Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
Bykhanverse Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:50 am
aight i went to ZZounds.com and i found a whole bunch of 4000's, i need help picking one out, i want one that doesnt have any problems or bugs.. do they all have them? and i'd rather not spend too much money if they are negligible differences in all the models but if for a certain price a model will have a really useful set of features not in the one thats cheaper then i'm willing to go that route.. if you explain them that would be great.. please check the following page and help me out.. much appreciated in advance.. THANKS!

http://www.zzounds.com/item--AKAMPC4000PLUS
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By FROGTOWN Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:52 am
yo son get the 4000 le its way cheaper and just upgrade as follow
a regular computer cdrom drive which you can install your self.
A 100/250 mb external usb zip drive.
a good sample cd and study your manual download that joint
right now if you dont have it get it and jump on the knowledge son.
learn loading and saving also programs and assing sample to programs
before long you will be ready to make beats.
dog I was in your place last month so I feel you.
I got some good help peace to Bravo.

remember yo rome wasnt built in a day. what ever tha fuk that mean? ha ha
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By dudum Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:56 pm
here's where i got mine last month :
<someone snatched the one i refd up!> that was quick. here's the rest of em, http://www.americanmusical.com/sort--m- ... c4000.html

though mines not a scratch and blem and it came with the IB4D board for $1800 > looks like a few got returned but i recommend American Musical. i've had to return stuff and they did me right.

i bought my memory here :

http://store.powmem.net/256mbmodule.html


both are working great > 80gig USB drive for $119 and i'm set.

with Ak.sys you can skip the CDRom if you want and just drag and drop from your desktop, but the LE comes with all of the installation cables/brackets if you want to install to any of the 3 internal spaces (3.5, 5 1/4 and IDE internal HD space). and then there's SCSI you can really expand on it.
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By Doctor Beat Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:32 pm
yeah, the LE's cheap but installin' drives, memory, i/o cards inside can be a real b*tch. Ya'd betta ask a service center to do it 4 ya or pay the $ for the Plus or the Studio if ya wanna cop the 8outs or adat card.