Sticky about the MPC1000: the false rumors eftersom så många här har negativ syn på Akai Mpc 1000 så har jag klippt den här texten från ett inlägg av mano 1 på www.futureproducers.com så kanske ryktena dör här på whoa? iaf så kanske några får svar på sina frågor... ha det bra! "Since a lot of people seem confused about the MPC1000, I thought it would be useful to post about some of the false rumors. Rmumors: 1) You can't use the MPC1000 standalone, you HAVE to use a computer with it. >> That is simply not true. 2) You can't "chop" samples. That is, make bits and pieces of samples their own samples and assign them to pads. >> int he TRIM screen, select any part of a sample and press EDIT > EXTRACT 3) You need to do many passes when tracking into an audio recorder because there are only 4 separate outputs >> The 1000 has 6 analog outs (2 on the main STEREO outputs, and 4 additional ones), as well as digital IN and OUT stereo connections (S-PDIF). All these are standard. 4) It is the less powerful of all the MPCs. >> decent effects, re-sampling, very fast rendering of WAV graphical waveform, Oh and 128MB of RAM! 5) When editing samples, you have to turn the wheel 100000 times to select large areas... >>> SHIFT + "<" (left arrow) this will move your cursor on the number, so you can jump by 10's, 100's, 1000s (etc) instead of 1's Then use the wheel. The MPC1000 is a FINE machine, even standalone - you do NOT need a computer to use it. I love how quickly you can build music with it - I use it as a phrase sampler, laying tracks and tracks of audio phrases played on all my other sound sources (moog, scratch tt, casio toy sampler, sound modules, etc) and it's fine. For SOME reason people overlook all these. I am almost convinced that people either: a) never used one and assume ... b) do not know how to use it correctly (see how most "my mpc1000 sucks" threads on here ended up being that the person needed help learning how to use it...) WHAT THE MPC1000 IS? 1) a DRUM/PHRASE sampler (quickly smaple a drum or phrase played on an instrument ans assign to a pad) 2) a very reliable MIDI sequencer (sequence anything MIDI from external modules to software synthesizers, etc)"