“AKAI MPC 1000 Music Production Center – With Extras And Upgrades.
The Good:
• Brand New Pads from MPC Stuff
• Brand New Pad sensor from MPC Stuff.
• Brand New Buttons – black and dark grey
• New Dark Brown Skin from Pavel X Powers in The Ukraine
• 2 GB Card
• Screen Is Perfect – No Lines
• JJOS (Free) and JJOS 2XL (not free – this has all the functionality of the JJOS 2XL, but you can’t save anything without paying for a license -it’s $123 and worth every penny – google Big Lobe JJOS or JJOS 101 for more information)
• Includes newish power cable
• Includes IKEA brand plastic laptop stand as no extra cost
• 128 MB installed memory
The Bad
• The back metal plate is corroded. This is very common with these units. It does not affect functionality at all.
• Beneath the new skin, the black paint is very rough – chipped and scratched – it has clearly been used a lot in its day – it’s a relic. You can see it on the top back corner because the skin has a little opening there.
• The logo in the upper right corner of the skin is not the greatest thing in the world – I think it’s pretty cool, but I wish it was more like the orginal
• The worst thing – the on/off button falls out very easily – it is easy to put back on, but it is so small that it would be easy to lose it. If I was keeping this, I would put a dab of glue inside the hole and stick it back on, but I’ll leave that up the buyer.” Click here to search for MPCs on eBay