Advise for very basic setup

Hey guys, I just registered here and I had a question about buying a very basic MPC setup that will get me into the MPC and sampling world. Im a total newb to sampling and I don't know much about the workflow of an MPC, but since they can be had cheap on ebay, I figured I might as well pick up an MPC1000 or 500. What else would I need? I know most people sample vinyl, which sounds really fun, but I think that is a pretty big investment when I have no idea if I would like it. I would need a table, dj mixer, and a record collection right? Could I get away with using an Ipod for a couple months and see how much I like it? Does anyone do this? Oh, and iv got samples from battery and kontakt on my computer that I picked up for dirt cheap, so I should be good on that portion of the sampling world (is this called multi-sampling?). Thanks. I'd like to stay away from the computer as much as possible.

I suggest mpc 1000, second hand they can be had cheap on cl or ebay nowdays. they are almost the same price as 500 but far better in terms of funcionality. you dont need to pickup turntable, dj mixer and stack of vinyl right away. you can sample any hot input source imaginable, ie tv, ipod, radio, cd, grandma letting one rip whatever you can think of.

you can also find where your battery .wav files are stored on your comp and load them into your mpc that way too.

(someone on the forum told me that a couple years ago, you just gotta look for where they are, native instuments will tell you that its impossible but it isnt thier just hidden well)

and if you dont wana drop a million on a dj mixer and viynl i would suggest the numark pt-01 it has the capability to run on batteries also so you can take it digging with you. and its only 90 bucks. another plus with this is the pt-01 has a phono preamp built into it so you dont need an expensive dj mixer to get it started.

they also make cheap usb turntables for around 120 and i beleive you can just plug the usb cord in and push play on the record and click record in your daw (the one i was looking at comes with audacity) and your set.

i would link you that usb one, but i cant find it right now, do some searchin.

if you dont mind the small screen, a 500 is alot cheaper than a 1000 but you can find both very reasonably priced on ebay or whatever. i a 500 and im happy with it, sometimes it sucks it only has 12 pads instead of 16 though, and no waveform editor kinda sucks if you want one, but i always do that on the computer with soundforge anyway.

but beware of the older blue 1000's cuase some of them had a pad issue and a few of the first or second pressings of the black 1000s do, but they have fixed that by now. just be sure to ask about pad issues in the past or when they bought it.

if your not into chopping samples on the screen of the mpc, i would suggest soundforge audio studio its only like 50 bucks and you can get super exact chops with it. there is also other freeware programs like audacity that you can chop on but i feel that soundforge is unmatched when it comes to chopping samples, so much so that i will go through the trouble of transferring files from my pc to my mac after every chop session on my pc.
dont get me wrong, i still use my pc for alot of other things, but soundforge is a pc only program and i feel that it just works way better for me than any mac program out there, so i still use it even though i make all my music with logic 8 on my macbook pro.

damien907 wrote:you can also find where your battery .wav files are stored on your comp and load them into your mpc that way too.

I think I tried that once and found out a lot of those kit sounds consist of multisamples.