Akai MPC 5000 Q/A

[bhunt]

Tell me about the effects and filters. Akai said they reworked the engines for both of the. Are they better or is it still the normal akai's standard of suppar effects.

[jahrome]

Tell me about the effects and filters. Akai said they reworked the engines for both of the. Are they better or is it still the normal akai's standard of suppar effects.

Akai did rework the effects which include various filters. The MPC 5000 also has an additional Filter/LFO for each pad. These are far superior than the MPC 60/1000/2000XL/2500/3000. They appear to meet or exceed the MPC 4000 in terms of specs. They sound great to me but I am not an expert on effects which is very subjective. If you find the MPC 4000s effects are subpar...chances are you may say the same with the MPC 5000.

[BussaNut]

i heard the 5000 can turn midi into audio so it doesnt have to be tracked out into a DAW is this true?

[jahrome]

i heard the 5000 can turn midi into audio so it doesnt have to be tracked out into a DAW is this true?

Not exactly. It's internal MIDI tracks/programs can be recorded to it's 8-track hard disk recorder. Then you can either export the tracks as audio files (16 or 24 bit) to load into your DAW, or you can record your tracks into your DAW via ADAT or it's 8 + 2 analog outputs.

[ecsmix]

What about the higher ppq to program a beat is it the diferent?
mpc 5k and 4 k have 960 ppq and the rest of the mpc's are 96 ppq, but the legendary swing of the mpc comes from 60 or 3000.
So why akai is making a higher ppq?

However, a 96 ppq with the quantization off(on any mpc 1K,500 or 2,5k) will record exactly like you play, right?
After that you can quantize, in case you have a higher ppq, the notes will move more subtle than a 96 ppq, right?
Specially when you deal with the shift timing you have 960 spaces to place a note vs 96 spaces from the other mpcs.
Is that information TRUE?
If it is a higher ppq makes the mpc more powerfull as far quantization, because will have more ppq to place the notes,right or wrong?
Or the magic swing feel works on those 96 ppq spaces BETTER?

[jahrome]

What about the higher ppq to program a beat is it the diferent?
mpc 5k and 4 k have 960 ppq and the rest of the mpc's are 96 ppq, but the legendary swing of the mpc comes from 60 or 3000.
So why akai is making a higher ppq?

However, a 96 ppq with the quantization off(on any mpc 1K,500 or 2,5k) will record exactly like you play, right?
After that you can quantize, in case you have a higher ppq, the notes will move more subtle than a 96 ppq, right?
Specially when you deal with the shift timing you have 960 spaces to place a note vs 96 spaces from the other mpcs.
Is that information TRUE?
If it is a higher ppq makes the mpc more powerfull as far quantization, because will have more ppq to place the notes,right or wrong?
Or the magic swing feel works on those 96 ppq spaces BETTER?

Legendary MPC swing? All MPCs have swing. Swing only works if quantize is turned on. If you turn off quantize so you can try to use those 960 ppqns, you will be programming your own swing. The higher the PPQ, the more accurately the sequencer will record your playing. But there are some that believe anything higher than 500 ppqn isn't really useful. I am not interested in testing that theory though.

I hope this answers yur question.

[ecsmix]

Legendary MPC swing? All MPCs have swing. Swing only works if quantize is turned on. If you turn off quantize so you can try to use those 960 ppqns, you will be programming your own swing. The higher the PPQ, the more accurately the sequencer will record your playing. But there are some that believe anything higher than 500 ppqn isn't really useful. I am not interested in testing that theory though.

I hope this answers yur question.

jahrome, thank you vey much for the answer,what i am trying to achieve is to get the mpc swing on my beats(i bought a 500 to test it) but i am inclined to return it to try something better(padwise).BTW I love it.
So I was wondering getting the new kid on the block the 5k, but I alreadu have several synths and the only diference between this unit and other mpcs are the ppq.
A higher ppq will give more swing or spaces on the swift timing feature(480 vs 96), or it is not a big deal and that is not noticable?
Because the old units that did the fame of the mpc was 96 ppq,right?
Besides the synth, does the hardware part has something special, because softwarewise they can give the same features to do 2,5k, right?

[Eswerve]

Does the 5k come with the Phono pre like the 4k? Compared to the 4K, if you've used one, is there any reason to make the jump? I don't need the hard disk recording or the storage options and it seems like I can add the ADAT and 8 out option for a lot cheaper than upgrading to the 5. How are the sample editing functions? Slicing? Does it still create prog/seq with the auto slice? Has that fuction gotten better? Is the time stretch/pitch functions any easier to use or integrated into the sample/slice menus?

[BxJaze]

Does the 5k come with the Phono pre like the 4k? Compared to the 4K, if you've used one, is there any reason to make the jump? I don't need the hard disk recording or the storage options and it seems like I can add the ADAT and 8 out option for a lot cheaper than upgrading to the 5. How are the sample editing functions? Slicing? Does it still create prog/seq with the auto slice? Has that fuction gotten better? Is the time stretch/pitch functions any easier to use or integrated into the sample/slice menus?

i just bought one so i can answer the 1st question: yes

[3D Beats]

I actually had a chance to sit down and mess with one at GC today. Nobody way in so i just messed with it for about 1/2 and hour. Although i couldn't sample my own stuff, i had fun with it. I thought it would just be sort of a joke but it is very usuable, fairly intuitive, and it does have features that i never thought i'd applicate on an mpc until after using it. The grid feature is a big one. Although i sort of felt like i was using software, which isn't a bad thing but often makes me think, why not use just software-mv is a good example, but all the good stuff was still there. Not that it's for me but i was suprised that it was very usuable, and easy to use if you are familar with mpcs. I was hating on it when i first heard about it, i'm not convinced it for me, but it seems much more of a legit product after sitting down in front of one. And it's not ridiculous large either, like i thought. Just a bit larger than a 2k.