I just heard about it. It looks like a decent machine. Portable AA battery operated. But I bet it has a lot of bugs similar to the 1000. Anyone familiar with this new sequencer?
Mpc-500
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Yes it's operated by 6 AA batteries. I've already heard some bad things about it, such as it not being loud enough. The price is outrageous... if the price was say, 500 or less, this would be a cool thing... ya know, having a portable MPC and all. But the price it's at right now is just ridiculous.Tito said:
well every place one the net from sweetwater to vst wont be selling them till around the 19th.
i know that the guitar center down here doesnt have it yet and one in indiana doesnt have it either so maybe your guitar center is special
did they actually have it for sale or was it just a demo model out on the floor
i know that the guitar center down here doesnt have it yet and one in indiana doesnt have it either so maybe your guitar center is special
did they actually have it for sale or was it just a demo model out on the floor
because they can have it out on the floor as a demo model but not have any in the back or even for sale yet. i'm sure akai has set a specific street date for it that all sellers have to agree too
PuffnScruff said:
no, why would i?
i dont see the point in spending 800 bucks for this.
think about it...
1. for creation -
sure it runs on batteries, but unless you are making just drum loops, the sound modules and whatever else you have will need to be powered, and not everything runs on batteries...
2. live use -
you wouldnt trust the batteries, and this thing has those small pads again, just like the mpc1000.
i could go on and on, but if you are dedicated to making hot shit on the go, you would already have a laptop. with that in mind, $200 would get you an mpd24...
$200 more than the 500 would get you an mpc1000 with many more features inside as well as outside (4 outputs plus a master output- the 500 has only one master output).
i realize there will be a lot of people buying this, but, honestly, would you ever use this on any public transport, or anywhere where you can be seen by other people at all? if you had all your sound modules and stuff, it would not really be a portable setup, in which case you are missing the point-
and if you had just this, and were wearing headphones?
you would look like a fucking retard playing some sort of electronic game.
im sure this mpc has its upsides as well... it is really your own choice. but you could get an mpc1k off ebay for the same price.
thanks for giving me a breakdown of things i already knew.
i asked because in your post you made it seem like you knew from experience
as for this question " would you ever use this on any public transport, or anywhere where you can be seen by other people at all?"
well i wouldnt could see myself doing that because i have a roland sp-404 and i take it with me and play with it on breaks at school, on airplane rides. i always wear big headphone so its not big deal to me and i could care less what anyone thinks or that i look stupid playing with it.
but i have no need for this simply because i have a portable sampler(the sp404) and two mpc's already
i asked because in your post you made it seem like you knew from experience
as for this question " would you ever use this on any public transport, or anywhere where you can be seen by other people at all?"
well i wouldnt could see myself doing that because i have a roland sp-404 and i take it with me and play with it on breaks at school, on airplane rides. i always wear big headphone so its not big deal to me and i could care less what anyone thinks or that i look stupid playing with it.
but i have no need for this simply because i have a portable sampler(the sp404) and two mpc's already
sorry i misinterpreted your question...
but i still dont understand what the point is of using these things on the go. i find drum loops quite easy to come up with.
when i get a nice melody i usually get my mp3 player out (it has a record function). i imagine i look fucking stupid when im half beatboxing/ half humming something into my mp3 player on a bus.
but you need to do that shit! i have lost many masterpieces because i forgot the melody.
when i have paper on me i usually write it down.
sometimes this gets interest from females around me, and about a quarter of the time the scoring doesn't end on the paper. :thumb:
how do you like your sp?
but i still dont understand what the point is of using these things on the go. i find drum loops quite easy to come up with.
when i get a nice melody i usually get my mp3 player out (it has a record function). i imagine i look fucking stupid when im half beatboxing/ half humming something into my mp3 player on a bus.
but you need to do that shit! i have lost many masterpieces because i forgot the melody.
when i have paper on me i usually write it down.
sometimes this gets interest from females around me, and about a quarter of the time the scoring doesn't end on the paper. :thumb:
how do you like your sp?
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