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By T-Virus Tue Mar 15, 2011 4:28 am
Anyone out there know if the thick pads can work with the mpc 1k?
By HP. Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:12 am
T-Virus wrote:Anyone out there know if the thick pads can work with the mpc 1k?


My guess is they do b'cos MPCStuff shift them advertised as 1k pads... :roll:
http://www.mpcstuff.com/akmpc10exset.html

Sorry this may sound stupid, but why do you want thicker pads?!
Mine have died so I'm going to get the upgrade set, but I don't see the point in thicker pads?!

It say's they're more sensitive but mine were always sensitive enough until they died ???
Why don't you just buy the kit to make your pads more sensitive rather than a whole new set of pads if thats what you're after?

EDIT - Heres the link dude to make your current pads more sensitive
http://www.mpcstuff.com/akai-mpc-1000-- ... c1000.html
Last edited by HP. on Sun Mar 27, 2011 4:08 am, edited 1 time in total.
By T-Virus Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:57 am
Dam it, I just got normal black ones. If i would have seen these i would have got them, but i do love the way it makes my mpc look. Thinking of getting a styleflip, has anyone out there got any thing to say about them? And thanks guys for the info, i guess i need to look better. :oops:
By HP. Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:36 am
Dude your mpc isn't just to look good on your desk. Use it to make beats, don't just make it look pretty.
By T-Virus Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:31 am
Thats all I do! Make beats smoke hash. And not just making her look good, just got JJOS1, I'm loving it. :D
By dtaa pla muk Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:48 am
the thicker the rubber used for the drumpads, the wider range of velocity it'll take to trigger softer => harder notes.
this is how these types of pressure/velocity sensors work.
if you were to use a fist sized, upside down rubber cone w/ its point on the surface of each FSR so that you struck the wider side of the rubber cone, you'd have SUCH a better control surface than the fingerpads.

same technology, more rubber = much better performance instrument.
By HP. Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:23 pm
Nym wrote:the thicker the rubber used for the drumpads, the wider range of velocity it'll take to trigger softer => harder notes.
this is how these types of pressure/velocity sensors work.
if you were to use a fist sized, upside down rubber cone w/ its point on the surface of each FSR so that you struck the wider side of the rubber cone, you'd have SUCH a better control surface than the fingerpads.

same technology, more rubber = much better performance instrument.


Cheers mate that makes perfect sense.

I knew it was to make them more sensitive but I always felt mine were good enough until they started dying :)
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By inflict3 Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:58 pm
they need to make white!!