Maintaining 'that' sound but using a 2500

Seems like the 2500 with jjos is the way to go. However I noticed on this forum that these:


* S3200
* S3000i
* S3000
* CD3000i
* S2800i
* S2800


Maintain that certain sound the 3000 is famous for. Would it be as simple as running a sample through these machines (without using their functionality) and into the 2500?

Also, besides the MPC and its peripherals, what do I need to start making tracks? I'm assuming it would be good to have something to edit the samples at some point in the audio chain? Do I need something else for bass? Besides that, will the MPC just save my songs into a format I can master/export them from once I send them to a PC?
I have monitors and a TTM56.

Why would you get a sampler if you are not going to use the functionality of it and use it just to waste time resampling? i doubt it'll give you a sound so much better that it'd be worth the effort and the 2500 with jj is a lot to start with.
Editing is easy, basslines depends on you and you'll probably want to track out of the mp.

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Yeah the S series has allot of tricks that the MPC's don't.

kneebone77 wrote:^^^^^^

Yeah the S series has allot of tricks that the MPC's don't.

+100000!!! I went from being nervous about incorporating my s3000 into my setup to absolutley loving it. The sound and also the different functions not present in some of the mpcs. After watching fellow forum member vinyl junky's you tube video on chopping in the s3000, i find myself chopping more and more on my s3000. As far as maintaining "that" sound you could def benifit from an old school sampler. Just take into consideration that that "sound" comes from the ad/da converters. So i would say its best to keep those samples in the sampler. One big benifit i found with using my s3000 is that it helps me when i have polyphony limits. Mpc1000 has a 32 voice limit. Using my s3000 gives me 32 more voices. I layer alot of different sounds so this helps alot.

edit: And contrary to prior belief, its as easy as pie to chop on these machines. ( well the s3000 for sure)

How do cats rate the SPDIF digital input sampling vs. analog 1/4"s in the newer MPCs ?

Cheers guys.

Makes sense - seems I should be worrying more about EQ however I think I will invest in some sort of analog equipment to run some of my sounds through, at some point. For now I'll have to rely on using a warm sounding needle and recording my own samples.

I've made a few beats using just my DJ set up - the samples were actually really warm sounding - this is just with some decent needles, vinyl, a TTM56 and the Serato SL3 box which is quite a nice sounding box with good d/a converters.

Either way, I know I'll be getting well into the sample library drums at some point, wouldn't mind adding some warmth some how.

By the way, I've chosen the MPC2500 but would be happy with any MPC the more I think about it. Cheers again everyone.

I use an s2000 rack with a 1k (well, I recieved a 2000xl I planned to flip but now I am thinking about getting rid of the 1k). First, I think sound is overrated. At the moment I have an asr 10, a 1k, a 2kxl, and an s2000 rack. The asr10 sounds better than my 1k but I like the asr 10 for what it can do. The sound is a "plus". Basically, don't get all complex with the sound if you don't like the machine, you will just find it to be tedious. Get the machine that is what you want interms of function, you can make any modern sampler sound good.

That said, I love my s2000 rack paired with recycle through scsi. I can chop manually on the asr 10 or just chop on the computer and use my rack. Honestly, I feel like my s2000 is easier to use with a computer than an mpc. I only now use an mpc for a sequencer really, and a drum machine. I have no trouble using my 1k standalone, my 2kxl seems just as easy to use, I'd rather just use my rack if I am using my computer.

I don't think there is anything bad about what you want to do, I would just caution you that sampling though a machine just for the sound and transfering it to another machine, resampling back, etc, etc, gets really old.

U just have to know how to treat sound before u sample it and once it's inside ur sampler.

I can make a 2500 sound dirty.
I can make a s950 sound clean.

i just upgraded from a 2000 to a 2500 and was worried (only slightly) about the sound i might get...there is a difference, but its minimal and can be worked around...

I sorted out some drums last night and they sound dirty as whore who aint washed out her fish tank.

Peas