MPC 2500 JJ OS-XL Downgrade?

Hello

I am new to music production and recently bought my very first MPC! Its an MPC 2500 that i found on ebay and it runs JJ OS-XL (A good thing i thought).

My problem is that as its my very first MPC, I have no idea what i'm doing .
The seller recommended that the JJ OS-XL manual to be the best place to start. I downloaded the manual, but it read:
"this manual is written only about the function added by JJ OS. Please refer to the manual of AKAI for the basic function of MPC."

I then downloaded the original manual for the MPC 2500, but couldn't make any sense of it as the screen layout in the images of the manual refer to the OS screen layout and features.

Is it worth downgrading back to the original OS (How can i do this!!?) to get the hang of things before upgrading again?

Please Help!!

Thanks.

hell no, never a good idea to go backwards, it will be a pain and you are better of just keeping at it. You can always ask here for help if your lost.

http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/os2xl/manual_3e.htm

But read manual of akai os just so you get an idea of the terminology and read as much as you can on the JJOS threads.

And you can find the AKAI os on the front page, and at the akai pro (lol) web site. Did you look there?? no i guess not. See links on front page then if you really wanna give your self a head ache. Cos its pretty bad compared to JJOSXL . which by the way is the best one.

and another thing. UPGRADE that JJOSXL to current version. A new update is usually every month. And as JJOS FREE is part of the JJOSXL OS you need to update that as well

I don't think it's a bad idea to get familiar with the fundamental functions and workings of an MPC operating system by using a more simplified OS first. Most of the underlying functionality of JJOSXL is still based on the original Akai OS and general MPC core concepts, but as these operating systems are more basic than JJXL, so you'll learn those concepts a lot more easily that way.

Would suggest you skip the Akai OS though, and start with the free JJOS (Akai OS with some minor improvements)

Tutor beat me to it

I also just got my first MPC, though I am not new to music production. It is a 2500 with the free JJ OS. I wondered the same thing, with the MPC manual being about the AKAI OS and not the JJ. However after going through the entire manual, I feel like I have the general hang of it, even though there are some things in the manual that don't operate the same way with the JJ OS. I found it very helpful to go through the manual but also push as many buttons as possible on the actual MPC. The Mode button is very helpful for getting you to understand what the machine can do. Also the Window button brings up detailed controls for almost any field you highlight w/ the cursor. From the Mode and Window buttons, I navigated through a lot of the machine without the manual's help. But the manual does help to give you ideas about the thing as a whole. From everything I've read, moving back to the Akai OS would make you want to get rid of the MPC, more than it would help you to learn it

yall did the right thing by doing homework in the manual, props for that

alex1fly wrote: Akai OS would make you want to get rid of the MPC, more than it would help you to learn it

Very much so, although some still prefer to use stock OS. many including myself found JJOS to be more inuitive, logically laid out and feature packed than stock OS.