mahoney wrote:threshed wrote:I would never get the 2500 because it has the same cheap ass pads as the 1000.
Same cheap ass pads?
I take it you believe the 2500 to have the same small pads as the mpc 1000? 
If it's just a matter of quality of the rubber on the pads (which I kind of like), then how do you know they are cheap ass without having tried them out in the 2500-size? Maybe you did? Maybe you just decided to randomly hate some 
Maybe, maybe, maybe you dont know me. So dont even start to "randomly hate" on me. And the pads are actualy a bit wider on the 1000 so I dont get why you see smaller pads when you look at a 1000. The piezo sensors are of different sensitivity in the 1000 and 2500, thats why they have a different rubber membrane (pads), and the membranes density, size, and texture differ so they are better atune with the piezo sensors behavior. Its a response issue. You can even tell by looking. Read up on making your own drum machine. It will give you a better idea of what im talking about. Your most likely an mpc1000 user.. have you ever used an mpc with real pads, or played on the pads of another velocity sensitive drum machine? If not.. check it out. And dont blame AKAI.. Thank Numark for incorperating their great standards into an mpc.
lank wrote:wtf are you guys talking about? are they not the same pads as used on the 2000/2000xl/4000/etc? are they the same as on the MPD-16? i'd be suprised...
just sounds like more foolish talk from the naive cats on this forum.
Look for yourself..
http://hiphopproduction.com/forum/index.php?topic=718.0
all the new mpc's are gona be made with the 1000 pads. Their switching over. And read up on peoples experience with the 1000 pads:
http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=36415
the mdp-16 pads suck too.. ever touch them at the corners? They practicly cave in and the response is only good in the very center.
