MPD 24 Pad Upgrade

[Alessandro Savage]

Hey Guys,

I don't know if many of you here use an MPD 24 but I've recently acquired one to use with Ableton and just purchased the mpcstuff.com Thick Fat Pad upgrade. I was wondering if any of you MPD 24 owners have already done the upgrade and if you could give me any tips so I don't break my MPD?

I know that the MPD 24 doesn't have the same internal layout as the MPD 26 and MPD 32 so I figured I'd ask here and see what I get.

Let me know!

Peace.

P.s. If I have the time, I might also create a mini-tutorial on the pad upgrade for the MPD 24 for future DJTT pad upgraders.

[jamthrax]

Hi Alessandro

I think one person has done this on these forums.. i did a search but could not seem to find it thou.

As i remember it was a pretty easy job to complete.

Good luck

[killing_kindness]

i've got an MPD26 and am going to try and upgrade the pads sometime soon, as well. i might just buy new pads or some of those cork inserts or whatever, but for the time being i'm going to try it out w/ electrical tape squares and/or a couple other things i'd heard you could use. interested to hear how your experience with it turns out, i'm kinda nervous about opening mine up as well. apparently as long as you take it slow and easy and make sure not to unplug any ribbon cables inside (as apparently they're not attached that firmly and it's not obvious where they plug back in if you do), it's completely straightforward.

[Alessandro Savage]

Hi Alessandro

I think one person has done this on these forums.. i did a search but could not seem to find it thou.

As i remember it was a pretty easy job to complete.

Good luck

Yes I recall reading a post about someone doing the pad upgrade but I don't think it was the MPD 24. Hopefully it's not very hard and I can get it done within an hour.

i've got an MPD26 and am going to try and upgrade the pads sometime soon, as well. i might just buy new pads or some of those cork inserts or whatever, but for the time being i'm going to try it out w/ electrical tape squares and/or a couple other things i'd heard you could use. interested to hear how your experience with it turns out, i'm kinda nervous about opening mine up as well. apparently as long as you take it slow and easy and make sure not to unplug any ribbon cables inside (as apparently they're not attached that firmly and it's not obvious where they plug back in if you do), it's completely straightforward.

If I recall correctly, the MPD 26 and 32 are easier to switch out because of the way they were designed, but I'll probably update this thread once I've tried it and succeeded and perhaps give some tips on what to watch out for when upgrading the pads. I hope those thick red pads with the corx upgrade really do have an effect on my MPD because I paid $52.50 with shipping for them!

[oneapemob]

I have been using a 24 for some years now and while the response wasn't super tight it was ok. I did the pad upgrade diy style a soon as i read about it a year n half ago. I did it with duck tape squares, then i adjusted the sensitivity and the velocity curve and now its very very responsive.
I think i followed the advice in the youtube video from the original poster and i used 3 or 4 layers. Just be careful not to over do it with the number of squares or you will be facing stuck triggers or over sensitive ones. Also buy good quality duck tape, not the one from the 1$ shop, so as not to have glue spilling out on the board.
As far as doing it, it's very easy, one screw driver a bit of paciente and care and you will do it in half an hour.

I'm now pondering doing a full on custom job on my mpd, changing those damn infinite knobs to normal ones, replacing the faders and moding a nanokontrol (1rst gen) into an all in one controler.
But this takes time and a lot of money (around 300 eur for my project) so it will have to wait a bit.

[VirtualLogic]

^^how can that cost 300euro ?

[TommyQuiet]

yeah someone on here did it



http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29951

[oneapemob]

300 eur for :
- buying all the pots for the nano and the mpd
- buying the fader (im a scratch dj so i need moderate good for norm ones and a really good one for the cross)
- buttons, buttons caps
- some arcade buttons
- new faceplate for the monster
- new box for the monster
- instruments to do it (dremmel, moderatly good soldering iron, etc...)
- cabling, heat shrink, connectors
- all new knobs and fader caps (i have a nuo 2.0 and will keep the style the same so its as expensive as buying the knobs themselves)
- extra components of everything ( just in case, would be a pain to fuck up a knob or something and having to pay 20 eur delivery for one pot )
- and maybe a new pad set from mpc stuff like above

It gets very expensive if you want to use good quality components, because im not gonna invest myself in this project if its not to keep it at least 10 years. I need quality stuff, I will be abusing that thing.

[Alessandro Savage]

yeah someone on here did it



http://www.djtechtools.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29951

Ah yeah nice. I heard the MPD 32's insides are easier to remove though? I can't wait for my pads to arrive so I can get on it!

300 eur for :
- buying all the pots for the nano and the mpd
- buying the fader (im a scratch dj so i need moderate good for norm ones and a really good one for the cross)
- buttons, buttons caps
- some arcade buttons
- new faceplate for the monster
- new box for the monster
- instruments to do it (dremmel, moderatly good soldering iron, etc...)
- cabling, heat shrink, connectors
- all new knobs and fader caps (i have a nuo 2.0 and will keep the style the same so its as expensive as buying the knobs themselves)
- extra components of everything ( just in case, would be a pain to fuck up a knob or something and having to pay 20 eur delivery for one pot )
- and maybe a new pad set from mpc stuff like above

It gets very expensive if you want to use good quality components, because im not gonna invest myself in this project if its not to keep it at least 10 years. I need quality stuff, I will be abusing that thing.

Honestly, modding out the MPD 24 sounds really awesome, but I can't see myself doing all those upgrades since I'm a newb when it comes to modding stuff. If you've got the skills though I don't see why not. Good luck!

[Alessandro Savage]

Just finished the Pad Upgrade!