Good or Bad

I just got My first MPC*.... but let me start from the beginning... I based everything off my PC... Thats right NOT a Mac.. A PC... You see I started off with Reason 3* And a MIDI Keyboard Then I Upgraded to Reason 5*... I liked Reason 5* for many reasons however I always Had what I would call a "crush" on the KONG Drum Machine*.. Wich in my eyes was just a digital MPC*.. How ever The MIDI Keybord just did not have the feel of a actual padded drum machine.... So i started my hunt, I went through every MPD Controler from the 18 to the 32... they were ok but not what i was looking for when spending that kind of money.... After Buying the MPD 32 was only a couple Hundred Dollars away from Native Insturments Maschine*... so i purchased it... Much Better than any MPD in my opinion. However after Hooking it up to My DAW Wich was Cubase 4* at the time I needed sound so i bought a Focusrite Saffire 6* Audio Interface With a Pair Of KRK Rokit 8* and a Perception 120 AKG* Microphone... I Had nothing but problems, The pair of KRK RP 8* would always produce this static sound that sounded like it was coming from my Computer.... I went through everything to try to things to work but it wouldnt stop, so I started looking all over the internet and calling places an ppl for help... it pretty much came down to my PC was Fuked up, so I said fuk it and took everything (except the NI Maschine* kuz they wouldnt take it for some stupid reason) back to Guitar Center.. so when I walk in I notice this MPC 2500 by the 1000s that wasnt there be fore goin for $999.99 + Tax So I start to check it out, granteed I am only a Few Hundred away from after returning all the stuff in that I had purchased... I see that its used But is good condition.. so I test the knobs, Inputs and outputs.... an of course the Pads. All work Very well, I am pleased...

So I talked them down to $900.00 out the door.... Now I can eliminate the problem with the PC by not using it for music at all..... I go Home And take apart the MPC Hit the Case with a wet rag blow everything off with canned air you know... so I take off the Ram cover and guess what there is a Kingston 256mb Card In the slot WoW I was Suprised....

So anyway my question is did I get a good deal... I have a 30 day return policy....

2500's are about £900 here in England, which is about $1,450 so yeah, you got a good deal.

Be sure to check http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/mpc2500/ to supercharge your workflow.

What's with the triple post??



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jimmie wrote:What's with the triple post??

Some of these new kats like to see their name & what they write about in big lights or something.

I would have took that cash from returning everything, and bought me a decent laptop (with an intel i5 processor perhaps), kept the audio interface, and learned Maschine. This would have made for a very powerful setup. You could have used cubase as your main DAW and ran maschine in vst mode and use reason rewired into cubase as well (all 3 together as one unit). Afterwards, U need to fight the gearlusting and LEARN YOUR GEAR. Im not bashing the mpc2500. I love my mpc..... but.... Compare the 2 setups you have had.....

MPC2500 ($900): Great sampler/sequencer...Thats pretty much it. PLUS, in my opinion, the MPC2500 or MPC1k dont become beasts until the JJOS is added. Thats another $180. Where are your sounds/samples gonna come from? Did u sell your PC? How will u record your beats?

Laptop (roughly $450-$600) with maschine, cubase, and reason... you have a DAW (cubase), sampling drum machine on steroids (maschine), and hella sounds to get you going (maschine and reason) And you still have left over cash to get a small midi keyboard and some vinyl if u so please lol

Nothing wrong with an MPC, but you could have saved some bread and at the same time had a more robust/versatile setup. Just my $0.02

edit: As far as the static/interference you were hearing, Furman makes great power conditioners. I paid $40 for mine and it solved all of my static/interference problems.