Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By everday is saturday Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:29 pm
Now before I start and someone says something obnoxious like do a search through the hundreds of thousands of threads already made, I have..i've been doing that for the past 2 hours, aside from calling akai and being put on hold for more than 30 min while having to listen to some not so great dj mixes.


Now I'm having this problem when it comes to playing drum notes, I'll play a few on the pads during a 2 or 4 bar sequence..and when I hear it its on time, but when I play it back it isn't. At first I thought this was just me being sloppy and not on time right, but time after time of trial and error I said to myself.."this is not me!". So I turned on my computer and recorded myself playing the drum notes with a sequence. Everything came out just as I knew it should have, not sloppy but on time when I listened to it in playback.

another thing I noticed was when I was hitting/pressing the pads and I listened to the sequence over again..I'd hear the note repeated when I didn't even press the pad twice???

anyone else having this type of latency prob?
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By jahrome Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:01 pm
It sounds like you have problems with your Timing/Quantize settings. Trying turning it on/off.
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By episode Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:16 am
such a simple problem. and you wonder why people always wanna say rtfm. because if you had, you wouldn't be here.
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By jahrome Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:25 am
rtfm comments are unnecessary. Only nerds read manuals.
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By savilion Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:58 am
jahrome wrote:rtfm comments are unnecessary. Only nerds read manuals.



thats why u found out about simult 3 weeks ago on your 3000....!
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By episode Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:56 am
jahrome wrote:rtfm comments are unnecessary. Only nerds read manuals.
i don't know, maybe it's just me, but i read the manuals like crazy. i usually have a better feeling of self-accomplishment when i found out on my own, rather than learn from someone else.

By ShaneFontane Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:59 am
I enjoy the manuals too. BUT, come on... if you have a group of friends chillin wouldn't you just ask them a question OR would you concern yourself with possibly upsetting your friends with an easy question?

Me, I would like to ask my friends the question. Isn't that what the MPC community is after all? A bunch of friends with the same gear?
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By episode Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:29 am
I'm not saying that I've never come with any questions to the board (I've had my fair share of newbie questions when I first got started), but some people tend to forget that the manual is there. Like, if these forums didn't exist, sometimes I wonder what people would do. I don't really rely on the forums as much as I once used to, but it is a good resource to share the same experiences (much like the way you mentioned).
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By jahrome Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:39 am
savilion wrote:
thats why u found out about simult 3 weeks ago on your 3000....!


I didn't find out about simult 3 weeks ago. Try again....it was over 7 years ago and every MPC before these newer ones had the function. But I never use it and it was an after thought for years. In fact, I haven't touched any MPC besides the 2500 for the past year and only recently started using an MPC 3000 again. So, yes, I do have to revisit and check functions that I don't use..such as the MPC 3000's ability to play two sequences at once. Never use it...forget that its even there.

Don't hate me because I own the 2 best MPCs ever created :P

And I still don't read manuals....
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By savilion Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:52 am
yeah I m jellious on the 3000 u know it!
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By jahrome Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:18 am
ShaneFontane wrote:
I enjoy the manuals too. BUT, come on... if you have a group of friends chillin wouldn't you just ask them a question OR would you concern yourself with possibly upsetting your friends with an easy question?

Me, I would like to ask my friends the question. Isn't that what the MPC community is after all? A bunch of friends with the same gear?


Yes, we are all friends. Except if you own a........ :wink:

By J-Villa Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:21 pm
jahrome wrote:
ShaneFontane wrote:
I enjoy the manuals too. BUT, come on... if you have a group of friends chillin wouldn't you just ask them a question OR would you concern yourself with possibly upsetting your friends with an easy question?

Me, I would like to ask my friends the question. Isn't that what the MPC community is after all? A bunch of friends with the same gear?


Yes, we are all friends. Except if you own a........ :wink:



LOL

By ShaneFontane Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:56 pm
jahrome wrote:Don't hate me because I own the 2 best MPCs ever created :P

And I still don't read manuals....


hahaha

By ShaneFontane Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:57 pm
jahrome wrote:Yes, we are all friends. Except if you own a........ :wink:


lol