The reason why the software of the 4k is different than the 5k is because Akai was sold to who ever owned Alesis at the time.. Maybe InMusic.. in that transition the software developers did not follow to the new company. The new developers were the same guys to build the O.S. of the Alesis Fusion HD keyboards.. Notice the similarities.. build quality, blue screen and more.. the synth engines in both. The company was moving in a whole other direction with the release of the 500, 1k, 2500, 5k.. In order if my memory serves me correct 5k, 1k, 500, 2500. & 2500LE.. The 4k is a Beast and that is a FACT..
Congratulations on the new member to the family lol The 4000 was like the lost stepchild in the MPC lineup. Only notable producer I’m aware to use the 4000 was Lord Finesse… The 4000 reminds me of the Roland MV8000 with the mixer routing and cluster of features. To me, the beauty of the MPC’s is that there similar to apple products- easy to use and punch well above there weight class! Also in my opinion as an original MPC3000 owner & the 3 person in America to have one; yep purchased in 1994 straight from akai no third party. And they told me directly I purchased the third machine sent to the US. I still have the machine to this day! Oh my point was the 3000 and the 60 are not the same machine…the 60 can kinda keep up but the 3000 is all you need. I Enjoy your videos and the MPC nostalgia you provide. ✌🏾
@@Crookedletta601 - I wasn’t comparing the Machines 1 to 1 just the cluster of features they share; like I mentioned….and yes I’ve heard of EASKi but I’m not in every producers bedroom peeping what machines there tapping!
@@ppic7162 I bought mine from Guitar Center too. on my page, I have a video on it. The biggest concern is the power supply its the weak link. We can chat more when you have time but overall it's an amazing device.
Congratulations on your MPC4000. It is definitely one beast of a machine. I've had mine since 2005 and I'm holding on to it. It's definitely a nice professional piece of studio gear and worth keeping. With that said, my 4000 needs a new screen. I really like the screen you have on your 3000. That screen is SWEET!!! If I could find a similar screen made for my 4000, that would be DOPE!!!! If you don't mind my asking, where did you order your MPC3000 screen from? I want to see if they make one for my 4000.
as you go forward in your journey with 4000, you discover that is the studio Mpc, in that 4000 is a traditional mpc mixed with a rack sample in one box, and it's 24bit. Please tell me when you get into the Keygroup section. prepare for your mind to be blown
Nice. Price will only go up on those things. It'll be dope if you sample Sanford and Son and make a Big ol Dummy beat with every MPC you buy/bought just for fun. Have a poll on which beat sounds the best.
What i love about the 4000 is tje way the multis and programs work. Load up a bunch of programs and go. Even if you want to sequence from the 3k and us 8 programs from te 4k. No problem 11:41
I'll give them away for free. I have the Fantom, Motif, and Triton Sounds. The Trinity CD is bad. They all have a few glitches. If you DM me your email address, I'll upload them and add your email address for download.
I prefer the 2000XL, just as good of a sequencer, more readily available parts, smaller footprint, simpler machine - more to he point. It depends though, if you use the mpc to sequence other samplers like a asr-10 and s950 then definitely the 2kxl is better. If you want an all in one solution the 3k and 4k are kings. But an asr-10 sequenced by a 2kxl is one of they deadliest combos ever!
The MPC 4000 has is the best sounding MPC of all times. Some will argue the MPC 60 who are the 3000. For a long time 4000 has the most features and was the most versatile until MPC X, although the X was feature packed it still doesn't have the sound of the 4000.
I can't wait to chop those up. The name of the song is "My Mind". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cMo9M1vLdDk.html&ab_channel=happening45
If you an find one is excellent condition. Truth is, most are beat up. There is always something's ng wrong. If you not an expert in repairs then go for a MPCX or One,etc . You dont want the headaches. Akai also has no real service center...nuff said
I don't. I use the X SE, 1000, and 3000 right now. The rest kind of sit around. I rotate the ONE and the X on any given week. But, I don't use them all. I like having the option to try something different when I experience "beat block."
The wife doesn't think so. I tell her all the time, if we get into a jam I can sell my stuff quick. Her on the other hand, she's would be hard pressed to sell of the designer crap that she has.
I have an MPC4000, an MPC2500, MPC One, and MPC X. Oh, and I used to have an NPC1000 that I've used for years but traded it in two or three years back before I replaced it with the MPC One. With that said, regarding sonics, I will say the MPC4000 is by far the best sounding MPC I own, and it sounds better than any MPC that came after it to date, as my personal opinion.
@YAH_ONLY You should be able to load the samples from the 4000 into the 2500 as long as they're 44.1k 16bit. Otherwise, you will need to convert them beforehand, because the MPC2500 only supports 44.1k 16-bit samples. As far as programs go, I've never actually tried to load a MPC4000 program into my 2500 to be honest, so I'm not sure if the 2500 will allow me to import them and convert the program or not. I'll have to try that one day. The program formats between the two machines are different and incompatible. I know for sure you won't need able to load an MPC2500 program into the 4000 directly. You would have to use a software sampler format converter program, like Awave Studio, to convert the MPC 1000/2500 program format into an Akai S5000 format first. Them it'll load into the 4000. You might be able to do something similar to go the other way around and convert your MPC4000 programs to MPC 1000/2500 format.
@@kvmoore1 oh ok! I was looking to get a 2500 but didn’t want to lose my 4K beats. It’s a beast of a machine but it’s HUGE compared to machines nowadays.
@YAH_ONLY Oh yeah, now the sequence files are definitely proprietary and incompatible between the two machines. So the best way to port the actual sequence (beat) from one machine to the other would be to resave it (while keeping the original, of course) as a standard midi file and load that standard midi file into the other machine. However, you would lose many of the sequence specific parameters and you would have to reassign some things, like programs, etc.. It can definitely be a very tedious and time consuming process. Otherwise, I would've tried to convert my MPC2500 beats to my MPC4000. I decided it was too much trouble.
@@ppic7162 when manual tells nothing, cover hasnt any position set on, the unity stand its all the time 12 oclock - it means its passive.. no adds into your signal.. even when its 14 oclock and we dont know :-)
@@ppic7162 -6dB in mpc sampler its -22dB in a DAW by unity stay of input and ouput knobs (check the output of tone generator connected into your mpc, mpc rec knob must be 12 oclock too)
