The Price is Right!

Sack both and buy a 2500

i wish it was easier to get that raw 12 bit sound in newer mpc's.

Which 12 bit sound though?

E-mu's SP1200 12-bit sound is different to that of something like the S950.

You know the bit grunger effect, which level is supposed to emulate 12 bit? I think it goes from 1-8 but usually anything more than 1 sounds horrible. I'm not too keen on it at all myself

Spirez wrote:Which 12 bit sound though?

E-mu's SP1200 12-bit sound is different to that of something like the S950.

You know the bit grunger effect, which level is supposed to emulate 12 bit? I think it goes from 1-8 but usually anything more than 1 sounds horrible. I'm not too keen on it at all myself

the bit grunger is useless in that aspect. it does not emulate lower bit rate sampling at all!! just sounds like a horrible distortion.

nothing is gonna beat actually having a 12 bit machine though.
but if you got a little extra cash check out the boss sp-303. the lo fi
sampling on that actually DOES come pretty damn close to 12 bit sampling.


one way to come closer to it on the 1000 is to take a sample of a drumbreak, tune it up in the program settings by about 10 or 20. resample it in the 1000. then take this spedup sample, put it in a program and tune it back down by the same amount you had originally tuned it up. now you're drums will sound dirtier and more lo-fi....works at least a hell of a lot better than the bitgrunger effect....

I tried to buy one from DJDeals.com because they had them for $879, but they were out of stock so I printed off the price took it to Guitar Center and they did it for $859 and I upgraded the ram to 128 for another $109. Pretty good deal for being new in my opinion. It was the blue one which was a bummer but better than waiting two weeks.

Eddie Kain wrote:

Jacpot wrote:

Eddie Kain wrote:What and where are some good spots to check for used 1000's

U a sell out

And you made the best beat I've heard from you on a ..............................


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MPC 1000 at Guitar Center.

Buy one without the upgraded ram. People want like $800-850 all the time when they upgrade the ram. I don't know why people think if they have ram it's worth $150 to $200 more. And usually it doesn't say if its Akai ram, not that it matters, but if you throw in $30 ram, your mpc isn't really worth more. So save money and then buy your own ram (if you want to) at frys for $30 or so.

Copped one on Ebay for $600.

where can i get the best ram upgrade. Insufficient Memory Screens are killing me.

Eddie Kain wrote:Copped one on Ebay for $600.

Better change that sig now

Cap_Ill wrote:where can i get the best ram upgrade. Insufficient Memory Screens are killing me.

I personally looked at the ram stickey, printed out the necessary info, gave it to the guy and he got it for me immediately. $30. You may find cheaper but atleast that way i could take it back if it was wrong.

what type of ram is it? do i have to tear it apart before i even go buy the ram or can someone tell me which type to buy?

also, i'm sure this has been asked before but how much will it hold at maximum?

Thank you, Sir.

the bit grunger give my samples a bass pass and puts more bump in it...anyone else do it?