MPC 1000 vs 500 . . . Live Work

Hi.

I use a MPC 2000XL for in the studio. Im wanting to take some of my tracks onto the stage but i need to buy a new, more portable mpc which i can just use for the stage.

Im not sure about the adv/dis advantages of the 1000 compared to the 500. Ive read the reviews but they are by people who dont really use MPC's. This is why im on here asking this.

Has anyone any advice. It would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Ben

The 1000 would be better for most live performances for a few reasons.


The outputs are much better. The voltage is higher and you get less line noise.

With the JJos you get some enhanced track muting features and some other things for live performance that I really don't know a whole lot about.

The pads are much more responsive.



I still like the 500 for a lot of reasons. But if battery power isn't a consideration I would go with a 1000

wax808 wrote:

With the JJos

What do you mean by this? Sorry im confused. . . Do you mean the operating system on the 1000 or 500 or something else?

Thanks again, Ben

The JJ OS is an aftermarket OS not supported by Akai. It gives the MPC1000 some great features. You can read more about it in the JJos Forum

Hi. Ive had a look at that. There are so many manual links so im unsure which one to download so that i can get an idea od what this JJos does?

Can you point me in the right direction please.

Thanks, Ben

Here is the page for the JJ OS:

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... en%26lr%3D

scroll down to see the features.

And here is the link to Stan Steez's manunal. It is very good!

http://stansteez.com/files/JJManual_prerelease_0809.pdf

im still trying to find someone thats willing to trade their 1000 for a 500. anyone out there let me know

peace!