Just got a mpc60 mk1 !

excuse my noobness, but why used a s950 with your 60?

Only thing that would worry me paying that much is it being a 22 year old machine ( or near it) how much do repairs cost and is EVERYTHING user replaceable or installable, is anything a machine killer/non replaceable on it/


other than those worries, would be great to own/use a classic machine

Well thats the risk you take when you buy used electronic equipment, there are no guarantees.

just off the record...supreme from hijack?

BGBEATS wrote:Only thing that would worry me paying that much is it being a 22 year old machine ( or near it) how much do repairs cost and is EVERYTHING user replaceable or installable, is anything a machine killer/non replaceable on it/


other than those worries, would be great to own/use a classic machine

Repairs like thousands of people had to do with there 1000 pads? Truth is although old, they are still much sturdier then new MPCs. Can't wait to see the 1000/2500's on the market in 22 yrs.

Can't wait to see the 1000/2500's on the market in 22 yrs.

SV1200 wrote:

BGBEATS wrote:Only thing that would worry me paying that much is it being a 22 year old machine ( or near it) how much do repairs cost and is EVERYTHING user replaceable or installable, is anything a machine killer/non replaceable on it/


other than those worries, would be great to own/use a classic machine

Repairs like thousands of people had to do with there 1000 pads? Truth is although old, they are still much sturdier then new MPCs. Can't wait to see the 1000/2500's on the market in 22 yrs.

no I mean like screen or internal components that may be unavailable or non user replace myable.


on a sidenote, my 1000 pads still all work fine since april 2004

i guess will check back in 16 years

I recently got another 60 after a couple years without one, and man I sure missed it. But anyway, if you're into having old gear like this Id say you better get comfortable working on it just beacuse its way easier/cheaper to fix stuff myself than send it to LA or wherever. Its kind of like having an old muscle car.

dmarz45 wrote:I have the 3000 and NOTHING even compares to the sound of the 3000 and 60.... I was thinking about switching to Maschine but I just dont want to lose the punchiness and snap of the drums... these machines are crazy!! Akai needs to model their new MPCs to sound like these old ones!! The LinnDrum 2 should be REALLY, REALLY punchy and snappy since Roger Linn is the designer...

I wouldn't expect much from Akai. You should look at the work NI is doing. Maschine already has MPC60/SP1200 sampling modes. LinnDrum 2 is officially dead.

emptysea wrote:

dmarz45 wrote:I have the 3000 and NOTHING even compares to the sound of the 3000 and 60.... I was thinking about switching to Maschine but I just dont want to lose the punchiness and snap of the drums... these machines are crazy!! Akai needs to model their new MPCs to sound like these old ones!! The LinnDrum 2 should be REALLY, REALLY punchy and snappy since Roger Linn is the designer...

I wouldn't expect much from Akai. You should look at the work NI is doing. Maschine already has MPC60/SP1200 sampling modes. LinnDrum 2 is officially dead.

Dude, please take ur Maschine dikriding elsewhere. Every thread I see you are promoting it. No software will EVER sound like a SP1200, MPC60, or MPC3000. If you are searching for people to convert , this is the wrong forum.

SV1200 wrote:No software will EVER sound like a SP1200, MPC60, or MPC3000.

Funny, because those who actually own SP1200/MPC60 AND Maschine are saying that Maschine's sampling modes are very convincing and "just right":
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum ... p?t=105464

emptysea wrote:

SV1200 wrote:No software will EVER sound like a SP1200, MPC60, or MPC3000.

Funny, because those who actually own SP1200/MPC60 AND Maschine are saying that Maschine's sampling modes are very convincing and "just right":
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum ... p?t=105464

Oh really, an MPC60 MODE, Ive been waiting for that on a computer software prgram!!!! Ima go Buy That sh!T tommorow then!!! haha Your a Joke man. Please go back to the NI threads, I'm not even sure why you are here?! Funny too cuase half those people on that thread admit they never used a 60 or a 1200. Quote "is thereeven a Akai S1200. There are so much I don't know..." haha

Plainly, no Software will ever sound exactly like vintage gear (it can't), that goes for old school samplers, vintage analog & hybrid synths, old tape, analog mixing boards, etc... Its sad to because your giving maschine a bad name. It looks like a cool program/unit if you want to make beats w/ ur computer, software, and controller. But this here is people who enjoy working on vintage gear. love the sound, sequencer, workflow, hardware options, and the results. So please do us & urself a favor and go back to the NI forums and geek it out there, cause your way to concerned about convincing people that thing is great. Why spend time here?

Also, please if you could, send us some banging tracks you made on the maschine. Id like to hear them.

sv1200>emptysea...vintage gear/hardware>software haha word. 60s rock hard all day every day.

SV1200 wrote:It looks like a cool program/unit if you want to make beats w/ ur computer, software, and controller. But this here is people who enjoy working on vintage gear. love the sound, sequencer, workflow, hardware options, and the results.

You couldn't be more wrong about that. Using a typical software program and matching it with a generic midi controller is too tedious and doesn't come close to the workflow you get with hardware. And needing to use the mouse all the time... forget about it. That's why Maschine was created. Because it really feels like you're using a hardware machine and it has the fast workflow that you could only previously get from hardware, yet doesn't have the limitations of hardware because it has all the power and flexibility of computer software, not to mention the much superior integration with DAWs compared to MPCs.