New black mpc 1000 has new pads inside [Updated w/Pics]

I feel for anyone that paid 1000, I paid 700 for my blue red toy and just got the pads for 180.

thephantom wrote:I feel for anyone that paid 1000, I paid 700 for my blue red toy and just got the pads for 180.

Did You pre-ordered the pads? They instock somewhere?

I order them from mpcstuff.com

can you please tell when did you order?

i emailed akai and that douche bag justin just replied to me with the exact same message he sent to someone else who posted it on here. f8ck that.

I order it the same day they came out

EducatedHands wrote:i emailed akai and that douche bag justin just replied to me with the exact same message he sent to someone else who posted it on here. f8ck that.

It's an automated reply!
They don't give a rats arse!

this is fcuking ridiculous. are they gona get away with it? it makes no sense it sounds like a scam two 17 year olds made up.

thephantom wrote:I order it the same day they came out

thx, I ordered the next day, and I'm on back order already...

Farkn' bullsh!t. As if this thing ain't cost me enough yet, I'm gonna need a second job and a bank loan to pay this shit off I wonder what other nasty suprises they have in store for us, maybe a timed self destruction sequence? Don't get me wrong I still love my 1k but just knowing that there are better pads out there comin as stock standard on new units hurts. Mine is only 4 months old, lifted the lid and yep the old pads

I wonder what other nasty suprises they have in store for us, maybe a timed self destruction sequence?

rofl

I am pissed, as stated already, however two things are clear to me:
1 - either I replace my dead pads with the same shit*ty quality pads the mpc1000 was delivered with knowing they will soon break again... this is not an option I like!
2 - either i replace them with the new kit. This is better than buying a new MPC1k just to have working pads!

Personnally I paid my first mpc1k (the blue one) 780 Euro, I paid the second one (a black one) 680 Euro (brought over from japan by a friend), so I don't care too much about putting 180 $ to buy the replacement kits... (Especially since JJ OS came out the 1k is an amazingly versatile and powerful tool, and it only lacks expressiveness due to the fact that I can only use the pads at full level now... otherwise their beahavious is completely unpredicatble as a whole).

BUT I want these kits to be available as replacements for old 1ks BEFORE they are installed on the new mpc1000 series!!!!! what the heck!!! I can't stand this bullshit commercial policy that favours new customers rather than old ones.

The only thing ima say is that damn the new pads feel much better, I dont have to worry about the old ones breaking on me. Personaly if I paid 1000 for my mpc1k I would still buy the new pads just cause I want to be able to make beats, thats the only reason I bought it. I know alot of people would disagree but all the time we spent arguing we could be making fire, but hey its a free country so to you guys do your thing.

I would be making fire as you suggested, if my 1000s pads actually worked!
Two weeks old and I'd rather throw it on a fire.
I am back to using laptop, cubase, battery, reason and ableton live!

i think i'd rather make the switch to another mpc.. right now the choice i have is to buy the new pads for 180 bucks, plus 120 for shipping, plus import taxes. Im ****... this is the biggest scam ever.