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By mart1 Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:40 pm
ok to make the story short i received this morning an MPC i ordered 3 month ago that i thought had been stolen in the mail.

the consequence of this is that i have 2 mpc now and i have this dilemna :

i don't know which one to sell:

the one i just recveived is much more "newer" but has stiffer pads, you really have to hit harder to get the sound to come out... is this common to every new or unused MPC to have stiffer pads ? are they likely to get more responsive with time ? or does that mean that those pads are fuqked already ?

any advice would be really appreciated!

thanks

By mart1 Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:52 pm
Even with the sensitivity set to the max, the newest one is much much less responsive, it's day and night.

i'm wondering if new pads are like that or not, anyone knows?
Last edited by mart1 on Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By TBonus76 Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:54 pm
You want us to decide for you? Seemed like your main concern was the "stiffness" of the pads, so yes, we did answer your question pretty much.

By mart1 Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:05 am
TBonus76 wrote:You want us to decide for you? Seemed like your main concern was the "stiffness" of the pads, so yes, we did answer your question pretty much.


well sorry but not really, i was asking is new pads were stiffer and less responsive than used ones basically.

or even better

should i sell the oldest one with the more responsive but older pads or the newest one with the more recent but stiffer pads (providing that they would get more responsive with time and use).


but thanks!
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By TheFirstJimBo Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:06 am
send the stiff pads back
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By Antonym Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:15 am
the pads aren't gonna be physically stiffer unless the rubber itself is different. they don't physically loosen up, either - they just eventually go bust.

send back whichever has more wear.

By mart1 Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:24 am
no i wasn't talking about the stiffness of the rubber itself :D but the responsivness of the pads sorry for the confusion.

on one side i have new but unresponsive pads and on the other side old but responsive pads...wich ones do i keep.

given the pad problems people have, i was tempted to sell the mpc with old pads but the new mpc's ones are so unresponsive (so new or so fuqked?) that i might just sell this ones, unless they do get more responsive with tiime and use.

only you guys with experience longer than mine can answer that :D
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By Antonym Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:25 am
unless they do get more responsive with tiime and use.


they won't. sell the one with pads that aren't great, and keep old faithful!

regardless, dont' sweat the 1k pad issue. it's completely fixeable, and i'm actually working on an upgrade kid myself...kind of a mod for performance pads. i might even implement a double trigger trick...
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By studio hermit Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:35 am
sell both and get a mpc 2500 :lol:
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By RundFyrkant Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:53 am
Antonym wrote: sell the one with pads that aren't great, and keep old faithful!

MR pad's spoken 8)

By peezie Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:29 am
studio hermit wrote:sell both and get a mpc 2500 :lol:
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By Jacpot Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:48 am
peezie wrote:
studio hermit wrote:sell both and get a mpc 2500 :lol:


Exactly wut I was thinking