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serious?
03-31-2006, 05:55 PM
quick Q

when purchasing a used MPC (let's say MPC2000) what am i looking for to get with it besides the manual and power adapter etc.?
KurtisRich
03-31-2006, 07:17 PM
THats about it. If you're lucky you might have some drum samples in it
misscc803
03-31-2006, 07:46 PM
Extras:32mb of ram, SCSI Drive, 8 outs expansion, effect card, sounds, audio cables, midi cables.
N.Y.S.O.M.
03-31-2006, 08:51 PM
Extras:32mb of ram, SCSI Drive, 8 outs expansion, effect card, sounds, audio cables, midi cables.


I got the 32mb of ebay for cheap and it worked.......I miss my 2000
Lazy Eyes
04-01-2006, 04:53 AM
I just bought one with some sounds but i didn't get a MIDI cable so i need to go out and buy one today..:(

note: i copped the 2kxl in absolute fine condition for 450 euros that's about 500 $ ..
Tha1AndOnlyDJT
04-01-2006, 06:49 AM
make sure the screen is in good condition, not missing anylines.
misscc803
04-01-2006, 09:19 PM
make sure the screen is in good condition, not missing anylines.

Most commonly seen on the 2k.
FSC
04-01-2006, 09:37 PM
Try to make sure that all of the pads and buttons work on it...
DJ Xsinna
04-03-2006, 08:50 PM
I'm in total agreement with Misscc803. You will want one with the 8 outputs on it! Believe me, when you go into the studio, you will want those 8 outputs when droping your drum tracks and samples. You don't want to have 16 different drum & samples going into protools (or whatever you/the studio uses to record) and only having the two outputs to run your sounds through. That's a lot of passes during studio time which could easily turn an hour session (just talking music tracks here) into an needless 2 or 2 1/2 hour session. You can have the sickest sampler and keyboard but if you don't have the maximum amount of outputs on them, all your work will be a big pain in the but because it took so long to record all the sounds you used in your "banger". Also, you're gonna need that SCSI option too! So you can hook up a CD Rom Drive and Zip drive. If you can find an MPC with the 8 Output expander, SCSI and a ZIP Drive in it...Go for that!!!!!! The memory expansion issue is something you can install later after you get the MPC.