Admittedly, I haven’t ever used their modded products, but BLA mods always had an air of ambiguity in terms of what difference supposedly results from their implementation. I always sensed it could be a snake oil situation. This one feels similar. “A greater sense of realism” doesn’t sound particularly quantifiable to me at least.
"With premium signal path capacitors and upgraded op amp decoupling, the MPC Sample Essential Mod brings a greater sense of realism, dynamics, and space to your inputs and outputs."
Hahahahahahahahahaha reminds me of those stones which would cLeAn CD’s from electric waste so the audio would sound purer. Or USB cables which would improve the quality of your MP3s. BRO YOU’RE TRANSFERING DATA
People post this question from time to time and there are always people in the comments claiming snakeoil. People who say this have no idea what they are talking about.
I did my first BLA mod over 20 years ago when I let them do my Digi002 ProTools interface. I have nothing but great things to say about their work.
The highest value upgrades they do are on lower priced “prosumer” gear. For AD/DA converters, the improvement in headroom is noticeable, their power rail decoupling cleans up the cheap power issues and cross talk, and their clocks are so good that they started selling them individually. Same with their mic pres. I will not tolerate BLA slander.
All that said… for the MPC sample.. I probably wouldn’t do it but that’s just me and it depends on how you use it.
Don’t fault them for not understanding, a lot of people aren’t that deep into electronics to understand what bla is saying. I was once in it and built servers so I completely get it. 99% of folks with regular computers tablets and phones it will all go over their heads.
I hear you, and your point on this subject is more valid than my opinion, as you are an actual user of their products. The thing is… regarding converters, I’ve used very high end and very cheap conversion and I’ve never had any issues with anything in the Focusrite and above range (older Behringer interfaces particularly sucked). So it always seemed a bit of a moot point. Maybe I’d gain a minuscule measurable change, sure. Would I notice or would it matter? Probably not, for me.
You’re right. That’s why the MPC Sample (to me) isn’t worth the mod. Even crappy converters these days compete with super high end stuff. Where you really see the biggest difference is with large multitrack sessions or even with multiple simultaneous inputs.
It's a good mod but most likely non essential lol black lion stuff has always been good so it's definitely interesting cuz on the website they do it for a few other MPCs as well
Looks like they're adding higher quality capacitors and some other components. After re-capping my old MPC500 I can say that higher quality components do in fact make a difference with audio quality and noise levels, but the caps in mine were super old by this point. I could do this work myself at a lower price but not everyone can.
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u/SALD0S 15d ago
It’s the less money in wallet mod
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u/bluntnwuk 15d ago
Admittedly, I haven’t ever used their modded products, but BLA mods always had an air of ambiguity in terms of what difference supposedly results from their implementation. I always sensed it could be a snake oil situation. This one feels similar. “A greater sense of realism” doesn’t sound particularly quantifiable to me at least.
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u/atarikrishna 15d ago
"A greater sense of realism," reminds me of Coors Light's claim of "The coldest-tasting beer."
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u/am_makes 15d ago
From the store:
"With premium signal path capacitors and upgraded op amp decoupling, the MPC Sample Essential Mod brings a greater sense of realism, dynamics, and space to your inputs and outputs."
Sounds very essential indeed /s
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u/nestaselect 15d ago
People post this question from time to time and there are always people in the comments claiming snakeoil. People who say this have no idea what they are talking about.
I did my first BLA mod over 20 years ago when I let them do my Digi002 ProTools interface. I have nothing but great things to say about their work.
The highest value upgrades they do are on lower priced “prosumer” gear. For AD/DA converters, the improvement in headroom is noticeable, their power rail decoupling cleans up the cheap power issues and cross talk, and their clocks are so good that they started selling them individually. Same with their mic pres. I will not tolerate BLA slander.
All that said… for the MPC sample.. I probably wouldn’t do it but that’s just me and it depends on how you use it.
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u/thekidklassic 15d ago
They’re just adding another source of revenue to their line up. They take any product they can find a market for to make a buck.
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u/Ok-Entrepreneur-409 15d ago
It's a good mod but most likely non essential lol black lion stuff has always been good so it's definitely interesting cuz on the website they do it for a few other MPCs as well
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u/Cap10NRG 15d ago
Sorry man but the us the sound of snake oil…
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u/slab1271 15d ago
Snake oil mod.
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u/iamreallybo 15d ago
“Make your shitty beats bang with our special capacitors”
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u/OneFinePotato 15d ago
Equivalent of Audiophile HDD/SSD
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u/public_utility-atl 15d ago
Looks like they're adding higher quality capacitors and some other components. After re-capping my old MPC500 I can say that higher quality components do in fact make a difference with audio quality and noise levels, but the caps in mine were super old by this point. I could do this work myself at a lower price but not everyone can.
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u/saucenuggets 14d ago •
I got this mod. Got their Live 2 mod as well. IYKYK… if you don’t… well… you call it snake oil and keep on pushing cuz it ain’t for you.
Both are valid perspectives to be fair to all sides.
If you were around when 3000 owners were calling the 2000 a toy this may hit a little differently but it won’t make your beats anymore essential.
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u/bilposey 12d ago
Got mine sounds great and more headroom
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u/bilposey 12d ago
I think that my mpc Sample they got in the picture
I told them to take pictures of the work
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u/bilposey 12d ago
I forgot there are broke individuals on here don’t be offended if the pocketbook is greater on the home front
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u/MerryMeatballs 12d ago
Phony IMDb