pads...

ok ive heard that the pads are pretty firm..and i got a chance to test em out today and man i was practically smashin on them. so my question is how long did it take you guys to have the pads 'broken in'.. thanks in advance

peace, J

I had mine for 3 months before I sold it, used it daily, pads never 'broke in' it sucked.

^^thanks for the reply lithion.. i was hoping they'd be broken in with that amount of use. any other responses?

I just changed the sensitivity to make it easier. Dont really care if they are broken in or not, just wanna make sure I hit the pads correctly. Only had my 500 since April.

dj_idea wrote:I just changed the sensitivity to make it easier. Dont really care if they are broken in or not, just wanna make sure I hit the pads correctly. Only had my 500 since April.

yup, & you have to turn it on to ''full level.'' but i have no problem with mines, they respond good... don't even need to smash em in... i just tap lightly on mines & they respond...

dj_idea wrote:I just changed the sensitivity to make it easier. Dont really care if they are broken in or not, just wanna make sure I hit the pads correctly. Only had my 500 since April.

yup, & you have to turn it on to ''full level.'' i have no problem with mines, you don't even need to smash or break them in, they're fine just the way they are imo... i just tap lightly on the pads & they still respond well... & i only had my 500 since May... SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE POST!!!

It just takes some time to get use to the pads.. I think they're nice

adjusting the pad sensitivity is a good way to find what suits the user better. sencitive or non sencitive response.

The only complaint I have about the mpc 500 is not the screen but the pads, but they not horrible

I love my mpc1000 pads (weird I know), my mpc500 is managable

hopefully I get my ram expansion fast.........

I like them.. no complaints here

Truthfully I either use full level and set sample vol manually or use 12 levels of velocity. Its the only way I can be precise with my velocity because, whilst I love my 500, the sensitivity ranges from silent to very loud depending on how hard you bash the **** out of the pad.