the upgrade for the ram. But that 80 gb harddrive you got is crazy!!

lucky...im still saving up for my equipment.

Nice Mura! I know you are excited as hell.

Good Luck Mura!!!!

JoeyMach81 wrote: But that 80 gb harddrive you got is crazy!!

Hard drives are insanely cheap now. I got the 80GB Hitachi mentioned on Akai's site and it was only like $80. They dropped in price a lot even in the last couple of months.

good.

now install os 3.05.

this is very good timing for you.

Just got word that the new OS is scheduled to drop in Mid-September. They think they will need about a month after the release to clean up the bugs.

Good timing indeed.

you can still install 3.05 now though.,. its hot!!

I definitely will

welcome to the family !!!! haha

yo can you drop me a linkk for where you got that HD im looking for one myself.

ahh yeahh..enjoy buddeh...just dont fcuk around with other models...ull end up regreting ur purchase...lol, im kidding...for the price the baby is amazing...XL *COUGH*

naVi wrote:ahh yeahh..enjoy buddeh...just dont fcuk around with other models...ull end up regreting ur purchase...lol, im kidding...for the price the baby is amazing...XL *COUGH*

can I get a yissir!!!!