Yeah those 500s are cool little boxes. The only trouble is that they are just too light in terms of the fearures etc. I would love one for the trains/planes though. As it has batteries, even on the toilet would be cool with that one!
Anyway, my 1k should be here in a few weeks, and according to the shop I ordered from, it will have the latest pads - very similar to the older MPC pads in terms of feel, but smaller in size. It also comes with the EXM128 installed. Cheap too!
Hey while we are still talking about these things, what limitations have you found with 2500?
I mean, if you have samples filling the memory (all 128meg), does the system slow down at all?
I plan to have huge drum programs, that will have many single hits, and short slices, and I am wondering how well it can handle it?
My 3000 slows down if I max it out.
Also, what about the FX? Can you have different settings per pad for delays etc?
Can't wait!