pad-ophiliac wrote:TennesseePimp865 wrote:I am leaning toward the 1000, mainly because of price. I have a few questions about it though.
1) Can I hook my CDJ's to it and sample music.?
2) Is it possible for me to burn the beats that I make on my MPC onto cds?
3) What "extra gear" may I need?
1. i take it the CDJs have an output?
2. yes, the MPC part stands for "Music Production Center"
3. headphones, cables, RAM, HD, etc...
Jacpot wrote:I thought mpc stands for midi production centerit did but on the new gear (1000, 2500 and i believe the 4000) it was changed from midi to music
DJ Premier wrote:...A lot of new cats out now do not know the history.
sparq wrote:Jacpot wrote:I thought mpc stands for midi production centerit did but on the new gear (1000, 2500 and i believe the 4000) it was changed from midi to music
TennesseePimp865 wrote:Sushi, I don't have messenger or anything. Sorry man, but you have been a great deal of help. About the velocity sensitive pads, The Mpc 1000 I played with at the Guitar Center weren't velocity sensitive (the harder you hit, the louder it is) but the 2500 was. I thought that's how it was anyway.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only differences between the 2500 and the 1k are the effects, (swing timing, and the cd burner). Am I missing anything else? And you guys say that I really don't need these because I can get my laptop synchd with my mpc?
I know these are a lot of questions, but my last one is: What type of mid-range price 100-400$ keyboards do you guys reccommend? I saw something about the microkorg triton or something?
TennesseePimp865 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only differences between the 2500 and the 1k are the effects, (swing timing, and the cd burner). Am I missing anything else? And you guys say that I really don't need these because I can get my laptop synchd with my mpc?dawg, i am not trying to come down on you or anything, and i mean no disrespect but before you even think of buying anything, i would suggest that you read up on the different mpc's that are out. you can go to akai's website and download every single manual of every single mpc (past and present) and read what the differences are. the 1k and the 2500 have the same exact effects and swing timing. the differences (in software) between the 2 are the 2500 has chop shop (the ability to chop samples in 2 ways-by hit point and equal parts) the 1000 only chop in equal parts but start/end points can be adjusted; direct record to track is on the 2500 and not the 1000. that gives you the ability to record audio (not midi) directly onto 1 track per seq. the 1000 doesn't have that ability; the 2500 has grid edit, which is self explanatory. it gives you the ability to manually place beats/notes where you want them without having to bang on the pads in time. the 1000 does not have that. and the most obvious difference on the 2500 is the cd burner. but that leads me into the physical differences. as stated, the cd burner; two extra midi outputs, dedicated number pad, tiltable screen; larger pads, 2 extra q-link controls and thats about it.
DJ Premier wrote:...A lot of new cats out now do not know the history.
sparq wrote:Jacpot wrote:I thought mpc stands for midi production centerit did but on the new gear (1000, 2500 and i believe the 4000) it was changed from midi to music
distortedtekno wrote:very good response. from what i was told, that was basically why they changed it. along with the fact that "midi" was the old akai and "music" is the new trinity (numark/alesis/akai)sparq wrote:Jacpot wrote:I thought mpc stands for midi production centerit did but on the new gear (1000, 2500 and i believe the 4000) it was changed from midi to music
Akai most likely changed the name from "midi" to "music" to make it more marketable for those who have no clue what midi is.
DJ Premier wrote:...A lot of new cats out now do not know the history.
