AKAI MPC 1000 Music Production Center

The akai mpc 1000 music production center is one of the best drum machines I have ever owned. That's saying a lot too because I still have my Roger Linn MPC 3000.

I never played with a MPC-60 but I know some analog producers that still have that in their arsenal.

The MPC 1000 is a great tool for me in my studio because of the light weight compact design and the usb port.

Once they implemented the usb allowing me to drop and drag samples to and from my drum machine within seconds I was hooked.

I can't tell you the countless hours I have slaved in front of MPC 2000's and 3000's chopping and sampling sounds and drums.

I'm an OG producer too so I have experienced the SCSI Drives and the 100 mb Zip Drives. It was not an easy task back in the day.

Compact Flash and smart media cards made the game a little better. However, when they came along I had so many hits on Zip drives I had to keep my Roger Linn Edition MPC.

Technology is forever growing so I'm sure the 1000 will be obsolete in the production world if you are trying to keep up wit the Jones's.

As for me it's going to be a vintage piece of gear that I pass down to my son who bangs beats and plays piano like Alicia Keys at the age of 9 years old. Hello!