Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By The-Shadow Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:48 pm
I've recently moved into a smaller apartment. As a consequence, I've had to sell of a lot of my gear and hang on only to the basics.

I've never had the need to use the 4000's internal filters to alter sounds. I would like to be able to continue to modify sounds, so I must use these filters. I brought home a copy of the Service and Reference manuals home from work. But I cannot seem to get the filters to do what I want them to do. I can alter rate and level parameters as much as I want but it still does not seem to alter my sounds.

With my Roland processors, which I no longer have, I could take your average kick drum and make it punchier, deeper, draw out the sound more. I could make clean claps sound a little more dirty. You know what I mean, I would like the ability to fully tweak my sounds, but I fear I might not be working the unit properly to do that and these manuals are not that helpful. I will try and continue to experiment in the meantime and see if I can generate some success.

But, can anyone share their experiences with the filters and whether they are working for you?

Peace.

By misterv Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:33 pm
this question does interest me also
say, shadow, what Roland machine did you have to alter your sounds ?
thanx
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By The-Shadow Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:36 pm
I use the VP-9000 to alter my sampled sounds, it has lots of good alteration effects and a bit converter.

Peace.

By misterv Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:14 am
thanx, I'm gonna look for the specs