your custom 500's

Thanks for the comments guys! I'm really happy with how it looks. I pull it out of the case and I'm like oh yeah, lets do this! And then my wife laughs at me.

I'm loving the fat pads. Right after I installed them, I had some pads that didn't hit all the time and some that would make the note stick. When I had the problem, I wiggled that pad around and it is fixed. I guess they take a minute to settle in. Working great now.

Wrote two songs with them so far and it's been awesome to leave full level off all the time. My music is better for it. My MPC is more fun to play for sure.

The install was easy. Flip over the MPC and take out the three screws on the left and three screws on the right. Leave the screws in the middle alone. Flip it right side up and take off the three screws in the front and three screws in the back. Lift up the top. Take off your old pads and put on the new ones. You'll need something like a toothpick to push the little guides in place.

I like how the black dial feels rubbery too!

Riggs wrote:Thanks for the comments guys! I'm really happy with how it looks. I pull it out of the case and I'm like oh yeah, lets do this! And then my wife laughs at me.

I'm loving the fat pads. Right after I installed them, I had some pads that didn't hit all the time and some that would make the note stick. When I had the problem, I wiggled that pad around and it is fixed. I guess they take a minute to settle in. Working great now.

Wrote two songs with them so far and it's been awesome to leave full level off all the time. My music is better for it. My MPC is more fun to play for sure.

The install was easy. Flip over the MPC and take out the three screws on the left and three screws on the right. Leave the screws in the middle alone. Flip it right side up and take off the three screws in the front and three screws in the back. Lift up the top. Take off your old pads and put on the new ones. You'll need something like a toothpick to push the little guides in place.

I like how the black dial feels rubbery too!

so wow they are really easy to fit that is cool i got an mpc 500 coming monday

carlo wrote: yes i seen some guy on ebay he is selling Mpc 2500s and they are Murderd out and maxed out i love the ice cube pads on the 500 its good a place is selling parts like this place mpc stuff

thats where i got my mpc 2500, i asked him to make the rec and overdub buttons black like the rest of the buttons, then swap the LED's in the rec and overdub to blue (or whatever color all your other led's are) then finally make the rec volume knob have a white top instead of a red one so it matched all the other knobs and sliders.
he told me WHAAAAT, imma do this to my mpc, then the next thing you know hes selling them for 50 bucks more with murdered and maxed out black rec and overdub buttons with custom LED's and uniform rec gain knobs gave me a chuckle and kind of proud to have one of the first mpc's like this.
before i bought that one, he just left those buttons/knobs and LED's red.

damien907 wrote:

carlo wrote: yes i seen some guy on ebay he is selling Mpc 2500s and they are Murderd out and maxed out i love the ice cube pads on the 500 its good a place is selling parts like this place mpc stuff

thats where i got my mpc 2500, i asked him to make the rec and overdub buttons black like the rest of the buttons, then swap the LED's in the rec and overdub to blue (or whatever color all your other led's are) then finally make the rec volume knob have a white top instead of a red one so it matched all the other knobs and sliders.
he told me WHAAAAT, imma do this to my mpc, then the next thing you know hes selling them for 50 bucks more with murdered and maxed out black rec and overdub buttons with custom LED's and uniform rec gain knobs gave me a chuckle and kind of proud to have one of the first mpc's like this.
before i bought that one, he just left those buttons/knobs and LED's red.

Yes he is selling a lot of 2500 but they look very nice

^^
My setup

bro, you need to make your speakers go on opposite ends of the table!

Some custom 500's


I just installed a green lcd on the bottom one. Waiting for an orange lcd for the one with purple pads.

Please, speak more about that LCD mod. It looks dope with the green text and black background.

Excellent work btw.

Diggin' the Alex Grey graphics.

Ill-Green wrote:Please, speak more about that LCD mod. It looks dope with the green text and black background.

Excellent work btw.

Yeah, the reversal is way better than a bright-ass screen burning images in your eyes. The only thing is the screen is useless without the backlight. This is what I used: http://www.ebay.com/itm/150826420761?ss ... 1497.l2649
Before installing, you can choose which of three colors you like(red,green,blue). The OG LCD has these little pins on the back and plugs into a belt of wires. If you buy these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221236436660?ss ... 1497.l2649 , all you need to do is solder them to the new LCD(refer to the OG LCD its your first time soldering). Then connect the plug and try it out! You will need to adjust the contrast where the batteries/ram is.

Metatron72 wrote:Diggin' the Alex Grey graphics.

Thanks man. I've always been a black/gray person. I needed some colors in my life Been a huge fan of his art for a while though. I've seen one of his paintings on shrooms, before I've seen the actual painting in a book.

wow.. that lcd is dope, i use mine alot with the back light off, so i couldn't swing with that. but sick as hell!!

jiggity-j wrote:I've seen one of his paintings on shrooms, before I've seen the actual painting in a book.

His paintings almost ARE shrooms stared at long enough.

jiggity.. those are ugly as hell imo haha.. i dno why anyone would ever customize a 500 to be honest

the lcd sucks yes, but the one you added makes it look even cheaper

penumbra.beats wrote:

SimonInAustralia wrote:Any photos with the black record/overdub buttons?

As promised, sorry for poor image quality.

ok. THAT is dope.