MPC 3000

“Very good Condition, and Tested-Working, in Hard-shell Flight Case with SCSI ZIP 250 Drive, ZIP Tapes and Original Manual with free, brand-new back-light included.

Very slight paint wear to rear top edge, letters wearing around data wheel. The 3000 is mounted to a rack tray by the pre-existing foot-mounting holes- great care was taken to ensure that the unit stay as original as possible. The rack tilts forward about 30 degrees, and this, combined with the angled screen, allows quick and easy operation of the MPC 3000, despite the dimming back-light.

I had it in storage for a time, but have been using it pretty consistently for about a month, and have found that about 3 of the buttons dont take well to being struck like sample pads anymore, but WILL trigger every time if you come down on them slowly, but with deliberate pressure. It wasnt long before i noticed that the screen is no longer visible in dim lighting, so i ordered a new back-light. I am including it for free with the 3000, but i havent needed to change it yet (instead, adjusting studio lighting and arrangement), and im not really motivated to crack open such an exquisite machine; however, that may change- depending on how long it takes for this listing to sell. ” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay

“Excellent Condition” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay

“Up for sale is an Akai MPC 3000 Sampler. Very good cosmetic condition for the age (see photos).

Features:
– 32 MB RAM
– OS 3.11
– Voltage 220V

Also included:
– New pad sensors (not installed)
– Tact switches (not installed)

Works well, except for the issues described below. I haven’t tried to fix these issues, some may be easy to fix.

– 1. High pitch noise on the headphones output. The noise is of very low volume, so the headphones output is still perfectly usable. This is a common problem on the MPC 3000: http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=129647
– 2. High pitch noise on the left channel of the record input when monitoring is “on” and no cables are connected to the record inputs. This is not a problem because when line cables are connected to the record inputs the noise goes away.
– 3. The pad sensor sheet needs to be replaced. Four of the sixteen pads don’t respond. A brand new pad sensor is included but not installed.
– 4. The key “Soft Key 1″ works but needs to be pressed hard. It will soon need a new tact switch. I will include a few tact switches in the package. All other keys work fine without the need to be pressed hard.
– 5. The volume control knob as a minor problem: When the volume is at zero, the left channel of the phones and left channel of the main outs can still be heard.
– 6. The disk drive is a little noisy when is reading and writing, but it works fine.
– 7. The plastic side panel (the one on the right) is detached at one point, it has a gap of a few millimeters (see photo).” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay

“Great conditions mpc 3000, fully serviced and upgraded, a lot of new parts. New LCD screen, new pad sensor, all tact switches are new, all original parts. 32mb memory,**please note no external drives included *** comes with the original floppy drive, thank you for looking ” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay

“Up for sale is my MPC 3000…Fully maxed out it has Vailixi 3.50 a LED screen and the CF card reader installed as well…All the pads are working and I’ll throw in a set of Red fat pads..”
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“Great condition Akai mpc 3000, fully service, all new tact switches and upgraded new LCD screen, everything works like it should. Come with power cord, free shipping only in the US, !!!!!!!!****please note unit comes with original floppy disk ****no external drive included. Thank you for looking !!!!!” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay

“Akai Legend. Fully functional and pulled out of a hip hop recording studio. Customized with the following upgrades:

Max Ram 32gb

Internal Zip Drive

Brand New Screen

Machine looks very nice. Normal wear but you can see it’s been very well cared for.

Snatch this up and get to making some beats with that classic feel and sound. MPC 3000 has that magic timing. Priced to move, don’t sleep. Thanks for looking.”

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“Up for grabs my trusty mpc3000 in all original condition no modifications, fully loaded memory in great condition,on the down side the timing correct button is a little sticky as is the soft key one( they need new censers not expensive) but they still work ive been using up till now. Ive had this machine for over 15 years never let me down solid piece of kit, i have about 25 floppys with loads of drum sounds it also comes with a iomega zip100 connected via scsi with loads more sounds(and a lot faster than floppys)” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay

” MPC 3000 loaded with Vailixi 3.50

Features
– Backlight LCD Screen
– Internal SCSI Adapted (Zip 100 Drive)
– Max Sampling Time 32MB
– New pad sensor
– Tact switch button replacement

Includes
– MPC 3000 Unit
– IEC Power Cable
– (2) ZIP100 Disks. / One preloaded with sounds in video / One pre-formatted blank.”
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