Akai MPC 500

Yo! I heard Dre's been using the MPC500 for like five years now!
I heard it's really 8Bit, and it has 16 ourputs. All RCA.
Yo, I heard it doesn't have pads, but it has a 1/4 octave keyboard built into it! With a sustain pedal made out of candy!!

trupro wrote:Yo! I heard Dre's been using the MPC500 for like five years now!
I heard it's really 8Bit, and it has 16 ourputs. All RCA.
Yo, I heard it doesn't have pads, but it has a 1/4 octave keyboard built into it! With a sustain pedal made out of candy!!

and gumdrop buttons!

Here's a thread with pix, thanx to CPU


http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php ... c&start=90

omarphi215 wrote:

word?

kinda cramped look at that shift button the bads have o/s funtion commands like save

Why do all pics from this site now come up as dots?
Like "."? Never happened before...did I break tha intanets?

nah mate, you put your glasses on back to front

Haha, cute kid! See that one worked. I dunno what I did wrong, but
thank you for showing me the light. Oh, I'm off topic...
ok, um..MPC500 is reported to have Auto-slice, Auto-beatmaker,
and Auto-get-you-laid functions, all standard!

if i buy 8, does that mean i have a 4000?

trupro wrote:MPC500 is reported to have Auto-slice, Auto-beatmaker,
and Auto-get-you-laid functions, all standard!

Damn, now $799 is a deal.

its not THAT bad. where can we see the specs?

http://www.akaipro.com/prodMPC500.php

pseudo balanced inputs and outputs?

16 note polyphony, which may drop, depending on processing.

JJ do your thang....

Mr modnaR wrote:pseudo balanced inputs and outputs?

16 note polyphony, which may drop, depending on processing.

JJ do your thang....

16 note polyphony...I thought it was 32 note?

not according to the comparison PDF.