Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By REN Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:48 am
I know the in's and out's of the mpc 1000 but it doesn’t satisfy me. would the mpc 4000 over whelm me or would i better be off getting a 2000xl or 3000. keep in mind that the 1000 is my first MPC.
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By AWW_NAWW Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:55 am
if you are going to go up go tohe 4k if you can afford too
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By DiRtyNoRth Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:18 pm
i've had my 2000xl for qwhile and i love it. i'm getting my 4000 in a few days and if i don't like it i'll sell it to ya.
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By REN Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:21 pm
we'll see...
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By DiRtyNoRth Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:50 pm
REN wrote:we'll see...


how much was you getting it for anyway?
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By Lampdog Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:51 pm
Depends on your heart, are you a housecat or a lion?
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By DiRtyNoRth Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:30 pm
Lampdog wrote:Depends on your heart, are you a housecat or a lion?


so what do you think he should get? lol
i think that was the first time i've seen you respond to someone without telling them to search.
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By Lampdog Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:05 pm
- so what do you think he should get? lol
i think that was the first time i've seen you respond to someone without telling them to search.

Am I really THAT bad? Really? That's usually my answer when I KNOW I've seen the answer MANY times on past threads and I've seen the answer in the manual.

Sounds like REN has already graduted to LION status sometime ago, so yeah, 4k I'd say.

By mpc_playa Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:42 pm
It's a very big jump from the 1000 to the 4k, but if you have the concepts of the 1k down you should be able to grow into the 4k without too much trouble. The 4k is a beast and will take some time to get to know. There's sooo much more you can do with it.

If you have stuff from the 1 k that you want to bring over to the 4k it will take some work. The 4k will not read your MPC1k programs so you'll need to connect a card reader and drag your samples over into a new program using ak.Sys.
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By bhunt Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:45 pm
mpc_playa wrote:It's a very big jump from the 1000 to the 4k, but if you have the concepts of the 1k down you should be able to grow into the 4k without too much trouble. The 4k is a beast and will take some time to get to know. There's sooo much more you can do with it.

If you have stuff from the 1 k that you want to bring over to the 4k it will take some work. The 4k will not read your MPC1k programs so you'll need to connect a card reader and drag your samples over into a new program using ak.Sys.


I can't agree with that, but to each its own. I go to know the in's and outs of the 4k in a few hours, The regions feature and the sampleing editing may be new, but after messing around with it iw will come to you. As far as making mulit's, just have the manual by you side and it will assisit you in making your own multi's. The layering and poly and mute groups are not that hard to find if you just press the buttons. I don't think its a big jump at all. In no less than 1 week, you should be able to do whatver you want, then you can start moving onto the features you know nothing about.
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By DiRtyNoRth Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:17 pm
i think it depends on how nice he is with his mpc1000 to begin with.
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By REN Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:09 am
FINE I WILL!!! thanks everyone, yall been a big help. Lampdog ima read the manual from front to back, k doggie :lol: