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Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center

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Chromeo

"The drums are all either vintage drum machines, or an Akai MPC1000, which is one of the two smallest ones. It has a clean sound, and makes everything really punchy and loud. I’ll sometimes sample, say, a kick from the DrumTraks into it, if I want it to have a more bottom-y, compressed sound."
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Alex Trimble

In this video Alex Trimble can be seen using the Akai MPC 1000. Alex can be seen using the MPC in [this video as well](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6gQ9WutY3U) at 2:33. He appears to be using to trigger samples for the organ part of the song "Eat That Up, It's Good For You".
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Mike Shinoda

Mike demonstrates how he puts a beat together through this short video.
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Autechre

"If we're disregarding any computers here just for this Q, I would give the mpc1000 a good exercise with its JJOS now n then. Our RS integrator is a worthy distraction too. DMX has always been there for me too." Rob Brown on [WATTM AAA](http://forum.watmm.com/topic/81109-aaa-ask-autechre-anything-sean-and-rob-on-watmm/?p=2084386)
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Moderat

in this instagram post Szary is seen using a Mpc 1000 in rehearsal for the "Moderat 3" tour
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Octave One

In this photo, you can see Octave One using the Akai MPC100 live on stage.
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Boyinaband

Boyinaband uses his MPC1000 in a Dubstep Metal battle against Sssshawnnnn and it first appears clearly at 0:40 in the video.
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Mannie Fresh

Mannie using the Akai MPC 1000 to sequence samples at the Sprite Center in 2015
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Justin Lockey

This Instagram photo posted by Justin Lockey shows he uses the Akai MPC1000. Some of the pads are labeled "MEAT," which could mean those pads trigger an effect for the Editors song "Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool." Other pads are labeled "Brick Hit" and "Psyco." This photo was posted by Justin in Jan 2014.
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Onra

Onra performs his first album live using two MPC 1000 in this video. They are visible from the beginning of the video.
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Étienne de Crécy

Etienne de Crécy - We, Computers Live Studio Session
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Zombie Nation

«I don’t use the MPC as much as I did, but I still use it quite a lot. It’s always a centrepiece of the studio for me because it just gets stuff done nicely. It’s not nearly as flexible as the OP-1 or the Octatrack in terms of what you can do with samples but for making basic beats and patterns it’s just way more fun than pushing around bars in a computer sequencer»
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Benjamin Damage

uses in the photo
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Ela Minus

It is on this page
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Luke Dubber

"If I had to stick to just the bare essentials, I would bring my Akai MPC1000..."
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Bryan Erickson

Well the pads must be broken in, make sure you get the newest os update so you can adjust the pad sensitivities to your liking. AWESOME. it has a flashable rom in it, so you can flash your own sounds into the rom, so you can make your own presets that load very fast automatically when you turn the unit on. saves so much time, with samplers its all about load, save.. takes so much time, set this one up once, and its instant gratification over and over again like a drum machine should be. I upgraded mine to 128mb of ram which is plenty, this is a one shot sample playback, drum machine sampler, its not meant to make keyboard maps, buy a emu for that. this is for drums. and drum loops. easy to get files off my pc. i re did all my drum kits from all my old drum machines and samplers in this thing and have them set up as presets. the pads are ultra responsive and very expressive. loads .wav files, usb connect to the pc for file management and import of any .wav drum sounds or fx. Ultra tight envs, and punchy like a drum machine should be! bitchen.... a permanent piece, i will never ever sell this thing. my ultimate industrial drum box. its a portable sampler to boot, not big, perfect size. sampler quality is pretty good too, i like the dacs better on this than the s5000 i had.
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Palmbomen II

As seen in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWLcXQs1RL4
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Jon Phonics

uses in the video
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Doseone

Doesone using a MPC1000 and a Boss SP-303 as his live setup.
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13 Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center Reviews

bgrassfield

195

I bought it, it bought me

My first sampler was an Akai S2000 which was a budget rack sample player. It didn't impressed me enough since my E-MU 1212m with the Reason NN-XT did the job far-far better. This was around 2004. Then I bought an MPC 1000 in 2011 and the JJOS2XL actual version to replace the annoying Akai OS. So you think, Kontakt or any other software sampler handling things better and more efficient? I bet you will change your mind when you spent a few hour with the MPC1K under JJOS2XL. Far the best and easiest hardware sampler I seen until nowadays. My enthusiasm rooted one hand because the excellent sound engine and another hand because the JJOS2XL operation system. These together makes this beast as a real warrior. It can drive 2 gears outside, and the MPC1K didn't get the terrible MIDI timing problem like the MPC5K, so it can be as precise like any other pro MIDI gear. I tried it in many ways, in the bed at evening, connected my phone's out to the input and sampled some favourite phrase from a science interview with Michio Kaku. On the stage controlling my DAW on the notebook and release some long sample. On my vacation in the hotel room creating the first impressions after an inspirative day. This gear can fit near any situation if you able to plug it. You can expand the memory to 128 MB and add a simple IDE 2.5 HDD. The CF card slot is default. If you don't use the special JJOS2XL format, the basic PGM files can be read by MPC 2500/5000 models. The sequences are compatible except the effects section. For some bad points, it has a terrible workout in physical. If you buy one as second hand, you better to look around for pad set replacement kit, and check the faders if you can!

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over 4 years ago
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simfonik

I really want to try an MPC w/ the JJOS. One of my favorite groups of all time hold it in high regard.

https://equipboard.com/pros/autechre/akai-mpc1000-music-production-center

over 4 years ago

corentinbossard

28

Nice sweet pads

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over 5 years ago
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micky

31

MPC 1000

Great machine. RAM is a bit small, so you will probably need to upgrade it if you plan on doing some heavy duty production. Just as good as the MPC 2500 in my opinion, only more compact.

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over 3 years ago
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jamesbeats

I had the first one back in the day. It's been a very long time since I've made any music. As the game has changed, I'm more excited than ever to get started again.

over 3 years ago

jimmarchi1 Moderator

oh wow, people still use the MPC? Or is it getting to be an old enough design to be retro? This was THE hiphop sampler for awhile, but its really too hifi sounding to ever be cool because of its weird sound artifacts...

over 3 years ago

djkaser

120

Dopest MPC. Best bang for the buck, small size and has all the good stuff the larger MPC's have. Great one as a first-MPC purchase.

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over 5 years ago
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randwulf

115

Beautiful Simple Machinedragon

Awesome for loading samples and slicing loops. Better Days mainly uses it to play live shows with snippits, loops, and random samples we created or ripped off a movie.

Upgradeable.

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about 3 years ago
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summedanddot

225

Summed&Dot

Great 5 star feedback but it needs the jjosx2xl and then you have a bomb in your hands

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almost 3 years ago
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immutable

210

Classic

Indispensable for producing hip-hop beats.

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about 4 years ago
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gooms

312

Regret that I sold it..

This was my first hardware device for music production and I completely regret selling it. I’ll probably end up getting another one in the future as it’s a perfect package when it comes to an MPC. Very versatile, very fun, can generate immmediate musical results.

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6 months ago
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dominic_toone

248

my first mpc

16 bit sampler, mpc sequencing, 2 midi in midi out.

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14 days ago
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corbincs

681

Fun to brainstorm with

If these things hadn't really gone out of date with the new mpd's or even better mpx's I would still be hashing mine up. I love the sounds and the pads ability to be quite sensitive to velocity.

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almost 5 years ago
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ron_tyili

171

i miss this guy

the thing is my mode button broke n it just sits there..i need the next generation mpc

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4 months ago
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malcolm_x

130

Have it with JJ-OS.

Absolute best drum sequencer period. I'm currently trying to move from analog to digital with Logic but I can't give up the drum sequencing on the MPC.

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about 4 years ago
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flyingsoulo

56

Full featured and portable

I've only had the unit for about a month, but I'm loving it. The amount of power packed into this thing is incredible. Like just about everyone, I've upgraded the Operating System to JJOS2XL. Wouldn't trade it for anything. This is a piece that will stay in my studio until the end of time. Guaranteed.

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about 3 years ago
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