so after thinking long and hard about what piece of gear im going to pick up next, i finally decided to get a mpc 1000. i had always been interested in using a mpc since i heard dj shadow's endtroducing album back sometime around 97. i had no clue at that time what was used to do such things but i wanted to do it myself!
mpc's always popped up, a few of my buddies used them to make hip hop beats and what not back in orlando. it has just a great vibe to it, its like a collage maker for sounds haha.
anyways, a friend of mine here in town was talking to me and was just like "if you are going to get one thing, get a mpc 1000" haha. it was the final nail in the coffin. so now i've begun the long process of saving up enough cash to get this bad boy...which is probably going to run me somewhere from like 699-900 dollars! $@#%$*!!
i was a bit concerned about the fact that this is the only mpc model that doesnt feature the classic soft touch pads. i even gave up on the model and felt like i should just settle for a mpc 2000xl. but then i found through youtube, that you can replace the pads with the much better soft velocity sensitive pads! this model is like a smaller version of the 2000xl with better computer functionality (a must for my studio since im currently entirely pc based), and with the pads its going to be great! if my calculations are correct i should be able to possibly get one by jan or feb. sheesh. i hate waiting lol i just wanna go and get one!
heres a video of the installation of the much better pads into the mpc 1000!
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