Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
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By The Grublet Sat May 02, 2009 11:24 pm
Wow. This os is terrible.

Sounds screen doesn't move to the pad you tap, no filters, limited pitch shift, pre-assigning samples to pads....

Not to mention dealing with floppys exclusively. If you want to sample a sound after you have a sequence started... It clears out what you already have... So you gave to start over unless you save the sequence first.

But, it sounds dope... I'm actually not too far off of what I do on the 3k for drums, but samples sound less bright. Not as dirty as I anticipated. Low noisefloor however!!

Whoever finds me 3.1 first, I'll give a finders fee to.
By Acid Mitch Sun May 03, 2009 10:05 am
The Grublet wrote:Wow. This os is terrible.

Sounds screen doesn't move to the pad you tap, no filters, limited pitch shift, pre-assigning samples to pads....



Are you talking about the 60 or 3K ?
None of the MPC60 os revisions have filters. The 3.1 revision has a different way of assigning pads but pitch shifting along with most other things is still pretty limited.
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By Grouphome Sun May 03, 2009 12:21 pm
If you wanted "dirty" sounding samples, you shouldve gone with a s950.
That thing can do dirty. Also you can choose how dirty you want it.
The 60 (as dope as it sounds) is a verry hi fi sounding sampler.
Closer sounding to the 3000 than the s950.
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By The Grublet Sun May 03, 2009 11:52 pm
I thought they were out of production at roger's site... I'll email them.

Yeah, I'm talking about the 60. I am really impressed with the sound actually, dope and punchy. I'm just so used to the 3k, that I have yet to work around the limitations.

Anyone routing external effects on their 60?
By MPCHunter Mon May 04, 2009 12:27 pm
AFAIK, only the SCSI Hardware boards are not currently in production. You should still be able to purchase the ROM upgrade from them. Once you upgrade, it'll make more sense to you to navigate if you're used to the 3000 workflow.

In the past I've used a Roland RE-201 Space Echo unit as an external effects unit with the 60.
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By The Grublet Mon May 04, 2009 3:33 pm
Oh, dope. I'll buy that in a second if they're still for sale... So what about memory? I think I'm bone stock over here.

Who don't want ur SCSI... Sell it to muy!