How is 1.51??? Enuff for me to get a 4000

My_Yoot wrote:

Roopesh wrote:

My_Yoot wrote:You wont regret it if you have! Using it in a track at the mo & it's just so wicked!

Yoot...1 question mate...

how are you getting your samples into the 4k.

USB (does it work), HD or cd???

cheers.

I drag n' drop samples into Ak.sys which then gets fed (via USB) into the 4k. That's only way I'm doing it coz of the already stored samples on my Mac. If I was gonna sample something then I'd use my Apogee A/D converter, get it into my Mac HD then drag n' drop into MPC to get best results.

As for CDs/CD ROMs I'd copy onto my Mac HD then drag n' drop again. You don't really need the CD ROM & MPC HD - this is why they're optional rather than standard & keeps the price down (which is great especially if you don't have use for it). I think this is the way if you have a mass storage system, otherwise that option is handy.

Doctor Beat wrote:

Roopesh wrote:how can Akai mess up on thier Note Repeat feature in the first place? Was it really bad.

i mean its thier trade mark feature.

also the 16 levels thing...was it anything major?

the Pad Mixer is a must for me...as i have this on my MPC 1000 (cant live without it now) and i cannot even think why Akai left this feature out on thier Flagship.

Ya kno, the Note Repeat wasn't THAT messed up. The Pads latched only in a special combo of Note Repeat, 16 Levels if ya hit multiple pads at the same time. Not in 99% of use. Other than that, the 16 Levels worked as expected but didn't have the TUNING option.
Before 1.51, ya could use the pads for tunings and ya could tweak the drum mix but it was completely different from other MPCs. I've no idea why AKAI did that. Good thing they put it back now.

Roopesh wrote:

My_Yoot wrote:

Roopesh wrote:

My_Yoot wrote:You wont regret it if you have! Using it in a track at the mo & it's just so wicked!

Yoot...1 question mate...

how are you getting your samples into the 4k.

USB (does it work), HD or cd???

cheers.

I drag n' drop samples into Ak.sys which then gets fed (via USB) into the 4k. That's only way I'm doing it coz of the already stored samples on my Mac. If I was gonna sample something then I'd use my Apogee A/D converter, get it into my Mac HD then drag n' drop into MPC to get best results.

As for CDs/CD ROMs I'd copy onto my Mac HD then drag n' drop again. You don't really need the CD ROM & MPC HD - this is why they're optional rather than standard & keeps the price down (which is great especially if you don't have use for it). I think this is the way if you have a mass storage system, otherwise that option is handy.

wicked...

can you save All sequences and samples and songs to the mac this way too then.

also, hows the 4k goin...any issues so far. so when you gonna collect your new beast then?

as soon as you go down to DV let us know...i wanna try this beast out properly at home. spoke to will today again and he said he will let me know when its freed up... but let us know anyways.

cheers. enjoy the beat making.

Mohammed wrote:Dont get the MPC4k,, get the z4 or z8. The sequencer sucks, it cant even follow up a next sequencer (even my old atari does that properly).
I use the mpc4k with logic, and do all the sequencing in logic,,, i got lucky with a good deal for mpc,,, otherwise ild get the z4.

GET THE Z4

Mohammed wrote:Its kinda hard to explane,, but believe me,, sequencing on a mpc4k is very hard when youre used to logic.
Ill suggest a z4 or z8,,,

MPC4k is very cool for hiphop, but for more complex productions the mpc just wont cut it.

Like i said,, i make more musical jazz/r&b soul stuff, and i always wind up sequencing in logic because the lay out of the interface in mpc is just not cutting it.

I got a good deal a few months ago, so i gonna keep the mpc4k for life shows and the sampler,, wich is kick ****. But if i hadnt such a good deal then,, i wouldnt buy it.

Although for hiphop its the shizzle,

Mohammed wrote:Its kinda hard to explane,, but believe me,, sequencing on a mpc4k is very hard when youre used to logic.

Roopesh wrote:

Mohammed wrote:Its kinda hard to explane,, but believe me,, sequencing on a mpc4k is very hard when youre used to logic.
Ill suggest a z4 or z8,,,

MPC4k is very cool for hiphop, but for more complex productions the mpc just wont cut it.

Like i said,, i make more musical jazz/r&b soul stuff, and i always wind up sequencing in logic because the lay out of the interface in mpc is just not cutting it.

I got a good deal a few months ago, so i gonna keep the mpc4k for life shows and the sampler,, wich is kick ****. But if i hadnt such a good deal then,, i wouldnt buy it.

Although for hiphop its the shizzle,

i have logic too, been using it for over 2.5 years. now i have logic 6 on my mac, bla bla.

but when i got my mpc1000, i was making beats on the unit 5 mins after i opened the box.

same goes to the 4k, i started sequencing drum tracks in 5 mins in the store.

you see MPC's for some can be a Drum machine only, and for others like your self...hope to make full cuts on it.

it depends how you get along with hardware.

i have always used both so i have been confortable with hardware and soft.

but nothing beats an MPC for drums.

maybe Mo, you dont know how to use your mpc properly.

you seem more confused then me going by your other posts.

There aint no eq on the MPC. The only eqing in there is on the fx busses.

like you stated the Logic has no MTC. Wrong
The MPC 4000 has no Equing. Wrong
the list goes on Mo.

your confused.

LabWorkz wrote:What u think Roopesh the 4k or the 1k wit the z8 rack sampler?