Akai Mpc 1000

[Hollowcell]

Yep, have to say that this has been the best thing I have bought for ages.
I am even doing all my midi sequencing on the thing.

[LivePsy]

Pity you didn't get the tilt screen and 2 midi in, 4 midi out model Check out the warranty voiding but sexy blue LCD screen some Aussie dude has modded over at mpcforums.com. The MPC's display contrast is not the best. If it bothers you, put an overhead light on the screen.

MIDI sequencing from the 80's, but its so fast and easy it puts my Macbook Pro and Live on holidays at the moment ...

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[Hollowcell]

I have it on a rack thing that I built a while back so the tilting is perfect actually. The way I have it setup is quite cool as all the pads are tilted too.

I have a midi splitter that covers the lack of midi on the MPC, but yeah it would have been nice to have the extra.

One thing I really enjoy is the way you can sequence outboard along side the internal samples, and then easily sample the gear being triggered from the MPC. I have been making a DnB track where outboard is first being sequenced and triggered from the MPC, then it's all going into the MPC as samples - can make for some pretty crazy stuff. I have no way gotten close to the limits too.

Really love thing, and I now wish I bought one long ago.