The new pads suck!!!

I have the old black mpc1000 (jj os 4.99i)... Had 2 almost dead pads on it, and a few more giving me "double hits" sometimes. Decided to go get it fixed at Armen's repair shop in NY, before the new pads are not made any longer. But the new pads are sooo f-ing stiff!! I tried to mess with the settings but it is impossible to get it right.

I could've just kept my old messed up pads and program in "full mode", cause thats what I will end up doing anyway. Its impossible to get a "bouncy" live-feel with these things.... AND I could've saved my $225. Anybody else having a problem with the new pads?

Did I just get bad pads, or are other people experiencing this??

Thanks,

C.

i really like the new pads, have you tried adjsuting the pad sensitivity?

Yeah, I tried every possible adjustment.. Its like they are just not responsive enough to sence small changes in velocity... its pretty much EITHER/OR... either you hardly hear it... half.... or all the way up, but it is next to impossible to get it they way you want it when playing.. My old pads (the original) were way better before they died....
Im not by my MPC right now so its hard for me to say what settings I've tried.
Im probably gonna make the guy reinstall another kit, and hopefully that will do the trick....

Do your pads feel "soft" and responsive?

C.

cafnyc wrote:But the new pads are sooo f-ing stiff!!

thats odd.

the new pads should not feel stiff but should have a little give to them. meaning that when you press the pad in you should feel there is a little space between the pad and the sensor inside. on the new pad fix there is enough internal space between pad and sensor that people actually mod the pad fix by adding electrical tape on the inside just to fill up the gap.

are you sure you got the new pad fix? or maybe that spot might have replaced your old pads with exact replacements of the old style of 1000 pads. the original 1000 pads felt SUPER stiff in comparison to how the new pad fix feels.

an easy way to tell is wiggle one of the pads a little and see if any of the other surrounding pads move along with it. if the surrounding pads move a little then you have the new pad fix, if none of the other pads move (even just a little) then you probalbly got the old style pads for replacements which is terrible and a ripoff. hopefully that isnt the case!

peace...

^^^so that's how you tell. cool -- looks like i have the new pads. (i bought my 1000 from armen).

beach_break wrote:^^^so that's how you tell. cool -- looks like i have the new pads. (i bought my 1000 from armen).

yeah, the new pads are all one unit, with the pad surface being one sheet of 16 pads like this...



the old pads were 16 separate units, so you could actually remove individual pads. since they aren't connected when you wiggle one pad none of the other ones are affected, where the new pads are all connected so you will see bit of movement doing the same test.

cafnyc wrote:I have the old black mpc1000 (jj os 4.99i)... Had 2 almost dead pads on it, and a few more giving me "double hits" sometimes. Decided to go get it fixed at Armen's repair shop in NY, before the new pads are not made any longer. But the new pads are sooo f-ing stiff!! I tried to mess with the settings but it is impossible to get it right.

I could've just kept my old messed up pads and program in "full mode", cause thats what I will end up doing anyway. Its impossible to get a "bouncy" live-feel with these things.... AND I could've saved my $225. Anybody else having a problem with the new pads?

Did I just get bad pads, or are other people experiencing this??

Thanks,

C.

try os 2 or xl, or the new akai os for test

as it has to be updated for the new padsto work properly

i found the new pads to be more responsive,

but onlywith the right settings.
(and the electric gap fix)

You took it to a Repair Shop in NYC?

new pads are heaps better, you should have done it yourself. of course there going to be a lil stiff right out of the packet. just gotta break em in..

have you adjusted the "pad on" level?
when i got my new pads, i thought something was wrong.
but it turns out the most sensitive setting for "pad on" is 1 and NOT 20.

did the repair shop give you new old pads?

the new ones should feel a little tougher then the 2000's but not by too much