thats the problem right there, you probably have the first issue pads...
heres an exerpt from mpc wiki page..
There have been many reported problems with the pad sensors in the 1000. In the original MPC1000 sensors, a thin square of carbon-impregnated rubber is glued at each corner above a copper coil. When a pad is depressed, this carbon-impregnated rubber is compressed against the copper coil, allowing current to pass through. This moving part can wear out, as the carbon-impregnated rubber sloughs away from the glue and eventually breaks loose.
In 2007, Akai offered a fix for this issue, retailing at 180 USD. The pad sensors design returned to the design of the pad sensors in previous models. This upgrade has been seen to be pre-installed on the MPC1000BK-N and some versions of the MPC1000BK, not the MPC1000 (blue outer casing). Before this change, a MPC1000 user designed, built and sold kits of a pad fix under the name "Nym." Nym's kit is no longer available. By comparison, the more recent Akai pad fix uses better sensor technology (Sensitronic FSRs).[16]
a pad fix is out there if you can find it, its not cheap though and is out of stock in most places..
here is a link to the pads
http://www.mpcstuff.com/akai--mpc-1000- ... x-upg.htmli found someone selling the old pad sets on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-1000-PADS-O ... 41686160c1selling mint X SE on ebay.
