Akai MPD24 vs Edirol PCR300

[taboo]

Akai MPD24


or

Edirol PCR300


Im in a bit of a twist where i cant really decide for which one of these too choose..
For those who have some experience with the components... can ya share and tell me which one i should choose and why..

main reason is to be use it as an external controller for the sampler, but if there are other properties that the components can be used for, i would be glad to hear what it is since i dont wanna purchase something that will last for a month or two.

Pls brothers of MV, share your experiences =)

many thx // Taboo...

[wazza]

thats a hard one...thay are both good controllers

I'm more than happy with my EDIROL PCR 500
One of the good thing about the EDIROL PCR 300/500 is that you can split it into two controllers
you can have the buttons, knobs, faders(4) and the crossfader mapped to the decks 3 & 4 and run it out of the USB port
and then you can map the keys and the other 4 faders to the sampler and run it out of the old school MIDI port and plug it to your EDIROL FA-66 sound card MIDI in-put
its like having two MIDI controllers in one

and it comes with soner le and project 5 le...both are good DWS programs

[wazza]

the duel MIDI out puts is the big reason why I got my EDIROL PCR 500.....SO I can have the deck control on decks 3 & 4 with the USB
and then have the old school MIDI out put pluged to the Vestax pdx 3000 so I can do the cool key/tempo thing

[phadedvision]

I have an mpd24 and I love it, but the pcr looks pretty handy.

I use the knobs for controlling gain/hi/mid/low for each side, the sliders for speed/mt/key, and the pads I keep empty just so there's no conflict between the sampler and MIDI events.

[bigibang]

i've a Pcr-300, for 2 month, and I love it!!!!!!! He's perfect because he 's got a lot's of knobs, faders and pads.
Pads aren't nice for a sampler like battery, but i use they're for mixvibes, so that's good. the big problem (for me) is that he's really big, and i don't use the piano key with MV7...

I'm maybe gonna create my own MIDI controller, on theese website:
http://www.ucapps.de/
http://www.midibox.org/
but it's so complicated

exuse my english, I'm a little frenchie

[bigibang]

i'm gonna post a MIDI file for pcr series, but i need to perfect it
if someone is insteresting, he can tell me with a mp

[taboo]

think i'll go with the mpd24 simce im not gonna use it as an external controller for the sampler and not run any decks on it...im a simple 2x vinyldj so any other effects or similiar stuff wont be necessary...at the moment =)

thx for all the help...now i need to find the MIDI script for it... any1 have it?

regards

[N-deep]

That's in French but the MIDI script available on download may work: mixvibespro6-akai-mpd24-t9072.html

[taboo]

great helpin out mate...
just saw theres a english version of it as well =)

many thx for the help...appreciate it

regards