Akai MPC500

mistabutta

hey i dont really post here but i spotted an akai mpc500 for sale over on adverts..http://adverts.ie/83941 i went on youtube and checked some videos of it and it seemed class..i dont have money for one at the moment(x-mas..too many siblings!!) but definetly something i'm looking at gettin next year.. anyhow are they any good for sampling etc? making beats etc

seannash

what do you want to do?

mistabutta

just kinda wanna mess around making beats using samples.. i have a home studio see.. i can make beats in logic but i wanna more hands on kinda job.. be handy for live sets if i ever got around to it

jimi_t

They're cool alright - depends what genre you're into but they're very adaptable machines no doubt. If I were you I'd definitely be pushed more towards an MPC1000. Not a huge difference in price but a MASSIVE difference in features and usability, especially with the new JJOS for it.

(Youtube 'Beat MPC' and have fun )

seannash

im presuming your making dance music,i think there more suited to hip hop.
i personally dont see the attraction of doing something the long way around when you can do it inside logic.if you want to tweak something buy a hardware synth.

jtsuited

get an mpd.

hardware midi controller that has the same sort of physical layout as an mpc.

Jev/N

jtsuited wrote: »

get an mpd.

hardware midi controller that has the same sort of physical layout as an mpc.

M-audio trigger finger is also pretty good

Nolanger

Went into a well-known Dublin music shop a few years ago and asked for one of those machines.
Was told that they don't sell these to just anyone and I can't bring it back if it's too complicated to use.
Walked off totally speechless.

Jev/N

Nolanger wrote: »

Went into a well-known Dublin music shop a few years ago and asked for one of those machines.
Was told that they don't sell these to just anyone and I can't bring it back if it's too complicated to use.
Walked off totally speechless.

North o' the river?

Executive Steve

seannash wrote: »

im presuming your making dance music,i think there more suited to hip hop.
i personally dont see the attraction of doing something the long way around when you can do it inside logic.if you want to tweak something buy a hardware synth.

they're pretty cool for stuff like hip hop, drum and bass, broken beat house, breakbeat and stuff like that, and they're REALLY cool for letting you make music without having stare and a screen and muck about with a mouse

It feels more enjoyable and creative, but there's very little you can really do with them that you couldn't do perfectly well with kontakt and battery...

Helix

Nolanger wrote: »

Went into a well-known Dublin music shop a few years ago and asked for one of those machines.
Was told that they don't sell these to just anyone and I can't bring it back if it's too complicated to use.
Walked off totally speechless.

to be honest thats a pretty fair standpoint from the shop

if you havent got a clue what youre doing an mpc can be baffling to even make a sound

seannash

Helix wrote: »

to be honest thats a pretty fair standpoint from the shop

if you havent got a clue what youre doing an mpc can be baffling to even make a sound

yeah id imagine they had alot of returns from people who saw them being used but couldnt get the results they were after.there not really the out of the box type.

mistabutta

thanks for the comments guys! i think i'm gonna get one in january