Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By konc3pt Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:57 pm
damien907 wrote:i just got this in last week, very excited about it. didnt do any of the customization myself, ordered it from the guy at 16squarez. i got him to put all black buttons and white knobs, and i got all the led's blue along with the screen. i think it looks real clean.
that plasti-dip stuff sounds dope! maybe if the paint is ever coming off of my buttons ill check that out.

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that's super clean, are those blue see thru buttons sprayed black on the sides ?
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By Triple-X Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:09 pm
nah those are clear buttons, sprayed or dipped black. but when the led shines thru it illuminates like that.
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By damien907 Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:08 am
konc3pt wrote:
damien907 wrote:i just got this in last week, very excited about it. didnt do any of the customization myself, ordered it from the guy at 16squarez. i got him to put all black buttons and white knobs, and i got all the led's blue along with the screen. i think it looks real clean.
that plasti-dip stuff sounds dope! maybe if the paint is ever coming off of my buttons ill check that out.

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that's super clean, are those blue see thru buttons sprayed black on the sides ?


yeah they are clear buttons with blue LED's under them, and there is black painted around the 4 inside edges of them so the light is more concentrated in one place.
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By dopedee Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:21 pm
i NEEED that black cursor button!!!!! I can not find it anywhere though!!!

I might try that black button plasti stuff though ... right now I have just have black pads, black fader knobs, and black jog wheel ... I have a spare competly busted OG 2000 to do the testing on the buttons ect
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By konc3pt Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:40 pm
dopedee wrote:i
I might try that black button plasti stuff though


I got it if you wanna use it, bought it on sunday, tried one coat on a spare transport button I had laying around and didnt like the result much, maybe more coats is needed
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By dopedee Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:56 pm
konc3pt wrote:
dopedee wrote:i
I might try that black button plasti stuff though


I got it if you wanna use it, bought it on sunday, tried one coat on a spare transport button I had laying around and didnt like the result much, maybe more coats is needed


lets do all experiments on the old 2k this weekend. we can dunk that whole mother **** in there if we need to lol
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By konc3pt Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:52 pm
dopedee wrote:
konc3pt wrote:
dopedee wrote:i
I might try that black button plasti stuff though


I got it if you wanna use it, bought it on sunday, tried one coat on a spare transport button I had laying around and didnt like the result much, maybe more coats is needed


lets do all experiments on the old 2k this weekend. we can dunk that whole mother **** in there if we need to lol


Im game 8)
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By damien907 Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:48 pm
dopedee wrote:i NEEED that black cursor button!!!!! I can not find it anywhere though!!!

I might try that black button plasti stuff though ... right now I have just have black pads, black fader knobs, and black jog wheel ... I have a spare competly busted OG 2000 to do the testing on the buttons ect


im pretty sure my cursor buttons are just painted black; i can email the guy and ask him what kinda paint he uses on it.
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By Jayfire45 Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:31 am
really looking forward to customizing my 2500 when it gets here!
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By konc3pt Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:46 pm
I had to take apart entire apc40 to get that black cursor out but it was worth it :mrgreen: :lol:
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By Triple-X Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:20 pm
konc3pt wrote:I had to take apart entire apc40 to get that black cursor out but it was worth it :mrgreen: :lol:


it always is. i LOVE my blacked out 2500. i did it two years ago, and thought i might get tired of the all black, and wanna change it up a little bit... NAAAAAH. its perfect as is. despite the fact that this pic makes my screen and leds look blue, they are literally Day time White. Like BENZ HIDS
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By konc3pt Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:11 pm
Triple-X wrote:
konc3pt wrote:I had to take apart entire apc40 to get that black cursor out but it was worth it :mrgreen: :lol:


it always is. i LOVE my blacked out 2500. i did it two years ago, and thought i might get tired of the all black, and wanna change it up a little bit... NAAAAAH. its perfect as is. despite the fact that this pic makes my screen and leds look blue, they are literally Day time White. Like BENZ HIDS
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your 2500 look clean as hell no doubt...you got it done by 16squrez ?
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By Triple-X Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:24 pm
konc3pt wrote:
Triple-X wrote:
konc3pt wrote:I had to take apart entire apc40 to get that black cursor out but it was worth it :mrgreen: :lol:


it always is. i LOVE my blacked out 2500. i did it two years ago, and thought i might get tired of the all black, and wanna change it up a little bit... NAAAAAH. its perfect as is. despite the fact that this pic makes my screen and leds look blue, they are literally Day time White. Like BENZ HIDS
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your 2500 look clean as hell no doubt...you got it done by 16squrez ?

16 who?
nah I got mine done by Triple-X himself.
I know him real well. he did it for free.
the benefit of being tight wit your alter ego.
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By konc3pt Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:39 pm
Triple-X wrote:your 2500 look clean as hell no doubt...you got it done by 16squrez ? 16 who?
nah I got mine done by Triple-X himself.
I know him real well. he did it for free.
the benefit of being tight wit your alter ego.


Im all for it mayn!..how you got them buttons blacked out ?
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By Triple-X Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:49 pm
konc3pt wrote:
Triple-X wrote:your 2500 look clean as hell no doubt...you got it done by 16squrez ? 16 who?
nah I got mine done by Triple-X himself.
I know him real well. he did it for free.
the benefit of being tight wit your alter ego.


Im all for it mayn!..how you got them buttons blacked out ?



sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet. you aint know?

Im a professional button blacker outter