MPC5000 reviews, bug reports and fellow user support on the most recent standalone, hardware MPC from Akai
By BrianGrassfield Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:03 am
Hello! Has anyone experience with controlling MPC 5000 with external MIDI controller?
I would like to connect a knob-forest type of MIDI controller, and program knobs to set different parameters on different tracks at once. Is it possible?
(parameters would be filter and effect related)

Thanks, regards
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By Ian Canefire Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:58 pm
I didn't know that the 5000 did not have a mod matrix with assignable (to internal or external) controllers like the MPC4000. Seems like an odd thing to leave out.
The 4000 has two oscillators and my understanding was the 5000 has 3 oscillators. Seems a shame to not be able to control it externally. I may just read up on this in the manual for the heck of it.
Peace
Ian
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By crossings Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:27 pm
Ian Canefire wrote:I didn't know that the 5000 did not have a mod matrix with assignable (to internal or external) controllers like the MPC4000. Seems like an odd thing to leave out.
The 4000 has two oscillators and my understanding was the 5000 has 3 oscillators. Seems a shame to not be able to control it externally. I may just read up on this in the manual for the heck of it.
Peace
Ian



yeah it does seem like a feature they wouldn't wanna leave out... however, i think the 5000's knobs can be assigned to external MIDI CC [to do the opposite] and control external hardware with them... not that that helps the topic much at all...