is it actually insane to sell the 1k and get a 500?

well....

the 1k has a 40g hd and the exm128

maybe i should ask this in the 1k forum aswell?

your thoughts thankyou

I did it. I find the MPC500 has a quicker workflow for me and less menu diving in general. If you need more than 2GB of samples then the answer is easy but both can only load 128mb max at once. I am using it for drum kits and as my main sequencer and i'm happy about it.

What are you doing now with your 1k?

pretty much the same as you are, i use it for sampling vinyl and chopping aswell but my programs are never massive (not that it makes a dif to the ram). i dont use hardly any of the hd, suppose a 2g card would do

not really got much justification other than id like a change (is this wrong?)

id keep the exm for the 500 obviously

how is the interface different? is it very dif or is it a typical mpc style? cheers

the mpc 500 dose not have a phrase choper so if u use that this is the wrong mpc it takes for ever to change the start and end point of a sample and u have to sample it a bunch of times.

swift_-' wrote:the mpc 500 dose not have a phrase choper so if u use that this is the wrong mpc it takes for ever to change the start and end point of a sample and u have to sample it a bunch of times.

yea what he said.

2 line text based screen on the MPC500 which doesn't not allow graphic based waveform editing, and means a lot more menu navigation, which might be an issue for youi after using the MPC1000.

I'd have a play on the MPC500 somewhere before making the decision.

SimonInAustralia wrote:2 line text based screen on the MPC500 which doesn't not allow graphic based waveform editing, and means a lot more menu navigation, which might be an issue for youi after using the MPC1000.

I'd have a play on the MPC500 somewhere before making the decision.

How do you figure it is more menu navigation? I've found everything is more flat, navigation-wise. It does away with the "window" paradigm and doesn't have soft-keys for selections on the screen. So there might be more scrolling but almost everything that i use often is in a first-level menu. They did a good job with simplifying menu options to work with the graphic display.

Also, graphic wave editing is nice but i don't think it is easier or harder to do it by ear.

I wouldn't do it, unless I needed the portability even then I'd think long and hard about it.

Upright wrote:I wouldn't do it, unless I needed the portability even then I'd think long and hard about it.

do it.

hee, it was tempting but im gonna stick with the 1k...........








probably

... in Sound Control on Oxford St, London.

I love my MPC1K and thought I would equally like the 500.

I think it WOULD BE INSANE to get rid of a 1k to get a 500. Not having the standard MPC screen made it difficult to use even the most basic functions with any degree of speed.

Once you know the standard MPC screen it is so easy to jump around quickly doing this and that. With the 500 the screen is simply tooooo small! There is just not enough info visible.

The 500 seemed damn quiet too. Even on max output.

I reckon it would be good as a supplement to a main 'real' MPC (and let's be honest with the JJ OS the 1k is just that). Great as a portable device but just not up to scratch as a main machine in my honest opinion. Especially considering that the 500 costs only a little bit less than the 1k!