Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
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By Cold Snap Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:44 pm
ebizseller wrote:
NearTao wrote:You do want a sampler right? You said it was weird to work with the sampler. The button presses might be a little bit different/fewer on the 1k/2.5k, but they are not night and day different. At the end of the day it's still the same workflow.

The MPC 500 isn't that weird. Diffs between 1k and 2.5k are minimal, especially if you upgrade to JJOS.


Hey i was just skimming thru and came across this JJOS thing. Is this an upgrade for the 500? If so would you mind telling me a bit about this?


JJOS is not available for the 500 unfortunately.
By Emilie Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:19 pm
The best of the MPC's in no doubt the 4000. It is the most advanced (screw the 5000 guys, ;-) ) in the field. My friend has a couple in his studio and they ROCK! The 5000 can offer you an ugly digital sounding virtual "analog" synthesizer, but that's worth shit! Get the MPC-4000 if you want to use it in the studio, else get the 1000 for portality and with JJOS 2XL on it, it will kill!




Go 4000!
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By PadPusha Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:22 pm
played on a 1k today for the first time. Really nice feel to it and having some more options to play with was great. I have never touched one before i even got my 500 but i like how they correlate throughout the series , but its just sumthin bout the 500, you have to keep. Obviously cos of the portability but, i dont know if anyone else has had this, people swarm around you when your pushin at the bus stop or at college! Its a great way to get your music heard :mrgreen: