Mpc?

[PrOLifiK]

Whats up guys I have been making all of my tracks on reason just by using a midi keyboard and sampling some stuff off of my turntable. I am thinking about getting an MPC. What do u guys think should I fork out the cash for it. Will it improve on my production? For all of you MPC users out there lemme know whats good about it and why its going to be worth the money. Thanx guys peace out.

 

[WingsOfAnAngel]

hi. if you have reason and you are comfy with it, i would not recommend you to invest $$$ in buying the mpc device.
reason, recycle & reload + a huge collection of samples should be just fine. a producer cannot ask for more imo...
but it really comes down to your personal preferences...

 

[Loose Cannon]

You could have the fastest computer in the world and the best software there is, but nothing can match the feel of hardware.

I don't think MPC would be giving you a better (or easier) way to make beats.

Id rather have the MPC but just because id rather tap pads on a box, and listen to see if its right, instead of clicking a mouse 100 times and looking at a screen to see if its right.

It wont make a difference, its just a different feel.


PEACE

 

[voorheezMP]

I have my MPC3000 I love it. It is an personal perference, but I don't think you can compare that two. I never made beats on a computer, and I think I ever will. I don't think I'll get tha satisfaction on a pc. It might not be easier for you but once you feel tha power & hear tha sound of a MPC, you won't turn back. Nutin' like it. If you got tha money, get tha MP.

 

[incogneeto]

well...i'm new to this...bought my mpc2000xl about 3 weeks ago...the thing can do alot of s**t.............i used fruity loops to start...but i gotta tell u that the mpc is better...aolt better.......i like the hands on fell more than the softwarte bulls**T.....with the mpc you can get your beaats just right and delete until its exactly right....you can never get the same feel with software.....i jst go tthe mpc and i dropped 3 tracks already...takes a lil while to learn but it is sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.....

 

[maddogg]

i use to do tracks in reason and fruity loops when i was first tryn on the producer hat and reason is a nice program but when you physically play the mpc youre playing a instrument its just great.it is all prefrence though.either way you can make tight music.I enjoy it more with the mpc.
Peace

 

[nas2000xl]

yo you cant go wrong with the mpc. i feel as though every producer should have one.

 

[MadScientist]

I used MIDI sequencers on PC's and Mac's before I got my MPC 3000 and sometimes you can do easier/more in the event list and piano roll with the MIDI sequencers ..... but there aint nothing like a MPC 3000. I think if you have the money its worth it because ever since I got it my beats have grooved a lot tighter and just sounded way more professional. Its all a matter of what your comfortable using.

 

[Cold Truth]

it isnt just a matter of comfort; its a combination of many factors- money being chief among them. then you think about sounds- what are your sound sources going to be?

if money is not an issue, at all- then by all means- there is no better sampling drum machine/sequencer on the market, and there are many options among them (1000, 2000, 2000xl, 3000, 4000, and 60) and you cant go wrong with either, depending on your needs.

there are so many things to consider. the only way i suggest you go out an buy an mpc at this point in your career is if money is truly not an issue. otherwise, hone your skills on reason and make a little change first, and then venture into the world of hardware.

i speak from an all-hardware perspective for the last three years- until this summer when i finally got tired of spending money. now, i have an excellent pc setup that can compete with my best hardware rig (mpc 2000 and motif rack) and then some. there were certain advantages to having taht setup, but my current pros for outweigh my old ones. there

i recommend you stay put for now.

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Truth what is it about Reason, I mean it sounds ok but still there is a certain synthetic covering over the sounds....no matter how little or how many fx I use, is this my imagination....I too am in your boat.......I had all the best pieces that came out the last 2 years and moved to the computer......I still am going to have to cop the mpc 4k or the new one to satisfy my need to actually hear the sounds that they make in comparison to a very close reason track.....also I use fruity loops too but I guess you make the best with what you have....

 

[Cold Truth]

yeah... i think it may well be your imagination.... just as t seems to me that my drum sequences arent as tight as the were on the mpc.... its a wierd transition, so i think tha twe are so used to what the mpc sounds liek and offers in the way of "feel"- but i think that by and large most of the things that we percieve as different are imagined. take the most recent battles for instance- i'll bet you money that those who didnt knwo anything about guerva or hoppa thought that was hardware and it wasnt. when i thought about that, it gave me much more respect for software and its capabilities.....

that being said, having played both sides of it i think that you should stick with what you got unless or until your paper is straight.

 

[Le Sorcier]

I have work on Fruity loops, and it's cool, and interesting software.
I have buy a Mpc 2000xl for pads, and groove.
Today, i use only on my Mpc2000xl, because it's more confortable to work with my hands, not with a mouse.





Le Sorcier.