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never used an mpc before and i was wondering what would the best mpc be for me?

any mpc you can get your hands on!

marsoupio wrote:never used an mpc before and i was wondering what would the best mpc be for me?

if your looking for a suggestion, I would recommend starting out with the 500.

the MPC 500 is portable, meaning it run's off 6 double a-batteries allowing you to flesh out the skelton frame of your beats while on the road until you get home.

it has the ability to upgrade your ram to 128 allowing for 24min 28sec Mono sampling, and 12mins 14sec Stereo sampling, it also has a CF-Card slot allowing for the loading of sound-kits, samples, etc.

has the ability to midi out/in, back light to allow for work in low lighting and also allows for output/input through quarter jacks.

and it has the ability to run on adapter if your around wall-outlets.

Overall, the MPC 500 is very good for beginners getting into MPC's.

if those options/capabilities are too limited, then hit up akai's official site to find out more information on their bigger models.

hoped tihis helped man.

edited to add: also has USB port to allow for connections to a computer to load sounds onto the cf-card, update OS and what not.

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you can't run JJOS on the 500.

I'm a noob and I jumped in head first with the 500 without advice from anyone. I do like it but if you can afford it, go for at least the 1000.

My reason for suggesting this is: a) I think all MPCs have a screen bigger than the 500 which must be a huge advantage and, b) the 500 isn't able to record sounds from DAWs into a WAV file without additional hardware (big pain in the arse)

However, the 500 is a very solid piece of kit which has opened my eyes to the world of production and apart from the points mentioned can do pretty much anything a novice beatmaker would expect and need.

p.s change your pads immediately or do something to make them more sensitive as they're harder than my cock in the morning