Technical questions for the MPC2000xl and the MPC2000
By M V Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:23 pm
What it is all my music loving friends. The 2000xl is the real deal when it comes to making a beat. But the sample to me is pretty limited. So now there are two ways to approach this. 1 get rid of it for a 4000. 2 just buy a better sampler. What do yall think. :shock:

By nanoloop Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:10 pm
just add a rack sampler to the equation. your still gonna want the mpc's rock solid seq.
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By -{n8}- Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:38 am
i second what nanoloop said.

you can get a very affordable used s2000 or s5000 that will complete your setup. pick up a SCSI card for your pc and you'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

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By telepathy51 Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:05 pm
whats the problem with the sampler? if you have zip disc you cant use as much time as you like, cant you?[[/img]

By MaZe Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:09 pm
I have an s6000 for sale. IMHO you cant get any better, unless you are into 24/96 and want the z8. I have an s5000 so I dont need both. I cant begin to go into the benefits of a rackmount sampler.

MaZe

By percy Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:58 am
telepathy51 wrote:whats the problem with the sampler? if you have zip disc you cant use as much time as you like, cant you?


there's nothing wrong with the mpc sampler at all, but because the mpc was designed mainly to be a drum sampler it's lacking a lot of features that other all-purpose samplers have - i really don't think that sample time is the issue here..

By M V Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:49 am
percy your right sample time is no problem. It takes 2 seconds to sample a kick. I also play the guitar, I like to sample my licks then put them into my mixs. I Here with the 4000 you can do it all while your track is playing I like the sound of that :lol:. But I need a sampler that i can go in and do what ever i can think of to my sample. I have a esi2000 but that sucka is slow ITS NICE but its slow. I will check out some of the samplers yall suggested. Thanks for the comments


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By binger0 Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:51 am
whats wrong with the esi? its fine.

By M V Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:34 am
Its just slow. some of the tasks i ask it to perform take along time. I also like to see my samples in waveform not numbers. Dont get me wrong Its nice real easy to use but i would like something faster.
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By dj_evs Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:55 am
MaZe wrote:I have an s6000 for sale. IMHO you cant get any better, unless you are into 24/96 and want the z8. I have an s5000 so I dont need both. I cant begin to go into the benefits of a rackmount sampler.

MaZe


Can anyone else go into the benefits?? I have a 2000XL, and the eb-16, and this has a lot of settings...will one of these rackmounts be any better? or even be a benefit to me??
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By Penfold Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:02 am
use ya pc.

By ntalec Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:07 pm
M V wrote:percy your right sample time is no problem. It takes 2 seconds to sample a kick. I also play the guitar, I like to sample my licks then put them into my mixs. I Here with the 4000 you can do it all while your track is playing I like the sound of that :lol:. But I need a sampler that i can go in and do what ever i can think of to my sample. I have a esi2000 but that sucka is slow ITS NICE but its slow. I will check out some of the samplers yall suggested. Thanks for the comments


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A fast rackmouint sampler :lol: :lol:
Get a good understanding of what you want to do, then go after that.
If speed is an issue then you are either trying to deal with too large a chunk of data or you need to be using a computer.
The processor in the typical rack is running at a relatively slow speed and DSP is a heavy task.
Doing your DSP on a computer is the only real way to add a functional speed increase.
Basically you sample into the computer or the MPC do your editing in Sound Forge, WaveLab, Recycle etc then load the wav into the MPC to trigger (or use MPCeditor to build your .pgm).
Rackmounts are based on liking the sound of a certain older unit, maybe needing to put it in a rack to do shows or because you need realtime control, moreso than just for adding features.
A typical rack can add features, effects and things like that, but it's not going to be a fast about processing sounds.
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By binger0 Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:11 pm
word thats what i do. i use wavelab, ableton, and recycle to do all the editing i need then i export it to the esi.
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By g.whizz Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:53 am
Try Fruity loops on a pc.
save and export edited files to the mpc.
Its kinda cool with some nice little tricks for samples.
The Graphics might delight you also. This will put a little fun back into editing those wave files.
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