Akai or not Akai? I need a lil'suggestion...

[Hed]

Sup guys.
Here my lil'dilemma: never used an Akai, but I'm thinking of getting one...I should maybe find a used S 2000 or CD 3000XL, btw I'd get something cheap (...hope so).
The main reason for that is "coloring and bumping" my drums or other samples.
Since I'm a newbie, is it that hard laying down drums with it (a couple of 4bar drum patterns or so, that I'd record into Pro Tools, for example...)? I mean sequencing with it is it so difficult?
And does it have a "nice sound-color" for that purpose?! I mean, in that price range (more or less) would be better an SP 303?!

Then, usually I proceed like that:
samples from turntables - through a Yamaha MG8/2Fx - then Pro Tools;
sampling with an Akai or another drum-machine, would you suggest me to let the Akai in, into Yamaha preamp too or directly into the MBox?!

Thanks.

Hed

 

[KurtisRich]

If I were you I'd so some research first. Go to a music store and try out some equipments and see how you like it.

 

[The Bastard]

Sup guys.
Here my lil'dilemma: never used an Akai, but I'm thinking of getting one...I should maybe find a used S 2000 or CD 3000XL, btw I'd get something cheap (...hope so).
The main reason for that is "coloring and bumping" my drums or other samples.
Since I'm a newbie, is it that hard laying down drums with it (a couple of 4bar drum patterns or so, that I'd record into Pro Tools, for example...)? I mean sequencing with it is it so difficult?
And does it have a "nice sound-color" for that purpose?! I mean, in that price range (more or less) would be better an SP 303?!

Then, usually I proceed like that:
samples from turntables - through a Yamaha MG8/2Fx - then Pro Tools;
sampling with an Akai or another drum-machine, would you suggest me to let the Akai in, into Yamaha preamp too or directly into the MBox?!

Thanks.

Hed

mpcs are the easiest machines to program i nthe world. i dunno about coloring tho, they have a pretty flat reponse yur gunna hear whatever the sample sounds like. so if the drums sound punchy theyll sound punch in yur mpc,if the samples sound hollow theyl lsound hollow i nyur mpc

mpcs are the easiest machines to program i nthe world. i dunno about coloring tho, they have a pretty flat reponse yur gunna hear whatever the sample sounds like. so if the drums sound punchy theyll sound punch in yur mpc,if the samples sound hollow theyl lsound hollow i nyur mpc

doesnt look liek u were even talkin about mpcs, but whatever, i jump the gun a lot

 

[Fury]

mpc is dope but the sequence screen is fuckin small as a muthafucka...but the touch sensitive pads our great and the drum sound quality aint from the mpc its from where u get the samples from and if u gonna put it in pro tools anyway u can jusss mix it there...its a dope machine tho

 

[Ash Holmz]

co-sign on what everyone is sayin .. mpc is easy to use... moreso than a computer imo... but its not gonna color ur drumz .. for that u need maybe a di/preamp or a nice compressor.

 

[themucka]

get the mpc4000 i can take any shitty drum and make it a banga....

the moc4000 is the best mpc of them all.. ive owned them all but once i got the new os for the 4000 i felll in love.. the power it has in unbeatable... for sequenceing... for sampling... for beefing up drums.. yes beefing up drums... resampling is killa...