Newcomer to the MPC world

A few seconds ago I ordered my very first MPC! I was deciding between the 500 and 1000, but I ultimately settled for the 500, mainly due to the problems people seem to have with the pads, and because this is my first hardware sampler/sequencer ever and I just wanted something fairly cheap to learn with and whatever .

I also bought a SanDisk 2GB Compact Flash card and 256MB of Kingston RAM, which I hope will fit (serialnumber KVR133X64SC3/256).

I guess there really wasn't a point with this thread, but they joy was so overwhelming I had to do something .

People here seem to be really friendly too, unlike some other places I've been looking for advise.

Hope to get to know all of you during my MPC quest .

Aaahhhhhhh yeaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!1 Welcome fellow user!!1

welcome, fellow israelite.

pz.

Welcome to the Forums Lion of Judah.

Thanks for the warm welcome .

Now the hardest part is ahead, the waiting for the piece to arrive! Been reading the parameter map whenever I had the time today, will get to the reference manual as soon as possible!

While I'm posting, is it possible to automatically chop samples? Or is it a feature of the chop shop? Is there any chance the feature will be in a later OS update? Not that it's that important or anything, I just thought it could be nice if you have little time and just want to cook something up in a hurry .

Okay, so I got my MPC today, been playing with it for a couple of hours. Never made any type of music or beats before. I think it's a great little machine! I have no problem whatsoever with the small display. Once you learn the menu system it's a breeze! Tomorrow it's back to reading the manual, got a couple of chapters left.

Is this okay for the first attempt ever at beatmaking?
http://jmy.webbhosting.nu/m/ (click Attempt1.mp3 in the little box)

Please don't bee to harsh on me . I know the mixing is probably almost idiotic and there is no bassline, but I'm quite happy with it, for a first try.

2GB memory card and 256MB RAM arrives tomorrow, yeeh!

Couldn't be happier! LOVE IT!

Lion of Judah wrote:Okay, so I got my MPC today, been playing with it for a couple of hours. Never made any type of music or beats before. I think it's a great little machine! I have no problem whatsoever with the small display. Once you learn the menu system it's a breeze! Tomorrow it's back to reading the manual, got a couple of chapters left.

Is this okay for the first attempt ever at beatmaking?
http://jmy.webbhosting.nu/m/ (click Attempt1.mp3 in the little box)

Please don't bee to harsh on me . I know the mixing is probably almost idiotic and there is no bassline, but I'm quite happy with it, for a first try.

2GB memory card and 256MB RAM arrives tomorrow, yeeh!

Couldn't be happier! LOVE IT!

i should get mine this friday...just remember what you put into the machine is what you will get out of it...

in the same boat yall

had my 500 for two weeks... wish there were step by step tutorials (vids)