MPC S2000 VS AKAI MPC 2000

I WAS WONDERING IF ANYBODY KNEW THE DIFFRENCE BEETWEEN THE RACK MOUNT S2000 AND THE MPC 2000. BESIDES THE OBVIOUS (PADS) DOES ANYBODY KNOW?

IF THE S2000 IS THE SAME UNIT AS THE MPC2000 JUST WITHOUT THE PADS, CAN'T I JUST BUY A MIDI CONTROLLER AND USE THE PADS FROM THERE? I COULD STILL ASSIGN CERTIAN SAMPLES TO THE PADS RIGHT? IT MIGHT TAKE LONGER PUT IT IS STILL POSSIBE?

BUT MAINLY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFRENCES!

THANKS!

My advice would be to set your eyes on the 2kxl instead of the 2k. You'll be missing some key elements and features that you'll probably wish you had if you go the s2k/mpc2k route.

Nuf said....

The soundengine should be the same but the s2000 is a "real" sampler so its structure is completly different from the most MPCs. While the MPC is more a kind of drummachine where you can assign a sample to a pad, the racksamplers have keygroups, splitpoints (or however they call it). you assign a sample to a range of keys on your keyboard. You can choose the rootkey (original pitch and speed) and the highest and lowest key.

Another big difference is that the s2000 is 16x multitimbral. That means that you can play 16 programs at the same time. For example. You can load a piano program, a bass program a drumkit program and a hornsection program, then you assign ech program to its own midichannel, sequence the drumkit in your DAW on midichannel 1, sequnce the bass on midichannel 2 etc.
Every program can use the whole keyboardrange.
On the MPC2000 you only can use one program (I think the 2000xl can handle 4 programs)

Last but not least. The sequencer. S2000 got none so you need a DAW or a hardware-sequencer.

Oh and I guess its a pain to work with this small display (and thats been said from a s950 user that also uses a non graphic LCD)

My opinion: Since the MPC2000 strength is more the workflow, sequencer, pads and not the sound I really can't see a reason to get a s2000 (unless it is really cheap and has 8outs and EB16 installed that you can use for the MPC you will buy )

peace

peter is right -- the structure is totally different.

If you're only using it to play back samples, then a S2000 is definitely the cheaper way to go.

For composition, you would need an MPC or other hardware/software to use it. If you really like the "sound" of the 2000/2000XL, you could use the S2000 to sample and use a MPC like the 1000 to handle the rest.

dabmeister wrote:My advice would be to set your eyes on the 2kxl instead of the 2k. You'll be missing some key elements and features that you'll probably wish you had if you go the s2k/mpc2k route.

Nuf said....

people say that but then so many people love the mpc 3k its funny