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By Donlong Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:09 am
Freddyfresh wrote:wow what a trip thats EXACTLY how I feel about my new 1000 I recently bought. I sold my 2000XL and still feel bad about that move. I had the sound FX card which I personally felt was amazing (people **** but those efx were in fact DOPE)


i have a 2000xl. are the efx on the 2500 a standard feature or do u have to add it? and are the efx on 2500 better than the xl efx board?
By Donlong Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:12 am
Grime wrote:I don't exactly knwo why but i have this feelign i shoudl trade my mpc1000bk wit hteh new pads for an older mpc 2000xl and an s950....


trust me bro the xl will work better for you than the 1000. HOWEVER, i dont think buying an xl is ur best option.

I would keep ur 1000 and save up money until u have enough to buy a 2500. in the long term it will be the better decision (u get the best of both worlds).

i own an xl and love it, but in a year or two i will probably get an 2500. the only thing that bothers me is that i am so used to the xl i dont wanna go to a 2500 and 're-learn' how to use the machine.

the s950 is dope but my understanding is that it is a 'luxury' rather than a necessity. eg - get the mpc u want, and then later if u have money left get a 950 so that u can sample into it and get some crunch.
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By Menco Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:53 am
S950 as sampler and mpc1k as sequencer will work just fine as well. Unless u want to do the sample editing in the xl. Otherwhise (mpc as just a sequencer) the type of mpc will not make any difference.

Just do what will work out best for you. You'll never find out unless u've tryed it. And sometimes a downgrade in hardware causes a upgrade in creativity.
By firework Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:49 pm
I really wonder why 1k/25k users dont ever mention that they both sound like shit, Iam actually amazed, but then I say to myself maybe the ( most ) users of these machines are noob's or sonically challenged and cant tell the diff between warm / thin weak sund if it smacked them in the face.



I did say MOST users anf the word MAYBE.



ps.

Run your samples thru real samplers, not these new plastic drum machines.
By dtaa pla muk Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:47 am
^ harsh, hell. this is the dude that keeps saying he'll battle me and backs down every time...if he was truly so convinced my beats were as awful as he said he shouldn't have such a hard time growing a pair and manning up, lord knows i've rubbed his face in it enough

shoot, i'll stomp him on his own turf, 18 years ago...

http://nymantics.com/hotcakes/nym-2-govtdough.mp3