A QUESTION FROM A LONG TIME 60 USER

Ok, first off, I am in the market for a new MPC.
Second..who cares

C... now, let me ask you this, is the 500 like the PSP? if ya feel waht I mean?

I am in the market for a new mpc. I feel like a coach, scouting , getting my info from the likes of LampDog etc..
The 1000 is 1st on my list. However, I want to know from any 500 user some good traits on the machine...I love!!!!!! the idea of choppn on an airplane, or the beach, starbuks..but yo, is it worth it???

Any feedback??? thanks!! I assume the 500 does not have auto chop??
Yo, homeboy with the beard from Pitt...I forgot your name, but speak on it bro, if ta please!! thanks !

Im not Lampdog or Bedouin, but I'll speak my 2 cents about it, cuz I own one.

The 500 is a great "Portable" drum machine. It does not have a chop shop feature, but it can read chop shop files loaded up from the bigger mpcs.

the portability feature is great. 6 aa's is all it takes, and i've tooken it into joe muggs, books a million, the lake, etc. it's great, just pre-load some drums n samples, get some batteries and head off and your good to go.


IMO tho, if the 1000 is 1st on your list, GET IT INSTEAD, along with the upgrade to JJOS 2. I mean, the 500 is a great mpc, but if your not going to be traveling a bunch, and your going to be in the studio more, then get the 1000. Within a year or so, Im trading my 500 for either the 1000/2500, so...

500 is a great MPC! That's all I have to say. It's been made to be able to make beats on the go. So, it does what it's supposed to do. It works great when combined with a laptop too.

I love my 500!!

But the greatest mpc ever is the 1000 with JJos, it can do anything!

The MPC60 was my first MPC, so I`m familiar with it. Coming from the 60, I don`t think you'll be disapointed at all with the 500, unless you still need the 8 individual outs.

The step edit in the 500 is much the same. You only see the events occurring at step you`re on. Which makes it simple. Other newer MPCs just have a list edit where you see everything which can be confusing. Personally I still much prefer the step edit on the 500 to the grid editors like my old 4000 had. Was really slow.

All the standard functions are there. Chopping is easy. You just extract chops to new samples/pads. Finding them is easy too. There`s pads for 'play to', 'play from' etc.. So you can listen to the audio before the chop and after so you can hear the attack part.

The onboard effects are good too. Plus I think you can have up to 128 programs in memory? With 128mb of ram, that's plenty. Enough for multiple songs all in memory at one time.

Overall, it`s a great little unit. Without the graphical display, to me the 500 is like modern day 60 or 3000, minus the 8 outs of course.

Thanks for the input!! Much Appreciated!!

My only complaint is the lack of chop shop. Other than that I think a sampler should be as simple and basic as possible, so the 500 is great to me. If you come from the 60 I think you'll appreciate the 500, and it will compliment it well. I'd personally be programming my drums on the 60 and melodies on the 500 . . .

Interesting, thanks!