Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By Pilotwings Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:20 pm
Just installed the IB-4ADT board in my MPC and expanded the RAM to 512mb which was bought on ebay from fourniersean. Now my MPC has all available options (installed by me)!!! The install took longer than I thought it would 'cause space is tight in there with the other boards, but I took my time & tried not getting aggravated :) Maybe someday I'll get custom wood sides & front made for it - but in the meantime, I'll just try to keep building my sound library...

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By mr_debauch Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:56 pm
sweet man, bringing all that together gave you the best mpc..... congrats.

how much in total did all of that set you back?
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By Pilotwings Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:45 pm
mr_debauch wrote:sweet man, bringing all that together gave you the best mpc..... congrats.

how much in total did all of that set you back?


Thanks!

I bought the MPC new about 3 or 4 years ago & just added the options over time. I got the coax digital board first (it was the least expensive) then the analog 8 out board & most recently the Adat board & extra ram.

The 4000 new was $2799 - so I've got over 3K invested :( so I won't be selling it... unfortunately they don't sell for very much used now (but hardly any digital instruments retain much value)
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By rokuez Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:33 am
damn nice


do you happen to have a linn 9000 as well or u just got the pic as your avatar


how hard was it to find all the parts to max it out


mind giving me a price breakdown?
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By Pilotwings Fri Jan 15, 2010 2:52 am
rokuez wrote:damn nice


do you happen to have a linn 9000 as well or u just got the pic as your avatar


how hard was it to find all the parts to max it out


mind giving me a price breakdown?



Thanks! I don't have a Linn9000 although one of my friends did (including the sampling option) and he used it in the studio and live for years...

Sorry I can't recall what I paid for each option, but I know I waited and got good deals on them all at different times.
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By konc3pt Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:55 pm
those linns9000 any good ? when I was getting my 2500 fixed at forats I saw few units laying around waiting to be serviced or whatever.
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By rokuez Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:53 am
konc3pt wrote:those linns9000 any good ? when I was getting my 2500 fixed at forats I saw few units laying around waiting to be serviced or whatever.




i've never used one


but ive been talking with a fellow on GS who has a linn 9000 he sent me a choon he did where the snare was sampled straight into the forat 9k without any processing etc and recorded and it sounded great.

there is an old school linn 9000 video on utube were the guy from one of the old music stores in the UK makes a beat with the 9k and another synth in under a min


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdgB1pz0CH8