MPC Beats

cyrus wrote:2000 has mute pads? well thats a plus....didnt mean to miss inform; but i dont remember seeing it when i used my friends. I agree with you on the timestretch, but the timestretch is still better than the triton. But nothin compares to software...I use sound forge.

peace

There aint a 'Track Mute' button, but there is a track mute page on the 2K non XL.

on the 2xl all you have to do is hit the track mute button, then the page comes up, and each pad is then a track you can turn on and off, or solo.

Peace

yeah i love that **it. I use that and next sequnece all the time to just like arrange my tracks instead of song mode when im tracking. Keeps me busy while im recording.

binger0 wrote:yeah i love that **it. I use that and next sequnece all the time to just like arrange my tracks instead of song mode when im tracking. Keeps me busy while im recording.

also helps to work on timing too. I especially like it for drum drop outs.

mantik wrote:buy a gangstarr album produced by Dj Premier he works on the 2000 - XL

no he doesnt, go learn your facts, he has a 60

JStruMENTAL wrote:

mantik wrote:buy a gangstarr album produced by Dj Premier he works on the 2000 - XL

no he doesnt, go learn your facts, he has a 60

And don't forget the s950

listen to gangstarr's mass appeal , biggies unbelievable, the second trak off jayz's vol. 3

Premo is a great producer!

Toecutter wrote:Also I can cosign Dstruction.com for that mpc flavor and alsk Vakseen has some very different interesting productions as well.

thats REAL! what up cutter

Cany someone please tell me how to get to the track mute page on the MPC 2000

go to the part on the main screen that say ON or OFF (the place you can turn the jog wheel to mute/unmute whichever track you are on) and press OPEN WINDOW. voila.

do you need the non-xl owners manual?

http://www.forat.com/Downloads/MPC2000E.zip

DJQRS1 wrote:Hey what do yall think about the yamaha A3000 sampler, i har it has pretty good effects and a thicker sound than some akai's. so what about that a3000 and mpc 2000xL combo?

I think that would be a good combination. Personally, I got a yamaha a4000 that I'm not using for sale. It still has plastic on the screen just to let you know the condition its in. I hardly ever used it so, its somewhat new. Holla if you want it.


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hey has the yamaha a3000 gorra good rhodes sound you know like the famous fulltines sound, for a keyboard?
saw one on ebay the other day, the a4000 sounds brilliant compared to the dx7, is that what the a3000 is like?

MPC 2K ALL OVA MY JOINTS

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straight 2000xl , just power on your speakers, shit will start playing by itself.

aloha.

As long as you chop your samples, the timestretching works fine on the XL. When I do drums, it only takes a few seconds. If your stretching long samples, then expect to wait. I think the CPU on the MPC is like 8mhz.. you can't expect it to be like a Pentium 4 or G6 Mac.
I use a yamaha a4000 with my XL. I love this sampler. Very easy to use, and it has tons of features. I got mine cheap, but I don't do anything on it that an a3000 can't do. Large storage, filters, effects, eq's, analog and (optional) digital ins and outs, decently large screen and rich in features.
You can get them cheap. It's probably the most slept on sampler out there (which is why I got it). The bad points about these are the clicky type knobs..it will jump values.. sometimes you turn the knobs, and they barely do anything.. other times you barely turn the knobs and the values change drastically. Sample loading time is aaight.. about as fast as the MPC with a zip drive, and it needs a keyboard input to name samples.. since the knobs are kinda glitchy, you can imagine what I mean, especailly if you have 60+ samples to rename. You can copy and paste sample names, so that makes renaming a LOT faster.
The envelopes are a lot better than those on the MPC also. Many times, especially with short samples, if you adjust the decay too much, it does nothing. you may set it at like 5, and it sounds the same as 100. With the A4000 (and I'm sure the A3000 should be the same) the envelopes work exactly how you need them. This area is important for me because I sample my drums, and if theres a sound that I don't want and the end of the sample, the envelopes can cut that out for you. If you simply chop teh drum sound too much, it won't sound right when you re-play it.. it's too short. Envelopes give your drum samples the length you need for it to sound right, but your still able to cut out enough of the annoying schyt you don't need.
Ok, I said enough. Let me know if you get it!