Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
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By Upright Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:52 pm
Man all I know is that this OS update is taking forever!!1 Hopefully the reason is they are packing the new OS with tons of goodness and features that we as 500 users will be blown away!!!1 :D
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By Contra Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:44 pm
Upright wrote:Man all I know is that this OS update is taking forever!!1 Hopefully the reason is they are packing the new OS with tons of goodness and features that we as 500 users will be blown away!!!1 :D


keep dreamin.....

8)
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By Upright Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:09 pm
Contra wrote:
Upright wrote:Man all I know is that this OS update is taking forever!!1 Hopefully the reason is they are packing the new OS with tons of goodness and features that we as 500 users will be blown away!!!1 :D


keep dreamin.....

8)



:lol: I know.
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By SimonInAustralia Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:29 pm
Upright wrote:Man all I know is that this OS update is taking forever!!
I'd get used to it, Akai have not been known to provide regular updates for the other MPC models in the past.
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By 3rik Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:32 am
Is JJ going to be making a os for the 500 like the 1k?
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By Upright Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:49 am
3rik wrote:Is JJ going to be making a os for the 500 like the 1k?


I hope so. I didn't install the JJ OS on my 2500( still thinking about doing it ...probably won't though) but if he was to do an OS for the 500 I would install it in a heartbeat!!1 :D

By krikorola Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:54 pm
A JJ os would be a saver, the os is really shitty, full of bugs and really not suitable for live sets...
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By Upright Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:26 pm
krikorola wrote:A JJ os would be a saver, the os is really ****, full of bugs and really not suitable for live sets...


I'm not sure about live sets,but it definitely needs an update. :D
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By BDRAKE Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:23 pm
madbeets wrote:oh yea,

7. Auto chromatic


For sure :wink: My son would love that.
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By peyote Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:56 pm
the list that I am sending to akai:

bugs:
-unused tracks are not called unused most of the time.
-when loading samples, the unit forgets where i was last loading once i have loaded a sample

other issues that are not really bugs but still issues:
-no support for other sample rates/bit depths, so i cannot use files from other MPCs except 44.1/16
-only one mute group
-in track params there is no velocity % setting for the track
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By Upright Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:37 pm
peyote wrote:the list that I am sending to akai:

bugs:
-unused tracks are not called unused most of the time.
-when loading samples, the unit forgets where i was last loading once i have loaded a sample

other issues that are not really bugs but still issues:
-no support for other sample rates/bit depths, so i cannot use files from other MPCs except 44.1/16
-only one mute group
-in track params there is no velocity % setting for the track



These are the major ones that I have been complaining about, these should be fixed ASAP.(slaps forehead) Get it together Akai!!!1
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By Dj Proces Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:47 pm
wishlist?
FIX THE BUGS !
that would make me happy.

and maybe that option to (extract?) stereo samples into mono. like on the 2k xl. thats all 8)
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By Upright Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:52 pm
:lol:
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By Contra Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:23 am
maybe ie asked this before (or not)

but can someone explain why there is only "one" mute group?(whats the norm on other mpc's?)

and where does one access this on the 500?
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By rydan Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:58 am
peyote wrote:the list that I am sending to akai:

bugs:
-unused tracks are not called unused most of the time.
-when loading samples, the unit forgets where i was last loading once i have loaded a sample

other issues that are not really bugs but still issues:
-no support for other sample rates/bit depths, so i cannot use files from other MPCs except 44.1/16
-only one mute group
-in track params there is no velocity % setting for the track


Another really annoying thing is that, for an unused sequence, it doesn't seem to be possible to change the length (say from 2 to 4 bars) without recording something to the sequence first...