Hey,
I'm choosing between some MPCs.
I want to know the difference in sound quality, handling, etc, between akai2500, 2000XL, 5000, and Renaissance.
Can you guys help me?
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MPCs comparsion
MPCs comparsion
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- krashminded
- Posts: 3 Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:00 am
Re: MPCs comparsion
I've not used the newer ones, but the 2000XL is now quite old by comparison.
I think you are probably better off asking the question over at the MPC forums.
http://www.mpc-forums.com/
I think you are probably better off asking the question over at the MPC forums.
http://www.mpc-forums.com/
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- Richie Royale
Frequent Poster - Posts: 4551 Joined: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:00 am Location: Bristol, England.
Re: MPCs comparsion
The 1000 is tiny unless you like this for gigging I'm not a fan.
The older MPC's felt great, were big and well spaced out, if you like the 1k features and OS then I'd probs opt for a 2500 (4 midi outs too)
The 60 sounds great one of my favourites, different to a S-900 and S-950.
The 3000 although apparently based on S-3000 technology I may be totally wrong here but from memory didn't sound like a S-3000 but more S-1100 i.e. It sounded less muffled than the S-3000 series and regarded by many as the best.
Like the 60 it feels great to use and very well made.
The 2000/XL are pretty much S-3000 sound in that I find they sound exactly the same. This is slightly duller sound with lots of punch. What you put in is kinda what you get out unless you tune the sample a lot.
Basic sample interpolation so the more you deviate from the basic root note the more muffled and metallic it becomes.
The OS is updated a bit but the last MPC to have that classic feel imo with a slight modern twist i.e. accepts wav files etc.
MPC-1000 and newer ones? I haven't got a clue but I do know the MPC-5000 aka 3500 is basically a re-packaged Alesis Fusion down to the sample engine and has some of the Fusion's drawbacks.
The 4k was great value for money and still is, it's a Z8 basically.
Does any of this matter? May be.. Just use what ever you like and make good tunes paying attention to how you mix them. I'd say that's more important. They are all pretty good, just different. Where they shine is the user interface. Having the sampler on there though is also great and very quick to work on.
I use them more for the sequencer then the basic sampler for drums
The older MPC's felt great, were big and well spaced out, if you like the 1k features and OS then I'd probs opt for a 2500 (4 midi outs too)
The 60 sounds great one of my favourites, different to a S-900 and S-950.
The 3000 although apparently based on S-3000 technology I may be totally wrong here but from memory didn't sound like a S-3000 but more S-1100 i.e. It sounded less muffled than the S-3000 series and regarded by many as the best.
Like the 60 it feels great to use and very well made.
The 2000/XL are pretty much S-3000 sound in that I find they sound exactly the same. This is slightly duller sound with lots of punch. What you put in is kinda what you get out unless you tune the sample a lot.
Basic sample interpolation so the more you deviate from the basic root note the more muffled and metallic it becomes.
The OS is updated a bit but the last MPC to have that classic feel imo with a slight modern twist i.e. accepts wav files etc.
MPC-1000 and newer ones? I haven't got a clue but I do know the MPC-5000 aka 3500 is basically a re-packaged Alesis Fusion down to the sample engine and has some of the Fusion's drawbacks.
The 4k was great value for money and still is, it's a Z8 basically.
Does any of this matter? May be.. Just use what ever you like and make good tunes paying attention to how you mix them. I'd say that's more important. They are all pretty good, just different. Where they shine is the user interface. Having the sampler on there though is also great and very quick to work on.
I use them more for the sequencer then the basic sampler for drums
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- vinyl_junkie
Frequent Poster - Posts: 1579 Joined: Tue Jun 24, 2003 12:00 am Location: Kent, UK