Should I buy a classic MPC60?

Aside from being a classic, is the MPC60 outdated and useless for professional musicians?

preem uses it..

Your better off with a Tres!

HipHopWitch wrote:Aside from being a classic, is the MPC60 outdated and useless for professional musicians?

Naaw! None of the old MPCs are outdated for pro musicians. The newer are not more pro, they only have more modern storage options, and that's all. Don't let the skin fool you! If you want to program drums and samples the 60 and 3000 (which is almost identical with the new OSs exept for the mono sampling on 60 - but it can play stereo 3000-samples) are great!

I have never ever had a problem with my 3000, but my 2000XL and all of the newer machines all of my friends has owned has had a lot of problems, freezes during beat-sessions and so on. And a lot of people think the older machines has a more musical groove than the newer ones which sounds like plastic computers.

You might think the sound on the 60 is a bit dramatical to have on all your samples, but for drums and elements it should do the job for anything.

Plus with todays possibilities of mixing and adding effects on computers you can make it sound like everything you want.

I can't believe how little AKAI have come up with since Roger Linn made the first MPC in the 80s...

New looks, cheaper quality, not more "really high quality" functions. I have tried every MPC exept the 4000, and don't like any of them more than my 3000 (which again is a lot like the 3000)

BTW: You are asking this question on the part of this forum crowded with people that love these machines, so you should expect to get some positive answers. If you ask the people with a 1000, 2500 or 4000 they will tell you that the 60 and 3000 is some old useless overpriced overrated gear.

I haven't used anything but the 60, but I know that the newer machines have way more memory, are easier to edit on, use wav files, and have a lot more features in the OS. The 60 is also the only MPC w/o a filter.
That being said, I love the 60. I don't need it to do all of the stuff that the newer models can do. The 60 provides plenty of options for making good music.
Shadow, Premier, Public Enemy, and tons of other great artists have made classic recordings with MPC60s. I read a 2006 interview with Jermaine Dupri where he said he puts all of his tracks together on his MPC 60II, and that guy has been making very popular commercial music for a long time.

as alreasy stated, all the newer model have better features.

I don't know about the swing factor, did'nt tell much difference between my 2000 and my 60. Although i never had the chance to compare them side by side.

If you're gonna love the 60 you gotta have abit of a vintage-fetisch, i get arused by the sound of the floppydrive loading samples "krrrk krrrk krrrrrrrrrk"

The floppys take a while to load and they only hold 720kb of samples, but that just teases me in the right way.

csmealer wrote:I haven't used anything but the 60, but I know that the newer machines have way more memory, are easier to edit on, use wav files, and have a lot more features in the OS. The 60 is also the only MPC w/o a filter.
That being said, I love the 60. I don't need it to do all of the stuff that the newer models can do. The 60 provides plenty of options for making good music.
Shadow, Premier, Public Enemy, and tons of other great artists have made classic recordings with MPC60s. I read a 2006 interview with Jermaine Dupri where he said he puts all of his tracks together on his MPC 60II, and that guy has been making very popular commercial music for a long time.

Jermaine hasn't used a his MPC60II since like Kris Kross days. lol!

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Yeah, I dunno man. Maybe he just uses it as a MIDI controler, or maybe he's lying, but he did say he uses it:

"This is an MPC 62 [sic]. This ain't even a 3000," he says with a sly pride. "Every hit record--Usher, Mariah Carey--comes off this old machine. This is how I make my records."

EQ Magazine Feb 2006

Yeah I remember reading that at the time in EQ and being surprised! It's a testament to the machine, and also to sticking with what you know best I guess.

There are Porsches, BMW's, Hondas & vintage cars. They all drive & feel different. However, they will all get you from point A to B. I think its the same thing with MPC's. You can use anyone of them to make a beat. Yeah, they all don't have the same features, but you're not flying to Moon! You're making beats! Ha!

Lots of albums have been made using 60's. A few mentioned here in this thread.

Check out other threads with the same question. There are tons of opinions that are also relevant too.

Cheers.

Check out other threads with the same question. There are tons of opinions that are also relevant too.

Very good point.

csmealer wrote:/
Yeah, I dunno man. Maybe he just uses it as a MIDI controler, or maybe he's lying, but he did say he uses it:

"This is an MPC 62 [sic]. This ain't even a 3000," he says with a sly pride. "Every hit record--Usher, Mariah Carey--comes off this old machine. This is how I make my records."

EQ Magazine Feb 2006

JD used a MV-8000 before they even came out so most of the latest shit was done on the MV. But before that he used the MPC probably just to sequence like everybody else.

Here's the article:

http://www.eqmag.com/article/remaining-jermaine/Feb-06/17264

Not saying you're wrong because for all I know you know him personally, but he doesn't mention using the MV. What's your source? I'd be down to read more interviews with him.

only thing he used the mv for was the promo video to get his check.

950skweezyotitties wrote:only thing he used the mv for was the promo video to get his check.

LOL!