Exchange tips and tricks for the Akai MPC4000
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By motormind Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:04 am
terrellmoragne wrote:I WANNA HEAR BEATS,BEATS,BEATS,BEATS,BEATS,BEATS,BEATS,BEATS........


Chill, man. This thread is purely about gear fetishism. There are other threads for music.
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By monogee Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:11 am
I bought the pads from VST acouple of years ago. I don't know why they stopped making them. They look cool, especially in da dark.
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By bomb beats Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:19 am
GritzKitz wrote:
bomb beats wrote:




DON'T YOU KNOW VINTAGE GEAR IS WHERE IT'S AT!!!!

why do you have the 4000

the 300 is a far superior sequencer

you can't get your drums gritty on the 4000 and they wont bang as hard.

I had the 4000 first. I will never let it go. It allows we to do more. The 3000 is just a classic piece, a must have. You could use the 4000 and an S900,S950 and get the gritt you desire!
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By bomb beats Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:23 am
konc3pt wrote:Image

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I understand. It all makes sense!
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By bomb beats Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:36 am
monogee wrote:I bought the pads from VST acouple of years ago. I don't know why they stopped making them. They look cool, especially in da dark.

A friend of mine had the Orange MPC2000XL that originally had the same pads.
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By joselinno Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:41 am
moyphee wrote:The Behringer Truths that he has use the exact same VIFA drivers as the Genelecs . The ports are tuned the same and they crossed the same. The waveguide also has the same geometric dispersion. Mackie, and Yamaha did the same thing. In a blind test most don't think the Truths are inadequate.

A lot of what your paying for is marketing cost and prestige. My guess is that if he really wanted Genelecs he'd probably have them. - IMHO


dude I owned 2 behringer 2031 and 6 months ago I bought a pair of Genelec 1030... same VIFA drivers? could be, but Behringer´s freq response it´s very very very far from Genelec or any other decent studio monitor I´ve heard. High freqs are not clear, and bass freqs are diffusse and coloured as hell. 2031s aren´t flat response monitors at all, I assure u.
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By McSmooth Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:24 pm
bomb beats wrote:
monogee wrote:I bought the pads from VST acouple of years ago. I don't know why they stopped making them. They look cool, especially in da dark.

A friend of mine had the Orange MPC2000XL that originally had the same pads.

Actually, the Orange (SE-2) XL had more redish pads that also glowed in the dark. The yellow ones are from the ass-ugly SE-1 that had like a maroon body. Cool concept for the dark, but they look like cow spots in the light. I do like how the yellow pads match the bit of yellow paint on the case. Might work on a white case too :?:
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By bomb beats Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:57 pm
joselinno wrote:All that gear become useless since bombbeats is using these monitors I think...
Behringer? Event TR8? Man if u have money to buy these Avalons, Apogee, Neumann, etc, u should spend it in a pair of decent Genelecs or something like that... Speakers are one of the most important part of any studio. And dont waste money buying 8" speakers, your room is too small, monitors are very close to wall so bass frequencies should be unintelligible. Try out 6,5" this will solve that issue. By the way, sell that Yamaha mixer and buy an analog desk, summing signals with that digital mixer is the worst thing u can do...

You don't even know what you are looking at! Evevent 20/20 monitors, Tascam DM-24. Stop hating and buy a sweetwater catalog and learn about some equipment! Instead of searching so hard to find something wrong,get you some sh$t, then talk! The topic said, " Post your setup", not criticize. The unfortunate will always hate and criticize!!! :evil: :evil: :twisted: :twisted: Why? :?:
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By bomb beats Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:01 pm
baseone wrote:
terrellmoragne wrote:I KNOW MAN,IT SEEMS LIKE THE PEOPLE WITH THE BEST STUDIOS ON THIS FORUM NEVER SHOW ANY PRODUCT.IN THE END ITS ABOUT IS SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF YOUR CIRCLE GOING TO FEEL YOUR ****.THE AVERAGE PERSON THATS GOING TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT CAN GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR STUDIO. THEY JUST WANT TO BUY A GOOD PRODUCT.


Yes indeed..
I know cats that SH*T HARD with f*ckin dr sample machines and reason and sh*t...

Step yo game up! And stop crying!

By ntalec Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:36 pm
bomb beats wrote: I had the 4000 first. I will never let it go. It allows we to do more. The 3000 is just a classic piece, a must have. You could use the 4000 and an S900,S950 and get the gritt you desire!


Of all the combo's I have owned, this is the combo I felt was the keeper to handle my MPC type needs.


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By bomb beats Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:47 am
Nice combo. We have to remember, just like Akai stopped supporting the 4000, Roland has stopped supporting the MV8000. Support will also stop for the Fantom X, now that the Fantom G has been released. We will have to work with what we have, or upgrade. I'm going to stick with what I've got. Choose your upgrades wisely.

By ntalec Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:08 am
bomb beats wrote:Nice combo. We have to remember, just like Akai stopped supporting the 4000, Roland has stopped supporting the MV8000. Support will also stop for the Fantom X, now that the Fantom G has been released. We will have to work with what we have, or upgrade. I'm going to stick with what I've got. Choose your upgrades wisely.


I tend to see new products as marketing hype, unless I am looking for a tax write off. :lol:
I never really look at hardware from the point if view of updates or upgrades, only from the does it do what i need point of view.
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By joselinno Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:44 pm
bomb beats wrote:
joselinno wrote:All that gear become useless since bombbeats is using these monitors I think...
Behringer? Event TR8? Man if u have money to buy these Avalons, Apogee, Neumann, etc, u should spend it in a pair of decent Genelecs or something like that... Speakers are one of the most important part of any studio. And dont waste money buying 8" speakers, your room is too small, monitors are very close to wall so bass frequencies should be unintelligible. Try out 6,5" this will solve that issue. By the way, sell that Yamaha mixer and buy an analog desk, summing signals with that digital mixer is the worst thing u can do...

You don't even know what you are looking at! Evevent 20/20 monitors, Tascam DM-24. Stop hating and buy a sweetwater catalog and learn about some equipment! Instead of searching so hard to find something wrong,get you some sh$t, then talk! The topic said, " Post your setup", not criticize. The unfortunate will always hate and criticize!!! :evil: :evil: :twisted: :twisted: Why? :?:


If u post here u got to assume that everybody can give his opinion about your posts, thats how every forum works. As I saw u call hater everyone that gives u an opinion that u dont like. I gived u (and everybody) an opinion and one advice based on my experience, I didn´t attack or criticize you. You only saw my mistakes when I checked out ur mixer and Events (very very similar to TR8s) but u were unable to appreciate a CONSTRUCTIVE criticism about freq responses in a tiny room or summing signals in a digital enviroment. I don´t like digital mixers (for musical purposes) and I dont give a fuk if it´s Yamaha, Tascam, Mackie, Sony, even Protools, Cubase or Logic´s mixer... I prefer analog desks and, yes, I own one of these (Mackie 8bus 32ch). I own too Genelec 1030, TLAudio pres, lots of dbx, SPL, TC Electronic... (want a list?). So I got and I worked with sh$t enough to talk for a long time and I´m a lucky man who has worked many years in pro studios, live shows, radio and TV programs. I´m sorry if u have felt attacked by me, but take it easy and learn to accept opinions and advices from us.

By MPC 4 ME Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:52 pm
Monitors are personal.

By diegoeskryptic Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:40 am
My old studio....

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I only have a 4k and a turntable now... 8) 8) 8)