Reviews and questions about the entry-level MPC500
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By Explicit- Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:23 am
I just got my MPC500 today...
Im messing around with this thing and it feels like its gonna be awhile to get used to...

How long did it take you guys to get familiar with the MPC500?
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By grandtheftkodo Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:53 am
i've had this jank for 2 weeks now and at first it was a little confusing but you will get the hang of it in about a week or so. now i just fly thru the shit n need some hot fiyah samples to freak. welcome to the family. 500 is the shit man i don't care wut anybody tells u.
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By Explicit- Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:28 am
grandtheftkodo wrote:i've had this jank for 2 weeks now and at first it was a little confusing but you will get the hang of it in about a week or so. now i just fly thru the **** n need some hot fiyah samples to freak. welcome to the family. 500 is the **** man i don't care wut anybody tells u.

Thanks man... yeah i been here for maybe 2 hours now and I seem hopeless. All I got down is how to play the tracks already on it and how to do a shitty sequence... For some reason I cant mute the "?CD" sounds that come pre loaded.
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By Explicit- Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:31 am
Oh and another question... How did you learn? From the manuel, by yourself or a tutor or something?

I cant wait to get on my feet cuz i got some nice stuff ready to sample...
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By grandtheftkodo Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:30 am
you can turn off the demo sequences and sounds that load up by turning autoload 'off'.

to do this you press:
mode -> load. then highlight 'programs' by moving right with your cursor and scroll with your wheel (to the right) all the way to 'autoload'.

if done correctly, it should look like this:
load:autoload
ON

now highlight and switch 'ON' to 'OFF' and that should take care of the demo sequences that load up in the beginning.

as for the way i learned. i learned most of the stuff from the forums. i played around a lot with the mpc while reading the manual but still ran into a few problems so i looked through a lot of the old posts and found a lot of answers to the questions that i had and i also asked people on the forums for help too. they were pretty helpful, but there were some assholes too. :D
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By Cold Snap Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:23 pm
READ THE FUKIN MANUAL!!!! HAHA J/k ... I got my mpc 500 at 3pm one day and didn't get the 1st sound to come out that **** till 9pm that night,lol

Just read the manual tho fa real and experiment experiment!!!

In about 2 weeks time I had the hang of it pretty well, it's now almost 4 months later and I'm still learning stuff but fly through all the features quite nicely! The 500 is amazing, the more you do on it the more you learn, it will continue to surprise you for awhile with what it's capable of letting you do as a artist!

GoodLuck
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By Explicit- Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:02 am
grandtheftkodo wrote:you can turn off the demo sequences and sounds that load up by turning autoload 'off'.

to do this you press:
mode -> load. then highlight 'programs' by moving right with your cursor and scroll with your wheel (to the right) all the way to 'autoload'.

if done correctly, it should look like this:
load:autoload
ON

now highlight and switch 'ON' to 'OFF' and that should take care of the demo sequences that load up in the beginning.

as for the way i learned. i learned most of the stuff from the forums. i played around a lot with the mpc while reading the manual but still ran into a few problems so i looked through a lot of the old posts and found a lot of answers to the questions that i had and i also asked people on the forums for help too. they were pretty helpful, but there were some assholes too. :D

Alright man thanks... Looks like I joined the right forum. :P
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By Explicit- Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:03 am
Cold Snap wrote:READ THE FUKIN MANUAL!!!! HAHA J/k ... I got my mpc 500 at 3pm one day and didn't get the 1st sound to come out that **** till 9pm that night,lol

Just read the manual tho fa real and experiment experiment!!!

In about 2 weeks time I had the hang of it pretty well, it's now almost 4 months later and I'm still learning stuff but fly through all the features quite nicely! The 500 is amazing, the more you do on it the more you learn, it will continue to surprise you for awhile with what it's capable of letting you do as a artist!

GoodLuck

Cool... Nice tips and info...
Today is another day for learning. LoL