J-tawn wrote:I dont understand why you need that much ram in your mPC.. i have the 1000 and iv been able to still make full beats with 16mb, i just dont leave any unecessary sounds in my trim basket
dabmeister wrote:J-tawn wrote:Askia Shaheed wrote:I just got finished eating a $60 steak you can cut with a fork.(no it doesn't have anything to do with this topic).
Anyway..after spending thousands on an MPC, I am not concerned with a few hundred for memory. Memory that I really don't need and has never asked for. 128 MB is fine...192 MB is superb. ( what else did you expect me to say as a fanboy
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if your using more then 300 MB theres gota be something wrong with your work flow
that just really sounds like the guy who cant get enough equipment
How about if I say that what I need to get done in doing music production requires about 10% usage from the mpc without the sampling. The rest is purely skill with other instruments.
And gone are the days when I use to do everything in the box (I never did everything in the mpc anyway). So keep in mind that everybodys roots are set differently. Some are rooted firmly and thoroughly, while some are rooted in loose soil.
It's all about ones mindset.
Sovereign wrote:dabmeister, no disrespect but you really need to understand your methods are not the only way to work.
In order for others to respect your methods you have to respect theirs.
Many people use their MPC to capture their live performance and then manipulate them.
It's what works for the MV, the Fantom and now 5k.
This is the reason Akai felt the 5k would benefit from the hard disk recording instead of massive ram.
Sovereign wrote:J-tawn wrote:I dont understand why you need that much ram in your mPC.. i have the 1000 and iv been able to still make full beats with 16mb, i just dont leave any unecessary sounds in my trim basket
It's method based and also some do live shows.
Live shows means loading up a full set prior to starting.
Askia Shaheed wrote:Would it be possible for Akai to make 512MB RAM expansion for the current 5K? No. Do you need 512 MB in a live set? No. Why? Because musicians have been doing live sets with MPCs that have 32 MB of memory. But 512 MB is the magical number for today's live musicians? Well, you take a lap top and have gigs of sounds at your finger tips.
1) the 5k require more ram because it has more features.
2) Using laptop instead defeats the purpose of using the 5k for live situations with that logic... We could have been using laptops with superior specs for years and never even considered an MPC.
Askia Shaheed wrote:1) the 5k require more ram because it has more features.
2) Using laptop instead defeats the purpose of using the 5k for live situations with that logic... We could have been using laptops with superior specs for years and never even considered an MPC.
1. The new features do not call for more memory. In fact, they call for less memory. Previously, I was creating multi-sample programs by sampling every note of a keyboard and then assigning it to a program chromatically. I don't have to sample every note anymore using keygroup programs.
2. Not using an MPC to its full capabilities defeats the purpose of buying such a device. The 5000 has 4 MIDI outputs and 12 Q-link knobs/sliders that can control external devices..such as a keyboard, sound module, and even a lap top running your favorite software. These functions are the very heart of the MPC 5000.
Askia Shaheed wrote:^^^
I am saying that you need to understand what the MPC 5000 actually does. Sampling is just one aspect.
Askia Shaheed wrote:I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time) but this thread is about the possibility of using a 512MB Ram chip and not the fact that some people want more memory.
