elliz wrote:imma play devil's advocate.
can someone tell me what's the advantage of getting the 2500 over a mv8k?
the mv8k has more features and costs around the same.
The 2500 is going to be a lot simpler and more intuitive to use than the MV. It probably has better sound too. Nothing I heard on the MV quite has the same punch that the MPC's give, even though it has a nice pro sound to it. The on-board mastering and such seems more geared toward traditional pop tastes than Hip Hop tastes on the MV. I say this cause the onboard mastering on the MV is mostly presets. I still have to go throught the manual to find out if the mastering is actaully tweakable. If it is..then you could probably get MPC like results on it. Probably have to do a lot of tweaking though.