Has anyone properly A/B'ed a MPC5000 with a MV8800?

If the file system is anything like the fantom, I say get the 5k!!!!!

Hi guys,
Ive had the MV 8800 which I sold due to not liking the units workflow, I then had the MPC 2500 which was ok but i wanted hard disk recording without the pc.
IM still looking at the best hard disk way of working although recently I got the NI Maschine which I really like.
This guy sums it up nicely for me http://www.youtube.com/user/glennmusict ... -3Y81LQrxA
For the money and if you own a pc already then less than £500 spent on this will make you smile ,especially if you are going to end up on the pc editing at some point.
The 5000's synth I just would''nt use so the money for it is daft.
As someone else said Rolands support is bad.
IM about to get a new synth the Dave Smith Tetra which would sound nicer I think.
All down to personal choice.

The things I've noticed about some people who used to have an MV either
a) didn't put in the time to get to understand how the unit it trully functioned.
and/or
b) never updated the OS so the problems they did have have could have been resolved with a simple update.

I've never fkd with a 5000 (would like to) but was choosing between an MPC4000 or an MV a couple of years ago. I ended up buying the MV8000 for $800 since it had the VGA card installed.
Since it is older, I replaced the old azz 40GB HD and used a 40 pin IDE 3.5" to 2.5" adapter with a faster 120GB/7200 RPM laptop HD. The laptop HD should stay cooler since more air will be blown across it since it is smaller and has less area to cover. Plus Laptop HD's are designed for less heat. I had to also replace the old stock IDE cable with a longer copper braided 133 ATA/IDE cable. It's a noticieable difference now with the load & save times of samples and projects since swapping out the cable to a faster HD. I opted for a longer IDE cable to add a CF adapter later on in the spot of the floppy drive that never gets used. It's definitely alot quieter now when the HD is accessed.
Initial start of the the MV's OS load time wasn't affected since it is on a Flash ROM and not the HD. So no change in speed there.

mrbeats wrote:As someone else said Rolands support is bad.

I've had way better support from Roland than NUKAI. Roland even sent me a flat ribbon cable for my TR-808... for FREE!!!