Pictures of the Mpc3500 box!

mpc3500 wrote:My only beef with it is the chop shop is not improved at all over the mpc2500`s chop show,and the mpc still can`t detect a BPM

Its funny though the mpc2000xl detects bpms great but every mpc made after the xl can`t get the darn BPM arrrrg~~!!

I can agree with you on this. I can easily chop on the MPC 5000 as well as the MPC 2500/100. There are no other MPCs that can chop as well as these models. But JJ has taken Chop Shop to a different level, with the non-destructive method of chopping. Roland's chopping is similar to Recycle giving you the ability to add slice markers. I would like a combination of these features in the MPC 5000. I wrote about it in the feature request thread.

BPM detect. The BPM detect in the MPC 2000 series is great. It worked flawlessly for me. But since I started chopping, I no longer use this function. I never used it on the MPC 2500 or 5000. There hasn't been much talk around here regarding that function. I think I will play around with this function today. If the MPC 5000s BPM doesn't work for you, I would write about it in the bug thread or feature request thread if it isn't there already.


Update: SO I use the MPC 5000s TEMPO DETECT function. I sampled a 1 bar loop. The manual states that you must use a 1 bar loop at 4/4 in order for TEMPO DETECT to work. The 5K calculated the tempo at 97. I set the sequencer to 1 bar at 4/4 time signature with a tempo of 97. I set the recorded sample at 1.01.00. When I played the sequence, there was an obvious gap at the end of the sequence. I adjusted the sequences tempo to 98.5. The loop played back correctly.

I just tried another loop. I had similar results. This time, I only had to adjust the tempo of the sequence +.5. Based upon these two examples, the BPM detect works for me. However, the MPC 2000XL is not limited to detecting 1 bar loops. It lets you set the Beats for a sample and automatically calculates tempo. I prefer this method.

Features like Patched phrase have to have the EXACT tempo to work right..
Patch phase is a mis understood feature to many of mpc users since they rely on the tempo detect .


Its really ashame about the tempo detecting.
MPC on roids and I still have to look a sample on the main screen to get the EXACT tempo before a patched phase.


On another note I noticed on the left arm rest my mpc5000 doe s say mpc3500 engraved in.
So I guess I got one of the 3 in the world according to a earlier post in this thread

diegoeskryptic wrote:if they had of just released it as a 3500 in the first place, it would've been a smooth ride for them... but they pulled an okey doke move and got busted.

cosign. I would of bought one before the Trickery and Game Playing. I made my mind up about that ever since the manual slip-up.

Here is a pic of the 3500 engraved on my left arm rest.



New high quality pic of the box

that is pretty nifty.

I always liked things like that...

its only a name... what does that have to do wi the function of the machine?
i dont care if it's called the MPC 1500 or MPC 9500, as long as it does what it's supposed to do

mjames4208 wrote:its only a name... what does that have to do wi the function of the machine?
i dont care if it's called the MPC 1500 or MPC 9500, as long as it does what it's supposed to do

I guess you don't care about the price tag thats attached to it as well?

BAALLIN!!!

EDIT: did anyone notice how zzounds dropped the price of the 5k from $2599 to $2099 for a "warehouse resealed" version? http://www.zzounds.com/item--AKAMPC5000

7 1 4 Beats wrote:

mr_debauch wrote:does the actual unit say 3500 on it also?

And are the specs and features listed as being the same as the final 5k?

The actual units did say MPC 3500 on them. There are only 2 in existence and Akai has one of them and Rick Stone has the other one. I bought my MPC60 II from him and he had the MPC3500 and a MPC 5000.

i dont think thats accurate,

http://worcester.craigslist.org/msg/1070404634.html

Who wants to see a 3500??lol

MPCMADDNESS wrote:Who wants to see a 3500?

Here you go. Blacked out to perfection.

^^when u bought this was u told it was a 5000?

and


is the 4000 more advanced than the 5000?

NICE!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170478800067

a 3500 for sale, what ever it says on the screen or box, it is a 5000 so it sucks huge balls

fyi - the mpc "5000" is (and will always be) actually the mpc 3500. they only shifted the name, because as you can see, the total thing was developed and finished as the 3500 project. the guy who decided the name change afterwards will bite his own ass on repeat. the 5000 tag provoked too much comparisons to the 4000. being received as what SHE is, a "smaller than the 4000" but advanced 3500 model, people wouldn't (have) talk(ed) that much bull about the 5000.