Questions about the mpc 5000: shoot

Askia Shaheed wrote:

earwolf wrote:both the mpc 1000 and the 2500 have suffered from defective pads.......

Not true. MPC 2500 doesn't have defective pads.....over 2 years of use.

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=73283

earwolf wrote:

Askia Shaheed wrote:

earwolf wrote:both the mpc 1000 and the 2500 have suffered from defective pads.......

Not true. MPC 2500 doesn't have defective pads.....over 2 years of use.

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=73283

And yet I have had my MPC 2500 for several years with no issues. When the MPC 5000 finally comes out...I am willing to sale my flawless unit to one of those guys.

i got a question to the onboard synth, it maybe been asked before but i didnt find anything so what i wanted to know is if its possible to programm a single oscillator with around 40 hz and let it be triggered by the kick drum..

thx alot

is it possible to use the synth multimembral(16?)i know the limit is 20 voices..

and is the good old 16 level pitch on board???

i overview the manual and didn t found it...

emu1820 wrote:i got a question to the onboard synth, it maybe been asked before but i didnt find anything so what i wanted to know is if its possible to programm a single oscillator with around 40 hz and let it be triggered by the kick drum..

thx alot

At least after recording (by copying the track and using the bassdrum notes to trigger the synth).
During play I am not sure, have to check what the possible midi routings are. Maybe it is possible. Will come back to that.

e-smile-z wrote:is it possible to use the synth multimembral(16?)i know the limit is 20 voices..

and is the good old 16 level pitch on board???

i overview the manual and didn t found it...

Synth is multi timbral

16 level works on pitch, velocity, filter, layer, decay, attack.

Would you know if the mic inputs have phantom power?

And also, do you only get a low pass filter for your samples?

oooweee thx a lot!!!is about 2 get ordered!!!

do the qlinks double as quick edit slider in pad edit mode for ADSR filter etc.
Outside of the synth.
So normal sample manipulation parameters???
So when you hit a pad and go to edit mode for that sample assigned to that pad do the qlinks do anything??
I have wanted that ever since I got an mpc!
Has it arrived??
geoff

LvngDead wrote:Would you know if the mic inputs have phantom power?

And also, do you only get a low pass filter for your samples?

No phantom power. You get all filters for your samples: LP, HP, BP, Band boost, Model 1, 2, 3 and some others.

foge1 wrote:do the qlinks double as quick edit slider in pad edit mode for ADSR filter etc.
Outside of the synth.
So normal sample manipulation parameters???
So when you hit a pad and go to edit mode for that sample assigned to that pad do the qlinks do anything??
I have wanted that ever since I got an mpc!
Has it arrived??
geoff

No, the Q links don't do anything then. That would be quite arbitrary because there are much more parameters than Q link controllers.
Though the envelope thought is tempting with 4 sliders... Have to think about it before I put anything in the request list.

scd wrote:

LvngDead wrote:Would you know if the mic inputs have phantom power?

And also, do you only get a low pass filter for your samples?

No phantom power. You get all filters for your samples: LP, HP, BP, Band boost, Model 1, 2, 3 and some others.

I would love to have a 4-band parametric EQ as a filter type or....have dynamics on each of the MPCs mixer channels (compression/limiter, gate, EQ).

Askia Shaheed wrote:

scd wrote:

LvngDead wrote:Would you know if the mic inputs have phantom power?

And also, do you only get a low pass filter for your samples?

No phantom power. You get all filters for your samples: LP, HP, BP, Band boost, Model 1, 2, 3 and some others.

I would love to have a 4-band parametric EQ as a filter type or....have dynamics on each of the MPCs mixer channels (compression/limiter, gate, EQ).

You'll have those as FX on the mixer channels.

scd wrote:

Askia Shaheed wrote:

scd wrote:

LvngDead wrote:Would you know if the mic inputs have phantom power?

And also, do you only get a low pass filter for your samples?

No phantom power. You get all filters for your samples: LP, HP, BP, Band boost, Model 1, 2, 3 and some others.

I would love to have a 4-band parametric EQ as a filter type or....have dynamics on each of the MPCs mixer channels (compression/limiter, gate, EQ).

You'll have those as FX on the mixer channels.

Yes..I understand. That is typical with MPCs. However, compression/limiter, gates, and EQ often fall into dynamics and are on the channel strips of many (if not most) digital mixers. I simply suggest this an an improvement. I am for all and any improvements to the way sound can be shaped onboard the MPC. This is why also also suggested adding parametric EQ to the filter section for each sampler....and not as just an effect or across the MPCs master output.

Askia Shaheed wrote:Yes..I understand. That is typical with MPCs. However, compression/limiter, gates, and EQ often fall into dynamics and are on the channel strips of many (if not most) digital mixers. I simply suggest this an an improvement. I am for all and any improvements to the way sound can be shaped onboard the MPC. This is why also also suggested adding parametric EQ to the filter section for each sampler....and not as just an effect or across the MPCs master output.

I understand what you mean, but I think this MPC has quite extended sound sculpture possibilities on board. Adding for instance a compressor to the sample level is a bit (but not completely) overdone isn't it?
Besides in program mix you can compress/eq/limit per pad even though you have to use one of the FX for that.
And what you suggest seems only usefull for programs with various samples (like drumprograms), but not for synthprograms or any other single sound program (bass, keys, pads etc.).
What I mean to say is that what you want to do IS already possible on the 5k. Having those dynamics on one sample or one pad.