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Talk me IN or OUT of buying an MPC1000!
I've got the chance of getting a really clean Black Mk2 (better pads) that's been well taken care of with no mods done apart from JJOS2XL installed and 128mb RAM upgrade.
For £400 it's a pretty decent deal for a clean machine with the full JJOS. There's some shitheaps of mis-treated 1000's going for like 350 on ebay with no upgrades.Why SHOULD I get one?
Well, I've lusted over the 1000's (and the 2500 and older machines) for years now and just really want one. I'd like to pimp it a little as these machines look the SEX with a little pimping.
I want to use it for fingerdrumming and sampling loops and playing along with my Numark PT-01 Scratch turntable whilst scratching.
And it'd be nice to jam away from a computer too.Why SHOULDN'T I get one?
The wife will go ape.
I already have Maschine and Push AND the iMPC Pro App - maybe I could just get an Element or MPD218 for portable pads?Any of you guys got one?
Are they a pain in the ass to program etc?In a real tiswas here /
- solution: "what's that?... the what? no no, I've had it for ages..."prophetone
- regarding the gear you'll already have, you'll be disappointed. Don't buy, except if you have too much money.ApeRobot
- I've actually owned two of these via great local deals, in both cases just messed around with em, wound up selling them to buy rack gearprophetone
- Grab a cheap little Yamaha SU10 or Roland MS-1, I have both of them, limited but super fun for loopsprophetone
- I used to have a Yamaha SU200 back in the day when they were released. Decided to buy the MPC. If i dont gel with it then i can sell it for more easily.microkorg
- ... and ive lusted over one for years :Pmicrokorg
- give it a shot, they are cool, built like a tank and unlike machine/push doesn't need no stinkin laptop (produce beats in starbucks)prophetone
- go for it! these are so cheap now.
i buy and pimp these out, then sell them.
i kept one for myself which i use on the regular, very fun.futurefood - had a 2000XL for a bunch of years.. in the end was just so tedious to always load stuff up i sold it..autoflavour
- Picking it up monday. Whoop!microkorg
- The 2000XL look nice though. I was watching a fuct one on eBay. Went for £90. Nearly grabbed it for a nice shelf decoration. Nicer than a fuckin' vase ;)microkorg
- Shouldn't get one: Akai makes garbage products. Akai of the 80's & 90's isn't Akai of today.section_014
- Save your money, add $2-300 more and buy the MPC Live. Even with JJOS you'll find it lacking. Had one for years, sold it. Ableton is light years better.sublocked
- yassssss!!! a MPC live for $6-700??? tell me where!futurefood