Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
ByHollow Earth Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:31 am
I'm a long-time user of the 2500, was wondering how the onboard effects on the 4000 compare to it?
By dreadnutz Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:59 pm
they are way better than the 2,5k /1k effects (had the 1k and then the 2,5k for a while).

u can pretty good use the basic effects like delay, phaser, flanger, panning etc...

and the filters are also not bad (though a bit thin) and useable...

the 4k has the best effects from the MPC serie (expect the 5k???) but compared to emu or ensoniq they are crap...

even compared to the cheap minikaoss pad they are crap.

but use it as a gift, the power from the mpcs is elsewhere :wink:
ByHollow Earth Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:37 pm
dreadnutz wrote:they are way better than the 2,5k /1k effects (had the 1k and then the 2,5k for a while).

u can pretty good use the basic effects like delay, phaser, flanger, panning etc...

and the filters are also not bad (though a bit thin) and useable...

the 4k has the best effects from the MPC serie (expect the 5k???) but compared to emu or ensoniq they are ****...

even compared to the cheap minikaoss pad they are ****.

but use it as a gift, the power from the mpcs is elsewhere :wink:


thanks very much for your honest answer! very useful to know.

currently i pass my effects off to a lexicon mpx1- but am trying to shorten the signal path.