Post your views and questions about the Akai MPC2500
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By Mr modnaR Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:43 pm
savilion wrote:I want a screen with a picture of me behind the main screen looking back at me while I make beats ....is this possible?


hahaha MAN !!!

I m worried about getting the system test screen and yall are worried about the coulor of the screen ......I need to start thinking about what matches my studio instead to keep my mind off the bugs that akai produces in their os


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lol, start with the curtains. :lol:
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By emjay Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:30 am
medullabuzz wrote:I think this should work:

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screen looks puke green to me....
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By Mr modnaR Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:18 am
like the man said though, bad pic. waiting on a better one.
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By emjay Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:56 am
savilion wrote:I want a screen with a picture of me behind the main screen looking back at me while I make beats ....is this possible?


hahaha MAN !!!

I m worried about getting the system test screen and yall are worried about the coulor of the screen ......I need to start thinking about what matches my studio instead to keep my mind off the bugs that akai produces in their os


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I can't stand the brightness of the puke green screen. I like to work in the dark and that screen gives me a really bad headache. I would like to have something a bit more easy on the eyes. I don't want it so it can look cool.
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By medullabuzz Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:27 pm
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By Spirez Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:40 pm
Try again!
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By medullabuzz Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:56 pm
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By Mr modnaR Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:33 pm
cool, looks more orange than red though. thanks for showing us. :D
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By nogginj Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:37 pm
alright so good call on #2...most sensistive to yellow-green.

but about #1....i cant find a single thing about leds on that page. im going from experience though, have you ever actually handled an lcd screen? to think that there is a friggin bulb in there that you can easily replace without destroying the lcd seems crazy to me. yes i know its CALLED led backlit, and im sure there is a diode emitting light inside of it....replacing it though? that seems to me like saying you are going to switch out your toenails.

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By Mr modnaR Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:46 am
nogginj wrote:alright so good call on #2...most sensistive to yellow-green.

but about #1....i cant find a single thing about leds on that page. im going from experience though, have you ever actually handled an lcd screen? to think that there is a friggin bulb in there that you can easily replace without destroying the lcd seems crazy to me. yes i know its CALLED led backlit, and im sure there is a diode emitting light inside of it....replacing it though? that seems to me like saying you are going to switch out your toenails.

-j


nah the second link i posted was to do with soldering surface mount components, which is a bit tricky to do, but still doable. i've taken apart other lcd screens with led backlights before, they're not as intergrated as you'd think. basically there's a layer of glass which is usually clipped or soldered to the main board, and under that a 'light box' which consists of some leds and a diffusion layer to spread the light more evenly before it passes through the lcd.

of course this is speculation that the MPC's screen is the same, but i'd like to think it's doable. 8)
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By trybtek Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:50 am
Hey All! I took these shots after i read this topic! It is from my Korg pandora fx unit. As you can see the LCD uses 2 surface mounted LEDs which point into the side of a piece of acrylic plastic, this has a light diffuser which actually looks like a piece of tracing paper lying between the plastic and LCD! I'm sure the MPC LCD would use a similar method. Hopefully the MPC LCD uses larger un-surface mounted LEDs. Standard LEDs would be an easier job to replace. Hope these pic's are useful!
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By dollabillbeats Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:58 am
medullabuzz wrote:I've got a red LCD and black MPC4k pads on my MPC25k - she looks PHAT!


hit us with a pic homie

By Sound Thief Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:41 pm
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By ShaneFontane Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:57 pm
ok ok... i wanna see a pic too... lol