Akai MPC3000 versus MPC4000 Sound Comparison Shoot Out

In this clip, I put the notorious Akai MPC3000 up against the formidable MPC4000. These two titans both share top-tier rapport among industry heavy weights.. so which would you choose?! See them in the 'sonic shooutout' and decide for yourself!

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Technical details of 'captures'
I used only Mogami Gold 1/4" cables for this demonstration. Both Samplers are using 16bit,, which means any one of 65,536 values are available for the converter to choose from.. 44,100 times per second, otherwise referred to as 44.1kHz (the Sample rate).

I used an RME Fireface interface set to 24bit (which means any one of 16,777,216 values are available for the RME converter to choose from) at 48,000 times per second, also referred to as 48kHz (the Sample rate).

The signals were pushed to, what I refer to as the 'humanly-accessible ceiling' of what each Sampler could accept before 'clipping' (aka distorting). Doing this, reaches into the optimum amount of 'Bit depth', thus.. making the most of the available dynamic range from both.

The thing to note about the 2 different models of MPC in this clip, is that, their Output and Input stages are vastly different. So, it should be stated, that this is by no way a measure of the actual analog to digital converters.. but rather, a measure of 2 independent devices that share some aspects of various hardware.


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Index:
0:00 'The set up' rant
4:00 Round 1
8:22 Round 1-Output 5
12:45 Round 2
17:23 Round 2-Output 5
21:49 Round 3
24:21 Round 3-Output 5
26:47 Bonus Round
29:07 Bonus Round-Output 5

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