Questions about the mpc 5000: shoot

I don't know about the US, but I've been told late April/early May for Europe.

k1 wrote:I don't know about the US, but I've been told late April/early May for Europe.

I've been told March for the UK by a retailer here, but that's starting like bollo... sorry ...that's starting to look a little optimistic.

Hey Boele,

this is a very informative thread. Makes me really excited about the 5k. I guess with the VA it's gonna be a bit more versatile right out of the box than any other previous MPCs.

Thanks. April/May is right around the corner. Gives me plenty of time to put my gear up for sale and wait for the right price!

hELLO CHAPS. HOW ARE YOU?

Has it been announced if the 3500 does linear (I think I'm using the right term) sequencing like the MV or DAW sequencers? You know, where you don't gotta worry about the tempo of a damn sample and you can just chop chop and lay down beats and set the loop however and wherever you want?

hi scd.

what other mpc models do you have to hand to test program cross-compatibility with the 5000?

thanks
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I'm quite particular when it comes to recording a clean sound out of my current MPC 2000 XL, so the idea of having ADAT out on the MPC 5000 really interests me although I'm still very apprehensive about the price ( £1449 in the UK ). Adat would help my work flow as I could track 8 outputs at the same time.

Have you tested the ADAT out feature and what is the output quality like ? Is it also possible to assign an ADAT channel as a stereo monitor like through output 1 + 2 ?

Also I've been told end of Feb or End of March for the first batch of MPC 5000's the UK does anyone know when the MPC 5000 hits the US market ?

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I dont know much about the features of previous MPC:s, but considered purchasing this if some criterias are filled, so heres a couple of questions:

- Can you use the pads of MPC 5000 as a Midi Controller for PC software?

- What does NON-Destructive chopping mean, and does this feature excist in 5000?

- Does MPC 5000 have a any kind of Tempo calculator on top of the tap tempo system (which is pretty antique in my op.)

I hate the fact that some MPC:s create spaces between samples when chopped equally in the correct tempo, and the whole sample is played in normal order and theres spaces between slices, can you test this ?

Peace

please guys i really need to know if the MPC5000 has loopcrossfade in the sample edit list. Thanx!
the distributor told my retailer it will be here in Australia in March. yea haaaa.
I like that synth demo especially considering it was all done on the 5k.
This 5000 is definitely the best current box available for getting the job done, techno or hip hop, i can't wait for it to come out and those compressor selections are fantastic.
Does someone think it will be possible to offer 20bit 48khz as a recording option for the hardisk? is it just a matter of a software upgrade? and also do you think it's likely that eventually it will be upgraded to full sampling capability? can they upgrade the sequencer note capacity and amount of polyphony via software update do you think?

Mantis Beats wrote:I'm still very apprehensive about the price ( £1449 in the UK )

Where did you get that? I've been told £1299.

Cheebatone wrote:

Mantis Beats wrote:I'm still very apprehensive about the price ( £1449 in the UK )

Where did you get that? I've been told £1299.

Where did you get £1299... because believe me I'll be purchasing mine from there !

I got my price from here:

http://www.dv247.com/news/Akai%20MPC%205000%20(MPC5000)%20News/131630

...and sorry to bust your bubble again... http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/75534

...but please let me know where I could get it cheaper

I got £1299 from Digital Village! But that was on the phone, the week of NAMM. It looks like they actually know what they're talking about now...

One thing i would like to know about the synth section is: If the q links affect parametres of the synth, does it tell you when you are at the original value for a knob/button? It's really handy if you tweak a sound to much and wanna backtrack a bit.

The MPC 5000 is interesting to me, not only will it have 8 outs it will have 8 ADAT outs? Thats a possibility of 8 digital + 8 analog signals simultaneously into your DAW. Or will the 8 digital outs be copies of the 8 individual outs? A MPC first as far as I know, correct me if I am wrong?

dasinsation wrote:The MPC 5000 is interesting to me, not only will it have 8 outs it will have 8 ADAT outs? Thats a possibility of 8 digital + 8 analog signals simultaneously into your DAW. Or will the 8 digital outs be copies of the 8 individual outs? A MPC first as far as I know, correct me if I am wrong?

Your second assumption is correct. It's just 8 outs, twice.