MPC5000 reviews, bug reports and fellow user support on the most recent standalone, hardware MPC from Akai
By Jazzafari Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:55 pm
I have mpc 5000 and is a great machine, but... my pad are messing up the samples.
I press the pad and there's no sound, if i press more times, then the sound may come out, but is never clear when it comes.
Is impossible to work like that. I think it comes from the sensores. Once connected to a midi piano play the sounds perfectly otherwise no sound.

What can i do to fix my pad, or sensors?

Any suggestions?
Thanks for helpin
By golfzerosafari Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:49 pm
You can adjust the pad sensors. Off the top of my head, I think its in the "other" menu. Hit mode than the pad called "other". Different settings....
By daveyP Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:43 pm
The first 5000 i had had rock solid pads which you had to hit with too much presure to get a good response. I had to resort to the full level button which then meant i had to spend time using the mixer to lower ever drum sound id recorded.

The second machine the pads had a bit more give in them and seemed to be better for using without having to always use the full volume button.

Im sure the pad sensitivty setting is for each individual pad, which mean alot of resetting; plus im sure i tried that on full sensitvity and it didnt seem much different.

Let me know how you get on as once my machine is replaced i want to make sure the pads work well.

dp
By golfzerosafari Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:29 pm
daveyP wrote:Im sure the pad sensitivty setting is for each individual pad, which mean alot of resetting; plus im sure i tried that on full sensitvity and it didnt seem much different.



dp



You really should stop assuming things and learn the machine before you post. Why are you trying to mislead people? Seriously......
By daveyP Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:34 pm
Excuse me? Mislead people? im not trying to mislead anybody. iv aknowledged that im bitterly disappointed by my experience with replaced machine after replaced machine.

also, what ive said about the pads is the true - why would i bother saying it otherwise. It is true i had to use the first machine on full volume as the pads where rock solid. i thought this was just the difference between mpcs and my old drum machines, Zoom street box, Alesis etc. When i got the replaced machine i actually emailed the supplier to thank them for the exchange and mentioned that the pads were much better on the replaced machine as they hade a bit of 'give' (if you know what i mean) in them so hitting them felt like there was a better response and i wasnt using the full volume button as much (which of course meant i didnt have to go into the mixer window to 'mix' the sounds to how i would have hit the pads).

Whats misleading about that you ignorant fool? Do you even make music?!

ive already aknoledged that i put my post on here in a few places as i didnt expect it to be seen as i thought the forum was a bit inactive- obviously i was wrong, which is a good thing. I have also said that yes, i have repeated myself a few times as im passionatly disappoited as i passionately love making music and after having two machines break on me straight away then yes i may be more than a little upset and am yet to be proved wrong about this machine in my experience. Im hoping it will prove me wrong.

So there, im not trying anything, wake up and see that, you unhelpfull idiot.
By golfzerosafari Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:28 am
EZ killa don't hurt anybody... Im ignorant???? hahaha. Read your own words. Here lemme:


"Im sure the pad sensitivty setting is for each individual pad, which mean alot of resetting; plus im sure i tried that on full sensitvity and it didnt seem much different".


Nope, like I said stop assuming. You dont know how to work the 5000. In plain bold letters in the menu I was talking about it says hold down SHIFT for ALL pads. When you find the setting you like it will remember until you do a factory reset or simply change the pad setting. You good now?
By golfzerosafari Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:07 am
You know for second I thought maybe you work for some company or something. But the more you type the more I realize your not the sharpest tool in the shed.
What company in their right mind would pay you to do social media marketing????? HAHAHAHAHA
By daveyP Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:04 pm
Wow, what come-back. Not the sharpest tool hu, wow, you backed that up with.....no evidence.

Im sat here in the finance office right now doing a fine job thanks, I manage to use all equipment i get just fine too. So im a thicky hu, well if you say so?

And you where going ask what company i work for, the Health Service actually which has nothing to do with my hobby of making music.

Is it not clear that i have had problems with this 5000 machine that where not at all my fault?

And as far as the pad sensitivity, yes i looked at the manual regarding this and breifly read what to do, looked and thought id have to change every pad individually. I didnt look any more into. Funny, as when i asked the Akai guy on the phone about this he had no clue, 'I think you can change the sensitivity....somewhere'. Big deal, i was learning the basics of the machine and dont know every detail yet however when one machine has rock solid pads and then it is changed for one that feels much better (and yes this is the physical feel of the pads not the sensitivty settings) then id say there's some inconsistancy in the build.

Sorry if my sentences are too long for you follow. I can translate to simpleton language if you prefer?

You're just very very defensive about me stating my problems, all be it passionatly; and why shouldnt i if i feel that way?

I think you're rather enjoying logging on to read another post that you can respond too.

So, who exactly do you work for and why shouldn't I share my 5000 faults on here? If you only want to read the posts from people happy with thier machine do so and ignore mine- you dont have to read them.

No one would pay me to 'social media market' as you put it as i'd have no interest in doing that. Im all about truth- i came on this forum to find answers to my mpc problems so i could judge whether it was the machines i was being sent or and all round problem. I keep saying i hope that it ends up resolved so i can use all the exciting functions this machine has- I started on a tascam 4 track and loved that in its day so the functions the 5000 boasts are truely amazing to me. But not if every unit i get breaks after very little usage. That is all i have said from the start and is still all im saying.

Are you using the 5000 yourself or another mpc? If you're having no problems with the 5000 then good, i have hope of eventually getting these problems sorted. If you're using another mpc then surely you can't comment?! Or are you using an mpc at all?

Really, why are you for one trying to discredit what im reporting, and two why are you so bothered that i am outlining these problems for all to see and then judge for themselves.

The ignorance i was refering to was that you're trying to discredited my reported problems. The problems are real and Im just throwing in my experiences as others have on this forum. I'll start photographing the error screens if thats what people so desperatly need to believe what im saying is true.



Ow look, there's more 'ignorant' people like me! :



grinderi
New Member How to change pad sensitivity to all pads at the same time?



Joined: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:52 pm
Posts: 1 Does this device have global pad sensitivity or something?





Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:47 am

robthom
Expert Member Re: How to change pad sensitivity to all pads at the same time?




Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:19 pm
Posts: 432 No. You just have to set them one at a time.

Its only 48 of them though, you'll survive.


What I did to save time (and what most users do I assume) is create a "program" that I reuse with all my pad settings how I like them so that I only have to set them once.
By ghosty Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:49 am
Actually there are only 16 physical pads. There are 4 banks. meaning 16 physical pads (one setting) and 64 vitural pads (another 64 possible settings)..

So lets talk about it.

Mode>other(pad9)> TAB(PAD)
1. Touch a pad and set
Pad Sensitivity:1-16 (9) is default
Velocity Curve: A-B-C-D (A) default A being Fastest attack to reach full velocity of playback D being the slowest Attack to reach full velocity.
Meaning.
if your pads are set to 127 velocity , meaning no matter how soft or hard you touch the pad it will be at 127 instantly and A setting. And slower down the list B,C,D

This requires 64 total times not 48.

or....

(Hold [SHIFT] to set all pads)

1 setting.

Is this really that hard to do?
Edit.. lol still@ 48
By daveyP Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:44 pm
Hi,

No doesn't sound hard to do- i'll try it when i finally get my machine replaced.

I was actually speaking to a guy in my local music shop today who had a 5000, he knew exactly what i meant about the pads feeling rock solid. Hopefully that adjustment that you have detailed will do the trick- i want to be able to tab out my beat so as its audible but not full volume as this then drowns out the audio tracks when added- unless you lower the mixes in the mixer window but that kinda makes the creative process a little more drawn out when it shouldnt need to be.

I'll give it go anyway.

Cheers

dp