OS 2 came out around this time last year

Heavie wrote:
The problem I have with my 5k is the screen display fades from blue to all white with random restarts. The firmware is slow and sluggish. The controls has latency issue. Thank God for the hard drive, because saving to flash drive and loading data from the flash drive a later time, some how causes error.

Why would this not be considered a broken unit?

Sovereign wrote:

Heavie wrote:
The problem I have with my 5k is the screen display fades from blue to all white with random restarts. The firmware is slow and sluggish. The controls has latency issue. Thank God for the hard drive, because saving to flash drive and loading data from the flash drive a later time, some how causes error.

Why would this not be considered a broken unit?

+1...Mine works great!

I think people need to know how to figure out the difference between an OS bug and a plain broken unit...

jacey714 wrote:

Sovereign wrote:

Heavie wrote:
The problem I have with my 5k is the screen display fades from blue to all white with random restarts. The firmware is slow and sluggish. The controls has latency issue. Thank God for the hard drive, because saving to flash drive and loading data from the flash drive a later time, some how causes error.

Why would this not be considered a broken unit?

+1...Mine works great!

I think people need to know how to figure out the difference between an OS bug and a plain broken unit...

Thank your lucky stars, you might have a perfect unit.

What's to figure out? The display fades on my mpc5k and the other problems is os issues. Because you claim to have a perfect working mpc5k, is the rest of the guys here with problem units, considered to be idiots? Is it better the guys here with non perfect working mpcs should keep silent, so the good working mpcs owners can feel better about there mpcs?

I'm sorry. The mpc5k is the best sampling drum machine I owned and I owned many. Is that better?

Check yourself my friend, before the unit you own make you a idiot.

Sovereign wrote:

Heavie wrote:
The problem I have with my 5k is the screen display fades from blue to all white with random restarts. The firmware is slow and sluggish. The controls has latency issue. Thank God for the hard drive, because saving to flash drive and loading data from the flash drive a later time, some how causes error.

Why would this not be considered a broken unit?

If one of your headlight blows on your car and it acts sluggish when it starts. Do you consider your whole car as a broken unit?

Heavie that's a pretty dumb reply.
The simple question remains, why didn't you return the unit if that's what it's doing?
What you describe is a dysfunctional unit.
You claim one problem is OS, if so then everyone would have the problem and that is not the case.
Still baffles me how people are rationalizing broken gear.
I guess Microsoft taught people to live with problems.

The only reason it makes people look like idiots is because they didn't return the unit.
I don't care who manufactures something if it doesn't work then it's going back.
I am not going to sit around and rationalize the situation.

I'm still waiting for a reason to keep a unit with a fading display and other issues instead of returing it?

Akai probably laughs everyday at how they managed to slip a bad batch of 5k's in the market and most people kept them instead of returning them.

Heavie wrote:
If one of your headlight blows on your car and it acts sluggish when it starts. Do you consider your whole car as a broken unit?

If it was a brand new car, yes.

Sovereign wrote:Heavie that's a pretty dumb reply.
The simple question remains, why didn't you return the unit if that's what it's doing?
What you describe is a dysfunctional unit.
You claim one problem is OS, if so then everyone would have the problem and that is not the case.
Still baffles me how people are rationalizing broken gear.
I guess Microsoft taught people to live with problems.

The only reason it makes people look like idiots is because they didn't return the unit.
I don't care who manufactures something if it doesn't work then it's going back.
I am not going to sit around and rationalize the situation.

I'm still waiting for a reason to keep a unit with a fading display and other issues instead of returing it?

Akai probably laughs everyday at how they managed to slip a bad batch of 5k's in the market and most people kept them instead of returning them.

Ok the reply was dumb, so let me reword it so a smart person like you can understand it. Because it seems really dumb to explain the detail of the problem with mpc5k and rather its a software or hardware related problem and why I didn't returned it. But here you go Genuis.

1) [Faded Display] Hardware issue, that didn't start to months after Guitar Center warranty return polices. Called akai and was told I was first to report this issue. Took the unit apart myself and unit seldom has the faded display issue now, but does happen. Also I have seen posts of other member of the forum with same issue.

2) [Slow and Sluggish Firmware] Software issue, this problem didn't start to I installed v2.0. I brought the mpc5k with v1.0 installed. I installed v1.01 and v1.02 when it was released. Other firmware had issues, but the mpc5k did not start lagging to v2.0. Also I have seen posts of other member of the forum with same issue.

3) [The controls has latency issue] Software issue, that falls under [Slow and Sluggish Firmware]. Example: In sample editing section, the data wheel lags when scroling to edit samples or scroling thru a list of samples, program or etc. Also I have seen posts of other member of the forum with same issue.

4) [Saving Data to the flash drive] Software issue, which I first thought it could be my flash drive. Brought new flash drive and was pissed when I found out the tight tracks I thought I saved was corrupted. Only save to hard drive now. Also I have seen posts of other member of the forum with same issue.

There is a few more, but it's useless to go on. You can't fix it and don't have clues how to. You can't even comprehend what I said before.

Even though the problem issue with my mpc5k. I use it alot and it's my main sampling drum machine that I use. I prefer it over my mpc4k.

But, that don't mean I won't speak out about it and it's not for you to understand why I still use it. Why do you care. You got perfect working mpc5k.

Mandate it how ever you like but you have a broken unit.
Lets say that you didn't see your supposed problems until after the warranty ran out.
Still why not get it fixed?
Send it to VST or Forat?


If the Data wheel supposedly has issues on the Sample edit screen why not use the Q-Link?

Basically your explaination says that because others have said they have the same or similar problem is a good reason to be too cheap to get it fixed.

Broke is broke.
So now I'm really curious about how much of the other gear in that room of yours actually works.

I guess you just like the pretty lights.

i think the only ones who can fix the issue is akai/numark.

Your defense of the MPC 5k is reminiscent of how Jahrome used to be. Makes me wonder

diegoeskryptic wrote:i think the only ones who can fix the issue is akai/numark.

Your defense of the MPC 5k is reminiscent of how Jahrome used to be. Makes me wonder

No ones is defending sh*t, just pointing out that if something is broke you;
a. return it for exchange
b. return it for refund
c. get it fixed
d. sell it

You don't keep it and b*tch about what it does or doesn't do.

Based on reported bugs etc, there's very little I'm willing to tolerate on the 5k.
If it starts acting funny and I can't see my actions as the cause then it will be time for it to go.

Sovereign wrote:Mandate it how ever you like but you have a broken unit.
Lets say that you didn't see your supposed problems until after the warranty ran out.
Still why not get it fixed?
Send it to VST or Forat?


If the Data wheel supposedly has issues on the Sample edit screen why not use the Q-Link?

Basically your explaination says that because others have said they have the same or similar problem is a good reason to be too cheap to get it fixed.

Broke is broke.
So now I'm really curious about how much of the other gear in that room of yours actually works.

I guess you just like the pretty lights.

Sovereign, how would I use Q-link on the sample edit screen? My data wheel is very inaccurate.

Thanks man.

diegoeskryptic wrote:i think the only ones who can fix the issue is akai/numark.

Your defense of the MPC 5k is reminiscent of how Jahrome used to be. Makes me wonder

You know, you make a good point. It never dawn on me. Jahrome and this Guy is the same. Both like to go word for word on useless conversation.

Sovereign wrote:Mandate it how ever you like but you have a broken unit.
Lets say that you didn't see your supposed problems until after the warranty ran out.
Still why not get it fixed?
Send it to VST or Forat?


If the Data wheel supposedly has issues on the Sample edit screen why not use the Q-Link?

Basically your explaination says that because others have said they have the same or similar problem is a good reason to be too cheap to get it fixed.

Broke is broke.
So now I'm really curious about how much of the other gear in that room of yours actually works.

I guess you just like the pretty lights.

You know you are like a female. You love to argue, just to get the last word. Ok, you won Sweetie.

Heavie wrote:

Sovereign wrote:Mandate it how ever you like but you have a broken unit.
Lets say that you didn't see your supposed problems until after the warranty ran out.
Still why not get it fixed?
Send it to VST or Forat?


If the Data wheel supposedly has issues on the Sample edit screen why not use the Q-Link?

Basically your explaination says that because others have said they have the same or similar problem is a good reason to be too cheap to get it fixed.

Broke is broke.
So now I'm really curious about how much of the other gear in that room of yours actually works.

I guess you just like the pretty lights.

You know you are like a female. You love to argue, just to get the last word. Ok, you won Sweetie.

Considering you look like a "D Cup" I think you are a lot closer to a female.

Fess wrote: Sovereign, how would I use Q-link on the sample edit screen? My data wheel is very inaccurate.

Thanks man.

Q1 controls Start
Q2 controls End

The Knob Takeover setting also effects the Q-Link in the Trim Mode, so make sure it's set for how you want it to respond.