Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
By 1881 Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:42 pm
I found that I would sometimes get a glitch having effects assigned in the Multi, (even if they were the same assignments in the Multi to be selected at a sequence change).

I ditched the MPCs effects for my live set, since then I have found changing sequences / multis in a set to be totally smooth.
By zzz Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:56 pm
automated program change works perfect without glitch or delay. (FX like delay will cut off of course) The first 16th of the new sequence is sometimes not there, but that is unsignificant.

We fought over 1 year to get this to work properly.
I personally sent dozens of emails to all Akai email adresses that I could find,
until finally someone cared to listen.

The day this finally worked was in the top 10 days of my life.

My MPC 4k is in live use every weekend, travelling around the globe in a Samsonite case.
The only problem I have: Spare parts are running out. The pad sensor foil for example, if that breaks you have to get a new MPC.