SP505 or 606?

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:18 pm

do sp-505 can copy patterns? i found nothing in the manual. we can do that on sp-606.
hope so on sp-505 (the next days i will receive it!)...

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:53 pm

ellaguru wrote:do sp-505 can copy patterns? i found nothing in the manual. we can do that on sp-606.
hope so on sp-505 (the next days i will receive it!)...

yessir you can

You press the system button to the bottom left of the screen ,then press F2,F2 then F1,it's very straightforward...

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:30 pm

wow! i think i bought a great machine!

thanx rob p!

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:14 am

no problem,Ellaguru
Yes you did,it's a great machine,and you should have a lot of fun creating bangers

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:56 am

ok
at page 65 there is the "copy pattern" thing...now i found it.
peace

fauna · Post by **fauna** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:07 pm

i've found the pattern copy on the 505 the most intuitive on any sampler i've used.

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:06 pm

@fauna
that's a good news.
@Rob p
hey, je ne savait pas que tu parle/rappe en francaise mec! j'habite a Lille (france, nord). mon francaise ecrit est null. "elzeimer raw" frappe fort! salut!

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:15 am

Rob probably speaks french, I think it's pretty common in Canada.

fauna · Post by **fauna** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:03 am

mais oui! aussi, nous voyageons par les ours polaire!

i'm actually taking french lessons right now. its a crazy experience.

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:13 am

@fauna
so you are living in canada?
cheers

Rob P · Post by **Rob P** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:26 pm

hahaha...nous voyageons par les ours polaires...a bit nonsensical but hilarious.

C'est tres bien que tu apprennes le francais,c'est une belle langue.

Ellaguru,merci pour les compliments,c'est mon ami Grems qui rappe dessus et ce que le monde est petit...haha

Tu devrais le contacter,c'est vraiment un mec bien

Oui Euclid,le francais est commun,mais surtout au Quebec,but you can find french speaking communities in Ontario,the Maritimes,New Brunswick especially and the Prairies(Alberta,Saskatchewan,Manitoba)

PHeMoX · Post by **PHeMoX** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:10 pm

ellaguru wrote:i have this little old beast still with me. but it's limited.
what i'm searching is machine with boss/roland sp-505/606 caracteristics and immediacy and a m**********g pitch in one!
maybe i have to do like you, i have sell everithing and buy a fat mv 8800....f**k, but the hell price?????
mpc 1000 or 2000xl will be ok, but we all know how akai fx sucks....

Yeah, but second hand prices continue to drop for both the Mv8000 and MV8800 as well.

I'd go for a second hand 8800 if you're looking for something less limited for sure. A new MPC1000 and for sure a more rare MPC2000xl go for practically the same price as a MV8000 second hand.

Basically the huge amount of midi (and 8 audio) tracks and way more voices, padbanks, way more sample time and so on are the biggest differences. Ah, and of course the onboard bass synth. It does have really powerful and tweakable FX as well of course, but generally you never go wrong with MFX on Roland gear. Can't say that of Akai lately, even though the MPC5000 does have better FX than the average MPC has.

....i heard that mpc 5000 is worst than mpc 4000 and the more and more low prices of it around demonstrate that...

Yeah, but because of the current crisis in the world wide economy the prices of used MVs and even brand new ones will drop as well. You're right though, the MPC5000 made a very bad impression on a lot of people. It had lots of bugs at launch, the buglist shows dozens upon dozens of bugfixes. Apparently the new OS 2.0 solves / fixes a lot, but I sure wouldn't buy an MPC5000 knowing the issues it had for a long time now.

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:23 pm

I'd go for a second hand 8800 if you're looking for something less limited for sure. A new MPC1000 and for sure a more rare MPC2000xl go for practically the same price as a MV8000 second hand.

i'm sorry but here (france - and europe also, i think -) an used mpc 1000 black is 550-600€ (711-775usd) and an used mpc 2000xl (with card reader) too. Instead an used mv 8000 is 950-1000€ (1.228-1.293usd)...

PHeMoX · Post by **PHeMoX** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:42 pm

Yes, but I am talking about best offers here.

Here's a Dutch site, but look:

€745,- .. pretty sweet deal for an 8000;

http://link.marktplaats.nl/236855317

€1225,- for an 8800;

http://link.marktplaats.nl/234054801

Of course, prices will vary a lot. You need to get lucky too.

ellaguru · Post by **ellaguru** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:01 pm

thanx for those sites, but for now i got an mpc 1000 blck for 550€. i'm waitng for an sp-505 (150€) to make a good couple with...
when i will try to have something more professional (and bigger) i will take an mv 8000. i'm a little afraid from mv 8000 and mpc 4000 big dimensions...i think those machines are more for studios than home.

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