nice one Elhau, let us know how it's going

Hmmm... I think I'm about to end my SP-Story with this information:

I sold 606 and now Im waiting for my good-old 404 to arrive

It was mad fun to play with almost all the SPs but in the end it all comes back to the beginning.

404-4-L1F3!

now you sold the 404 for a 505

seriously, i read the whole thread and i re-viewed what i've done from november 2008 until april 2009:
nov 2008:korg es-1mkII-sold->dec 08:sp-303 ; feb09:sp-404; feb09:sp-606-sold->march09 mpc500-sold->april 09:sp-505+mpc 1000black....
for now i stay with those, but in the near future who knows?
peace

Yeah, I went from SP-555 -> SP-606, with later a Kaoss Pad 3 -> MV-8800 + MC-505 and later MC-808. Still have those last three, but from the SPs I liked the SP-606 the best.

Mostly because of the fact that I never really got into the SP-555. I mean, I could make beats on it, but they felt like random successful experiments, not carefully planned beats.

The SP-606 made things a lot easier for me and helped me become good at using samplers in general. I definitely make better beats on my MV, but the SP-606 is where it really kicked off for me.

I didn't use the Kaoss Pad 3 all that often, but it was neat to have owned for a while. Ultimately I think it had a little bit too much 'Kaoss Pad' sound to it for me to really enjoy it, but the touchscreen x/y FX is awesome.

That reminds me, on my MV, despite having the much much better bass synth in there, I miss the d-beam! Now, I do got it on my MC-808, but that's a monster when it comes to sampling, quite annoying! I used to miss the SP-606, but I've become more used to my MV now.

I'm not going to sell my MV-8800, like ever... that's how comfortable I feel using it, maybe if Roland releases an MV-9900 or so, but it might be simply too expensive for me anyway.

I've looked into the MPC-5000 and wasn't as impressed with it as with Roland's MV. Not sure, but guess I'm a SP & MV kind of guy, not an MPC guy.

i would die without my loop capture. all yall are nuts

many mpc guys told me that the mpc-5000 is almost a flop and the mpc-4000 rest for now the only mpc that can be compared to the mv 8000/8800.
anyway i sold suddenly my mpc-500, and the mpc-1000 is a good machine but finally i don't use it that often.

for real man thats all i use to make my tracks these days.

It's save to say the MPC-5000 won't easily be first choice for many people that already have owned MPCs, especially the 3000 and 4000.