Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By MadMattMpc Tue May 04, 2004 7:24 pm
would any 1 reccomend a korg triton le
i got a mpc 2000xl i want a korg but am not shure if the triton le will be good enough,any one have 1 or got any input
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i basicilly want to know if the le is a joke or if its a good piece of gear,
i dont want the keyboard to do everything,i got the mpc too,but at the same time the keyboard cany be cheezy,im new so holla back if you will .
peace
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By BeatHeadz Tue May 04, 2004 8:16 pm
if all you need are trition sounds grab the le. but I would say save a couple 100 more and get a used trition so you can multisample.

By boywithpez007 Tue May 04, 2004 10:35 pm
hey, I gotta triton le 88, it has the weighted keys and the 32mb grand piano, thats what I bought it for, but have found lately that i've used a few of its internal sounds but havent had a chance to get right inside it. they work well and would be a nice addition to the MPC setup and give you a good variety of sounds and some nice sounding kits. I've read the keys are pretty cheap on the 61 & 76 key versions though.....
Im sorry I bought the le 88 and sort of wish I'd bought a cheaper 88 key(which I dont think exists with good midi features) and the rack version of the triton or motif rack. The 88 keys are a pain in the arse and I dont always need it, this thing is huuuge and way too big.
Anyway the soundset is good for variety but it might be owrth getting the rack. gotta get back 2 work...................
boywithpez.
By lil'al Tue May 04, 2004 11:33 pm
[quote="MadMattMpc"]would any 1 reccomend a korg triton le
i got a mpc 2000xl i want a korg but am not shure if the triton le will be good enough,any one have 1 or got any input
1

i basicilly want to know if the le is a joke or if its a good piece of gear,
i dont want the keyboard to do everything,i got the mpc too,but at the same time the keyboard cany be cheezy,im new so holla back if you will .
peace[/quote]


i have a triton rack i want to sell for $1,200.00 i have 3 cards with 16mb of ram the cards are studio essitials, pianos, and dance extreme
By LabWorkz Wed May 05, 2004 1:13 am
lil'al wrote:
MadMattMpc wrote:would any 1 reccomend a korg triton le
i got a mpc 2000xl i want a korg but am not shure if the triton le will be good enough,any one have 1 or got any input
1

i basicilly want to know if the le is a joke or if its a good piece of gear,
i dont want the keyboard to do everything,i got the mpc too,but at the same time the keyboard cany be cheezy,im new so holla back if you will .
peace



i have a triton rack i want to sell for $1,200.00 i have 3 cards with 16mb of ram the cards are studio essitials, pianos, and dance extreme



~To be real MadMattMpc I would cop the triton rack from lil'al! For $1200 I dont kno about that tho! :shock:
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By MadMattMpc Wed May 05, 2004 5:37 am
fill me in
is the rack basicly all the sounds
if i dont have a keyboard yet why buy the rack


thanks everyone i like all the input
feed me more
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By Epidemik Wed May 05, 2004 5:11 pm
MadMattMpc wrote:fill me in
is the rack basicly all the sounds if i dont have a keyboard yet why buy the rack thanks everyone i like all the input feed me more ha ha 1


The Rack would give you more expansion options plus storage space to load your own patches... The MPC could be used as a controller for it if you don't mind playing the pads...

I would save up some more pennies and just grab the Triton Extreme, but that's just me though 8)

By LabWorkz Wed May 05, 2004 5:22 pm
Epidemik wrote:
MadMattMpc wrote:fill me in
is the rack basicly all the sounds if i dont have a keyboard yet why buy the rack thanks everyone i like all the input feed me more ha ha 1


The Rack would give you more expansion options plus storage space to load your own patches... The MPC could be used as a controller for it if you don't mind playing the pads...

I would save up some more pennies and just grab the Triton Extreme, but that's just me though 8)



~Yep I agree! If u alwayz wanted a Triton the Extreme is the one to cop! :wink:
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By Iceberg-Slim Thu May 06, 2004 1:04 am
you need a keyboard, aint shit shaking trying to play a piano on 16 pads

By Epidemik Thu May 06, 2004 6:53 am
Iceberg-Slim wrote:you need a keyboard, aint **** shaking trying to play a piano on 16 pads


Hey, I had no problems playing notes on the pads, especially bass lines & simple riffs... Shite most of my tunes were composed using the MPC 2K pads and I'm certain that 4K would broaden the range with 6 pad banks :D

Of course you cannot go Bethoven, but it's better than nothing :wink:

By lil'al Sat May 08, 2004 12:55 am
or you can use a midi controller for your keys
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By MadMattMpc Sat May 08, 2004 2:52 am
is a triton like a mpc where it has no sounds,or does it have sounds and you get the triton rack for all the sounds,i think i will save to get a triton extreme or studio plus,
oh what is a midi controller

By lil'al Sat May 08, 2004 3:13 am
a triton racks has all the triton sounds plus a sampler. a midi controller is a keyboard that plays midi notes. lets say you have a mpc and four sound modules coming out of midi a,b,c,d and a midi controller coming in on midi 1 you can sequence midi to all four modules. I seen 61 key midi controllers at GC for $99 bucks. If your interested get at me PM me ONE!
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By Iceberg-Slim Mon May 10, 2004 9:05 am
ya a triton rack is just a triton without the midi controller, and sequencer I think (well in most cases sound modules don't contain sequencers)

I for some weird reason think I read something about a Trition Rack having a seq
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By digital_bastard Mon May 10, 2004 10:23 am
I don't think it has a sequencer, but it could have a MIDI file player (like the akai s2000), but I don't know.