is it worth it?

is it worth buyin a keyboard for 700 or lil bit more when you have already gotta mpc1k??? and if so, what ones do you guys suggest, help me out here.........thanx

It depends on your style. If you use manly samplers, you might not use it that much, but if you like to add keys, strings, horns etc into your setup a keyboard or module is a good add on.

b4 i had my mpc i had a keybored the triton 61 and when i was using it with the mpc in the past i loved it but then i sold it and a month later i got my own mpc and to tell u the truth i miss havin it there is so much i wanna do with my beats and i always be sayin dam if had my keybored i would put this so to me it is worth buyin but like bhunt says it depends on ur style peace 100's

A lotta people here swear by external keyboard synths, myself included (Kawai K5000S). I mean, the MPC-1000 polyphony is limited, no need to use it up on pads and other stuff that keyboards can do well.

I recommend a keyboard synth when people ask, I just say 1) Hook up the keyboard to MPC In and Out 2) set Local Off on the keyboard 3) Set "Soft Thru = As Track" on the MPC 4) Select the PGM and/or MIDI destination on the MPC Main page, on the selected Track. Then the keyboard can control whatever you want, even MPC samples, and recording the MIDI is as simple as.