Yep Blue ones are the old models, pads are shitty on these (velocity troubles, bad feelings and if 1 pad break you need to change the whole thing !). Highly suggested to buy the pad replacement which is a little bit expensive but omg totally worth it ! If you plan to get a 1000 someday, I suggest you to find some ram (any PC 133 144PIN CL3 SODIMM 256MB will do, don't buy the overpriced akai upgrade) and get a version of JJOS (got 2XL, they added a chord and arp fonction which is just totally awesome for stuffs like midines ) because original akai os is not really stable for midi ! (my nanoloop sync cable didn't worked on it)
I'm really trying to figure this out: if this is powered via USB, why not just use a pad controller if you're connecting to a computer for power anyway? Sure you can power via an adapter/power socket, but why not just buy a battery powered sampler at that point?
i got a maschine mk2 i love it i want an mpc2000xl just for that old school hip hop feel i wanted the new mpx8 ill have to get one
Highly suggest you to get a MPC1000 instead...you can upgrade it like crazy and JJOS is just mindblowing (I have 2XL and it's just...WOW !) compactflash card reader, more ram, can add an hdd, oh and jjos fixd that goddamn annoying midi troubles (all the original akai OS I tried, midi was totally SHITTY and my Nanoloop cable didnt want to work at all !)
) because original akai os is not really stable for midi ! (my nanoloop sync cable didn't worked on it)
