Alesis Micron/MPC 1000 Combo?

pad-ophiliac wrote:i was planning on picking up the microkorg but after a little research it looks like the micron has way more features. i did notice the microns discription said it was 24bit. will that mess up the sound going thru the 16bit 1k? now i'm kinda leaning toward the micron. anyone use the vocoder on the micron? how is it?

peace

I would recommend you get ya hands on it for further review .

What do you mean by the sound messing up?

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i don't know. i just keep seeing posts where people say "know what your feeding your machine." and i think they were talking about the mpc1k being 16bit needs to have 16bit samples. and i read the I/Os on the micron are 24bit. i don't really have a clue. thats why i asked

"i did notice the microns discription said it was 24bit. will that mess up the sound going thru the 16bit 1k? now i'm kinda leaning toward the micron."

Dont worry about this. It is only describing the internals of the Micron being 24bit. Remember, its a computer with a piano keyboard attached; all the internal calculations and sound creation algorithms are 24bit. Once they are presented to you, they go through DA converters so you are left with an analogue sound. Furthermore, the Micron does not have any digital outs so you can not get access to the digital signal anyway.

Practically speaking, if you then sample the 24bit Micron into your 16bit MPC you will be reducing its quality very slightly but you will not notice this.

Good luck..

cant one get the micron alesis then get a rack or someshit internal to get the other sounds that the micron doesnt come with stock???

What about the Ion/Micron's daddy the Andromeda A6 *drooling*

I just bought my Micron today. Killa Combo.

you want a VIRUS TI

save up and buy a roland fantom X8. mmmmmmm. fantom

"I just bought my Micron today. Killa Combo."

Good on you dude. The Micron is a really great value product..

I got the 2000 classic mpc, a micron and a motif es rack... all good choices, even better working together. You can't go wrong with the micron. It's got a good sound, filters and effects, vocoder, multitimbral, what else would you need from a portable va synth? The Virus TI Polar kills it but for 2400 vs the micron's 399 price tag. It's a great buy.