Just bought the EB16 FX card

Just bought the EB16 FX card off the internet from an ex s2000 user...

can wait to get the thing sent home and install the card...

any tips by the way before starting to unscrew the mpc2kxl?

cheers

sorry for answering my own post but i found where I should mount the eb16



The right connector is for the EB16

thanks to my self for answering so quick!

How much did you pay for it cause it isn't that good in all honesty?

about 60 dollars... so I thought it would be worth it.... what I felt most glad about is that I found a add-on to my precious piece of sampler.. I plan on getting all the add-ons for the mpc2000xl, including the flash rom for collectin' porpouses...

how come you think its crappy? do you have it in your mpc 2000?

For 60 dollars it's not a bad buy... certainly better than the 200-300 dollars they go for new!

I bought mine pre-installed on my 2000xl 10 years ago and used to use it quite a lot, but as time went on I got tired of the lack of quality effects and poor reverb. I recently upgraded to the 2500 and the effects are no better but at least they come as standard.

yeah its nice the mpc 2500 comes equipt with 8-outs and effects.. Is the EB16 better than the effects on the 2500?
the day I retire my mpc2000xl I'll buy an mpc2500 or an mpc 5000

If you want better sounding FX, consider buying an external FX unit -- the MPC2500's FX are not impressive.

the eb16 can't be that crappy, it has 4 simultanious FX at the same time.
A reverb aint never better than its mod capabilities, yet a preset reverb hasn't impressed me..

but as I said, I bought the eb16 primarly for the collecting porposes..

No matter what anybody says...you got a good deal and will be happy with it.

It's true though that if you want better effects, get an outboard effects unit. I'm still pretty happy with the EB. Although I don't use it that much anymore these days...

oraziodelcore wrote:the eb16 can't be that crappy, it has 4 simultanious FX at the same time.

The ability to layer 4 average (at best) effects doesn't mean much.

Coz wrote:

oraziodelcore wrote:the eb16 can't be that crappy, it has 4 simultanious FX at the same time.

The ability to layer 4 average (at best) effects doesn't mean much.

Exactly...actualy they are not bad they are terrible, and confusing to use for some reason, I took the card out of my s3200xl and stuck it in the mpc a few weeks ago just as I was taking her out so I wanted to be fully loaded, I don't think I even used them...the phaser/flange.oh my god is it a flanger cos it sounds like a piece of shit lol the reverb is so lame it works like a on/off swicth...have it set low and it's too low have the level turned up a bit and it drenches the sample in a gooey mess.
Dellays...what dellay? I mean I didn't expect a lot but not this crap, the fx are better laid out in the S-3200xl and the sound is slightly clearer in the S series than my 2000xl but they are still crap no matter what in both machines.
Either get a DAW with a good soundcard that has multipe inputs/Digital mixer like a Yamaha 01v if you want your total re-call or just something like a Lexicon or Ensoniq DPS rack unit that you can patch into your analogue mixer's aux sends money better spent for sure

You got a great deal and in my opinion a rather good card. Once you're familiar with tweeking the settings you will see the difference in your beats.

Coz wrote:How much did you pay for it cause it isn't that good in all honesty?

I love the FX card. The reverb is cheesy, but I mostly use the filter and autopan, and those work super great. But I use the reverb a little too, and it works well in my opinion.

what effect units are capable of handling 4 simultanious FX's?
If you think the eb16 card is useless, then recomend me an good FX unit.

i love my eb16.