Picked up my MPC yesterday.
Mine was a BK-N, so it came with the new pads (the feel is very "MPC", but the size is small), full memory, and a 128CF card.
I bought the hardrive adapter, but don't have a HDD yet. I have a heap of CF cards laying around though.
I said before that i wouldn't get rid of the rack samplers, but after a day on this thing I am changing my mind pretty damn quickly. I will keep the E-MU, but not the 3000.
Yeah I noticed that with the filters, and now I know why the software editor sets the samples at 70 by default. Once the samples were at this level I couldn't get it to clip. It puts out a really hot signal on the main outs which compesates - interesting.
Love the master EQ - almost like an exciter/enhancer, and it works for drums so well! The compressor is a work horse more than a character builder, but that's a good thing on a sampler I reckon.
So far I love the thing! I am getting beats down that would have taken ages with my old setup. It's just so damn easy to use!
That is good to know about the drive. I can't wait to fill have a huge library at my finger tips.
Hey thanks for all your help by the way. It was good to shoot over a few gaps in the manual.