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hey

does anyone use an mpc1000? im thinking of buying one when my student loan comes in but im a bit worried as the 128 ram seams quite limiting as ill be using bigger samples than drum hits...most samples will be about a bars leangth long at 100bpm or so.
do you find any probs with the ram?
thanks
alan

i sold mine...its "cute", but if you really want to get down to the nitty gritty i suggest going another route.

well im going to use it for live use where im just going to be triggering samples.....32 polyphoney is alot better than my old one mono in stero out way of working.
but the samples im triggering are going to be at least 4 times the size of drum hits and will be coming out at 32 note speed....guess i should just try it out ina shop, but id like to know what you think.

I had one and managed to squeeze a live set out of it with the bog standard 16MB using loops and drums, it's definitely the first thing you should upgrade anyway if you purchase one.

If you are only triggering stuff live have you considered getting a second hand Akai 3000XL and an Akai MPD16 drum pad controller? works out a lot cheaper than buying an MPC albeit not quite as portable.

well i've beening playing around with guru software and it seams great, but there's latencey probs as it doesn't sync upto my bandmates machinedrum that well which puts software sampling out the window.
the 3000xl is more than a 1000 isn't it? but the portablitly of the 1000 and all its features are winning me over, as i say im just a tad worried about the ram. but i dont think i can get a better soulution under £500

Sorry, I meant an Akai S3000XL


You can pick them up really cheap these days, about £100 or there's the Yamaha A3000 which is a bit more expandable and has more features such as beat chopping, I think they go for about the same price.

But, if portability is an issue then the 1000 is probably your best bet although it's a lot to spend if you are only triggering stuff live and not using the sequencer. But you do have the added advantage of being able to transfer wavs directly from your PC/Mac via USB and back up all your programs and samples.

One of those tough compromises I think.

i have one too. i think that 128mb is just enough, u can buy 2gb compactflash and replace the whole memory after each track with nu data from card. only problem would be if u wanted to use more than 128 mb on one track but thats plenty. :] mpc1000 with nu OS 2.0 upgrade roxx

i tryed out a 16mb one today and it didn't crash, so i think ill get one.
i will be using the sequncer but i plan to play the mpc live instead of just pressing play.
thanks for all your help.

Yeah, you'll be surprised how much you can cram into 16MB if you put your mind to it.

Goodluck!

Personaly if your wanting to use the mpc for anything other than live work, look over the net, loot and ad-mag for a second hand mpc2000xl, preferably with the extra outputs. About the same price as a mpc1000 nowadays and the sequencer is way more capable. Looks the shit too.
The Akai3000xl is a workhorse though, so this is also a very viable option

thanks but the rams too small. the only thing stopping me getting an mpc1000 is the 128mb ram, as ive got a feeling ill keep crashing it. i would use a computer but i find the latency to bad.

^^^^ all the MPCs are very stable (4000 was a bit buggy on release but ok now). Whether it crashes or not has nothing to do with onboard RAM size. You'll be fine with 128. I've got 128 in my S5000 and it's plenty.