First Timer, Help Needed

Hey everyone. I am about to enter into the sampling world. I am foremost a singer/songwriter. I want a full sampler/production center. I am not into computers and prefer the lower fi sound thing (ie, I still record a lot on 4 track cassette and 8 track 1/4"). I want to make beats that utlize obscure sounds for drums as well as samples of my live playing and samples from old records. I process sounds through guitar amps and pedals so onboard effects are of no concern. I want to be able to do some editing and heavy sequencing, as well as sampling some guitar playing and other short sound loops. Which mpc should I go for? I need an all-in-one solution. The 3000 looks great but I am a bit worried about editing and availability. The 2000xl is more affordable but will it sound funky? Will I be able to figure this stuff out from scratch? Any help would be great. Again, I dig old school hip hop but I am going to be creating something quite different than that. Cheers....Scott

It all depends how much you'll be sampling and what features you think you'll be needing. I have the 2500 & 60 & both are good at certain tasks. If I could only have one I'd probably choose the 60 since I can do most of the same stuff the 2500 can do on the puter if i needed to. As far as getting a 60 or a 3k, I'd probably go with the 3k for more samping time unless you can get by with 26 seconds. Then there is the whole sound factor ...

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