I upgraded mpc 1000 to 5000

[computron]

ALL I can say is wow Do i ever need another sampler again ?The synth in it is very basic but very very very cool. I came up with some very nice sweeps, res and pad sounds.You got all the filter poles you could ask for and a good lfo.Many more effects then on my old (yet excellent) 1000.Some of my old tracks from the 1000 sound different on the 5000 i.e sample levels that were perfect in the 1000 are a little off and needed re-mixing on the 5000.What a machine I feel humbled to have.With in the week of having it I found the synth impresses much more then I would have thought! Most impressive indeed

[Blue Monster 65]

I've yet to find out for sure, but I (and others) suspect the VA engine in the 5000 is the Micron/MiniAK in some form. Any ideas on that?

[wiss]

I've yet to find out for sure, but I (and others) suspect the VA engine in the 5000 is the Micron/MiniAK in some form. Any ideas on that?

I'm not sure if it's the miniAK, but I'm sure it's the MICRON or ION.



I recently picked one up as well, I'm had my reservation (but I paid about half of the retail price). I did not want a VA, I was holding on to a silly notation that Dave and Roger were going to give me what I wanted. An updated studio 440 with a twist of the MPC, and with a built in analog synth. After owning a SP-12, MPC 60, 1000, 2000, 2500, 3000, and the old mighty Studio 440 I can easily state that I am sold on the MPC5000 for many reasons.

The only negative things:
1. It's a VA and not an analog synth engine.
2. You need the CF card to update the OS, or a CF card is pointless with machine.
3. You can not record knob twisting on the built in synth, you can do it on play back.

[Stab Frenzy]

The Micron and the Miniak are the same thing.

[wiss]

The Micron and the Miniak are the same thing.

makes since now....prepackage it with 400 presets and a different shell.

[novielo]

wiss, you prefer it to the mighty 60? i was aiming at that beast for a while, even with the supposed better sound of the mpc60?

can you burn a master cd from the mpc5000?

[crateaholic]

I never messed with the 5000 but I really enjoy the 3000.

Recently upgraded the OS to version 3.5 and hooked up a cf card drive so I can transfer samples over from the computer if I'm feeling lazy about sampling into the box direct.

An MPC is an essential tool in any studio. They're well known for their use in hip hop & pop music but Country artists use them and Jazz artists also.

If I upgraded from a 500 dollar box to a 1000 dollar box I'm sure I'd be pumped.

[wiss]

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[wiss]

wiss, you prefer it to the mighty 60? i was aiming at that beast for a while, even with the supposed better sound of the mpc60?

can you burn a master cd from the mpc5000?

I love the MPC 60, and as much as it pains me to say, yes, I prefer the 5000 over it. As far as "sounds" go, if you can not make solid drums sounds coming out of an mpc, find a new f**k hobbie.

Yes, you can burn to your tracks down to a CD.

[gordwiebe]

I was under the impression that the VA in the 5000 was the VA from the Alesis Fusion (which sounds much different than the ion/micron/miniak).

[Blue Monster 65]

I hope to find out in a week - I'll grill the Akai people and see if I can get a straight answer out of them. I couldn't find any info one way or the other when I searched online (though perhaps I didn't query properly?).

[computron]

I've yet to find out for sure, but I (and others) suspect the VA engine in the 5000 is the Micron/MiniAK in some form. Any ideas on that?

I'm not sure if it's the miniAK, but I'm sure it's the MICRON or ION.



I recently picked one up as well, I'm had my reservation (but I paid about half of the retail price). I did not want a VA, I was holding on to a silly notation that Dave and Roger were going to give me what I wanted. An updated studio 440 with a twist of the MPC, and with a built in analog synth. After owning a SP-12, MPC 60, 1000, 2000, 2500, 3000, and the old mighty Studio 440 I can easily state that I am sold on the MPC5000 for many reasons.

The only negative things:
1. It's a VA and not an analog synth engine.
2. You need the CF card to update the OS, or a CF card is pointless with machine.
3. You can not record knob twisting on the built in synth, you can do it on play back.

I too was waiting on that notation that dave and roger would have that linn drum.So I held off on the 3000 then the 4000 .As I was using only two 1000's with doggy jog wheels I had to go the way of the 5000.I played with a micron and Ion shortly before and these synths may sound kind of alike to the VA in the 5000 but not realy due to all the effects the 5000 Can you change the filter poles on the micron? I was a micro korg fan not micron one when they came out.On the 5000 itself with out a midi controler Is a differnet way to play a synth then both the micron and reissue the micron by Akai.As far as mpc's go I think the 5000 is truly awesome and sounds great for what it is .Sampler sequencer and the synth is just a bounus.I dont think anyone would buy the 5000 for wanting just the VA.?I was suprised when I used the synth I thought it would be much weaker then it turns out to be.Maybe thats becuase of all the s**t you can do to it in the mpc interface.I love my 5000 for everything thing it is.The VA was not a factor in buying it at all for me so I geuss it was just a nice little suprise to use be in the music I make.

[Blue Monster 65]

Spent quite a bit of time with the Akai/Alesis/Numark rep today and only after realized I forgot to even bring the synth engine up with him ... way to go, dummy ... sigh ...

[N8-R]

My roommate went from a 2500 to a 5000 and has been regretting it ever since.

The 5000 has given him a plethora of problems. He's had to send it to Akai for repairs already once, and he needs to send it for a second time, because the thing literally started SMOKING while he was using it, then the screen just died.

Apparently some units have turned out to be quite faulty. Hope you had good luck and yours continues to work well! Enjoy!

[bpt114]

My MPC5000 likes to randomly save note durations to a value of 0. For example, a 1/16th hi-hat sequence is programmed and saved but when it is loaded again later 3 out of 16 of the notes now have a duration of 0 and must be changed back. Now think of a sequence with several tracks and possibly thousands of notes. My MPC5000 will randomly place 0 duration values throughout the tracks!!! That makes it pretty much a useless device so I have gone back to my 1000.....fun stuff!!!