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If you own an AKAI MPC 2000XL or similar MPC, Increase Your Power to Produce. Learn how to Make Your Beats Stand Out. This DVD includes everything you need to know to start producing High Quality beats with your AKAI MPC 2000XL drum machine. In under an hour You Will Have all the tools you need to Produce a Professional Beat and much more.
Chapters include:
- 1. Getting to know your MPC
- 2. Saving & Loading
- 3. Production
- 4. Song Mode
- 5. Mixing
- 6. Recording with MIDI
- 7. Sampling
- 8. Programming Parameters
- 9. Installing Components
Total Running time 58:06
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nice tattoo man.
AKAI owes you money. Were it not for this fix (which is simple and works perfectly), I would have returned my mpd32 the next day. Now, it’s fine as frog hair. Great work!
@Troglored Glad to be of service, man. Maybe Akai could throw me some dough…. I sure could use some extra right now.
I would caution people to use a good brand of electrical tape. The cheaper brands have adhesive that’s crap. Let’s face it, you don’t want this stuff coming unstuck once you’ve put the unit back together. Scotch Super 33+ costs $3.25 and is the best there is. There’s enough in a roll to do about 200 MPD32s.
Excellent advice. We should start a “tweaking pads” side business… buying MPD32s at cost, selling for the same retail price… people would flock to us for quality products.
Just finished this operation on mine, thanks so much for the video! The difference is amazing.
Dope video I’m gonna mod my 24
And the guy asking about when u hit a pad and the sample stops playing your getting that cuz that section of your drum controller is set to cut 1 by 1 turn that off and you should be good
are the pads on the mpd really that crappy that you have modify em?? i thought they were solid and responsive…
Dawgy… thanks for da vid. Solid Trick. im gonna do it as soon as this bitch gets to my doorstep!
is mpds pads really sucks?what about mpd24?which one is the betta buy?
yes they really suck!!! also the mpd24 and the mpd18. I used the mpc 1000 and now the mpc 2500 which are a little bit softer but still a hard feeling. i like the mpc workfloww, but soon i will try the korg padkontrol with software^^
Good vid. This is worth checking out too, if anyone wants to drop 12 bucks. Google “Akai MPK Pad Sensitivity Enhancement Kit” and find it on eBay
@kissmarton I find that the mpd 32 pads are actually good. Soft and responseful. But thats just me. The Akai MPD18s pads are bad tho. Too hard and have to pound too hard.
they sell padkorx at mpc stuff … u put these under the pads to get a better response … i recomend them , they definately help with response
I could not agree more. The mpd32 pads are total dogshit, wish I’d known about this mod when I had mine. (I just stuck with my padkontrol)
Before you all crack open your MPD go to your global settings set you velocity curve to A your sensitivity to 16 and your threshold to 1 and it should work fine mine works fine that way.
i love the tattoo on your left arm
i take your word for it that they suck but like homie below me said to use the global settings,i just wondering if you did that before you rigged it up?
cool vid
nice vid
have you done this with an mpc 18??
would it work the same?
this is the only vid covering this mod….thanx fer posting it..!
you did say 4 layers of tape…correct…
Word up on this. My Akai is perfectly fine how it is. I am not breaking it open and adding tape lol
That is because it costs 99 dollars. It is a fantastic machine for 99 dollars. If you want to complain, get your money right and get a better piece of equipment.
Everybody i know including myself who has the 32 does that we all know…. but even so i have to agree with chris the sensitivity on the MPD32 sucks bad out of the box. Its a beautiful machine i love it more than any mpc and i pretty much use/used them all but the its pointless having it unless u crack it open either that or u just got one of the few sensitivity ones in which case I envy your luck.
I did it yesterday and its works Beautifully thanks so much chris! i used 5 on every pad. closed it then 13 was too responsive and 8 and 12 were a little less sensitive than the rest. So i opened up it up again added and subtracted where needed. IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY!!! feels better than or just about as good the 2000xl response wise. Cant thank you enough!
I’m lost, everyone is complaining about the MPD pads but they feel fine to me. Sensitivity on 16, threshold on 1 and curve on type A and they play like a dream. Maybe the newer ones (I bought mine recently) had some tweaks?
Any way good like with the mods.