By TheWobblingEmpire
Wed May 18, 2016 3:46 am
I'm looking for an MPC that will keep me away from the computer as long as possible. I sequence MIDI a lot, so the more MIDI Ins/Outs, the better. I've had an MPC 500 & a 1000 over the last few years. The 500 has no extra outs and only 1 MIDI I/O a piece. The 1000 I've been using has been giving me all kinds of issues, blurred screen with lines, the MODE button quit working, new sensors went to sh*t. I've almost put more cash & time into trying to fix the 1000, than actual music making...
I've read a lot of bad stuff about how sloppy the MPC 5000 is and how Akai may never put effort to update it again, so that pretty much rules out the 5k for me, despite all the amazing features & I/O's it has.
So I suppose I'm stuck between the 2500 & the 4000 (or 3000? but I hate old storage like floppies, etc.)
I want something that is very stable & something where I don't have to keep dishing out extra cash for it to work right.
I have a pretty straight forward production approach, so any "over the top" features are sort of useless to me.
I just want a powerful, STABLE & FUNCTIONING unit, both as far as physical build-wise & OS quickness & stability.
I normally just sample vinyl & cds & load drum sounds as far as audio goes & then I MIDI sequence a few synth modules & keyboards.
I've read a lot of bad stuff about how sloppy the MPC 5000 is and how Akai may never put effort to update it again, so that pretty much rules out the 5k for me, despite all the amazing features & I/O's it has.
So I suppose I'm stuck between the 2500 & the 4000 (or 3000? but I hate old storage like floppies, etc.)
I want something that is very stable & something where I don't have to keep dishing out extra cash for it to work right.
I have a pretty straight forward production approach, so any "over the top" features are sort of useless to me.
I just want a powerful, STABLE & FUNCTIONING unit, both as far as physical build-wise & OS quickness & stability.
I normally just sample vinyl & cds & load drum sounds as far as audio goes & then I MIDI sequence a few synth modules & keyboards.