Already have the 1000, is the MPC 60 worth it?

I have an offer on the table where I can either pay $250 (I know that's a pretty great deal, but being 17 that's still a lot of money to be throwing around) or trade my Micro Korg for an original MPC 60. After seeing what the 60's are going for online, it seems like a pretty great deal, but I do have a few concerns:
-what's the deal with the s950? Is it even worth having the 60 without it?
-are there many differences in terms of operating the 60 compared to the 1000 (other than the obvios difference in sample time)?
-does it really "sound better" than the modern MPC's? I hear a lot that there's a certain warmth and rawness to the 60.
-how do I get my samples/drum programs onto the 60? I have them all saved on my PC since the 1000 has USB connection...how do I get my sound library onto the floppy disk which my computer does not have a drive for?

all in all, is the MPC 60 worth it?

thanks in advance,

Greeny

who ever is selling the mpc for that cheap is a fool. pick it up.

do the trade now and if you hate it, sell it on the fleabay and get a profit!
The 12bit sound is nasty, you'll take a fair bit of adjusting from the 1000 though, but once you got it down you'll be glad you traded your shitty MK for such a nice piece

greenympc4 wrote:-what's the deal with the s950? Is it even worth having the 60 without it?

The S950 is a great sampler. If you have an mpc1000 you could use it to trigger/sequence the S950. Very similar raw sound to the MPC60 but it also has a killer low pass filter unlike the mpc60.


As someone said above $250 is an incredible price for a 60.

youd be insane not to buy it unless it was very damaged. 60 + 1000 is a great mix

get that joint son. like stated above if you dont like it sell it and make a come up. word!

Man, you need to give him that MicroKorg QUICK! You can still buy them, you can't easily find the MPC-60.
As far as functionality, if your used to the 1000, you may not be using the 60 quite as frequently. It does sound nice, but it doesn't have the features to really compare to 1000. I would use it to sample with, and yes, it's a very capable machine to compose complete beats on, but no USB, no variety of filters, no folder support, and a very limited sample memory will be painful to anyone that's not used to the limitations. For me it's cool, but you've lived a life with the internet since you were born; it may be kinda hard for you to deal with, but still, DO THE TRADE! haha

roxstar wrote:For me it's cool, but you've lived a life with the internet since you were born; it may be kinda hard for you to deal with

ha ha well put!

hahahaa yeah...honestly I'm not really planning on using the 60 as my "main" machine, although I will be using it strictly for sampling purposes (which is what I'd be doing with the 1000 anyways, but I digress....). It just seems like such a classic machine and for that price I guess I'd be a fool to pass the offer. Ultimately I'd love to get a 3000, but their mad expensive, so for the time being I'm sure I'll be fine lol.

Thanks for the help.

Yeah get that 60 for that crazy price...

If it's broken or the deal doesn't come through and you want that 12 bit grittyness, you can always pick up an s950.

Good luck man!

yo if not pick it up ill cop it! off of you!!!
yeah man your young too if you master the 60 or at least get it to where you can fly through the prgramming and have the patience for the load time.... your drums will be correct and the options on the 1000 will level it all out to be ... well dope! i just sold my 1000 but i rocked it with the 60 for about a year ... real fun!

hey, thanks for all the feedback. unfortunately though, the guy selling the mpc 60 backed out saying he realised he was selling it for too cheap (which is a valid point lol). I'm still trying to get my hands on the s950 though. Hopefully it works out.

You gotta jump on dealz quick son..

the 60 iis very easy to use more easy then the 1k lol

MPZ60 wrote:You gotta jump on dealz quick son..

Word!