Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By Blue Haze Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:16 pm
Rereading , rereading, and rereading both the owner`s manual and reference manual on the train, at lunch, watching tv, waiting at the station greatly helps understand the MPC better. Of course everyone read it when they first opened the box; however, it not until pressing the buttons, and reviewing the material that everythings really sinks in. It`s true 4000 is a monster compared to the previous mpc`s, but is it still basically a sampler, sequencer and killer pads. I have to give props to lascanostra for the great tip of cracking open the manual again and again hitting every button and playing those samples with the pads with different note ons and layers.

Plus some basic midi, sequencing, and sampling books help too.

It`s true reading that manual constantly helps out alot. Afterwards damn how come I didn`t catch that the first time. I knew, but didn`t understand.

Blue Haze

I wish you all good times :D

Pitch Black baby
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By Iceberg-Slim Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:13 pm
Ya reading the reference manual, I got that printed up, Im pretty much beyond that little getting started manual they gave us

I dunno why they just didnt give us the reference manual, printed, cheap asses
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By Reveal Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:40 pm
sup ,
yeah yeah wise words, the 4k is full of features its just a shame there not all explained in full,
sup ice u did figure out anything else about what adjust does yet?
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By AWW_NAWW Fri Apr 23, 2004 9:35 pm
YEAH LIKE IF YOU PRESS THE WINDOW BUTTON WITH THE CURSOR OVER PART .... ID ONT KNOW WAHT THAT SHYT IS
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By strongarmmusic Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:27 pm
if anyone has used a s950 in stretch there a part that has time meaning to tighting up the stretched sound..this is the effect i get when i fiddle wit adjust.....take a drum loop and strech it 200% listen to it the take the original and stretch it again but this time turn adjust to 25 and listen to the tighter it sounds
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By Reveal Sat Apr 24, 2004 12:31 am
strongarmmusic wrote:if anyone has used a s950 in stretch there a part that has time meaning to tighting up the stretched sound..this is the effect i get when i fiddle wit adjust.....take a drum loop and strech it 200% listen to it the take the original and stretch it again but this time turn adjust to 25 and listen to the tighter it sounds


sup strongarm,
thanks, yeah tried doing that but i really couldnt hear any difference between, the only thing was that the waveforms were less and more peaky.
take a look at this thread pls
http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=10836

im sure ur right,but the affect must be very slight on the 4000, or im going deaf...........
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By Iceberg-Slim Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:42 am
may depend on samples we are using, as well, but I didnt 2 much hear anything either, thats the only thing that really got me bugging, and I got the Time scretch types posted on my wall, till I can remember what to use each instance for

I wouldnt say I know it inside out, but I pretty much know what every option is for(does)
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By binger0 Sat Apr 24, 2004 3:13 am
timestrech types? I dont have a 4k, but are you talking bout the algorithims?
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By Reveal Sat Apr 24, 2004 10:57 am
binger0 wrote:timestrech types? I dont have a 4k, but are you talking bout the algorithims?

yes well we are binger0 but not the algorithim type, but what adjust does to the way the algorithim proccess the sample.

thanks ice,i just was making sure i wasnt missing anything, yeah i hear ya, its worth going though all thoose presets and working out which are best for different types of samples


cheers reveal
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By Iceberg-Slim Mon Apr 26, 2004 12:28 am
ya didnt feel like looking up the proper word :)
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By Reveal Mon Apr 26, 2004 12:36 am
Iceberg-Slim wrote:ya didnt feel like looking up the proper word :)


:mrgreen:'