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I love this little thing. Now beats are created live, on the fly, and easily. The onboard compressor and EQ is also surprisingly nice, and the ability to connect via USB to transfer sounds across is brilliant. I recommend this piece of kit...however, only if you also have a computer sequencer, as the on board one is somewhat lacking. |
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Details? Pictures? Link? I would like more info, |
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if you need a comp seq, whats the point? just get a softsampler.... and a MIDI drum pad |
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I know the ensemble I sometimes work with uses one quite regularly. especially live in a large room, it can sound very good. |
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Mpc' are great for live/one take sequences. |
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Zeus, is it you that I can't stand or funkmaster? It'll come back to me... |
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I don't know; I guess I just love hardware. I tend to set the tempo on the MPC 1000, jam the beats into it, and let it auto-quantize them. Then I just record it as audio and loop it within the sequencer. It sound great and it's just really easy to use (but also highly flexible) |
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http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/akai_mpc1000.cfm Here are reviews and pics of the machine |
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either way, I dont give a fuck |
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Both. |
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Cheers. |
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It could be you with your faux posturing but I don't think so? |
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But do you see where I am comming from regarding the ease of use with hardware? Perhaps it's just a myth, or what one is used to. But I generally fund banging rythms into a seperate machine, or playing in stuff with analog/virtual analog hardware synths a really satisfying experience. |
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I wish you the best of luck figuring it out. |
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I dont oppose hardware... but if youre going to go the MPC route, I just think it makes more sense for another model. the 2000 or something. much better sequencer. so yeah, portability is an issue, but you could get the akai drum pads (a controller with the pads of the mpc). |
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thanks, |
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I just use the 1000 for fairly short loops which can then be expanded in a main sequencer. They can be jammed in the MPC quickly, and then cut up and fucked about with as audio files within the project. |
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well we all work our in own ways. :) |
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btw Zeus, just went to your website. Your music is good. What software are you using? Nice to see a developed sense of melody going on for a change. :) |
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dont tempt me fool/ ive wanted one for years!!! you know the value of pain so i suggest again you not tempt me! |
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ah, thanks man :) I use mostly Logic 7, Mach 5, Absynth 2, and Reaktor 4, and Garritan Personal Orchestra. in the songs on my website at least... I also have a virus rack xl that Ive been using on newer tracks. Nothing finished though. |
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now you tempt me zeus. i want the virus synth also! you dont know what im going through, thanks for bringing up these memories i thought were all too painfull to recall. |
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what about the rs7000? Thinking about getting that one. |
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It's got a much better sequencer I hear. But I don't need a better sequencer tbh. |
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<-owns the 1000 <- comparable to the mpc's, only cost less. Also, you can hook up a dedicated monitor and mouse to it. This is the one I want. |
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the MPC4000 isn't as portable and is more expensive. I agree that it is the superior option if you aren't using the MPC with another sequencer, however... |
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I like doing bits on hardware (single pieces of gear), in bed, with headphones on (much easier to switch on an electribe when you wake up in the middle of the night, than boot up your PC). That said, PC is still 90%+ of what appears in finished tracks. |
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Yeah. Nothing beats the ease of manipulating samples in a computer sequencer. |
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now is what Im talking about watch the vid too... |
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one thing that mpc have is that option of playing one pad/sample over itself, with different velocity and pitch i'm not sure how can you trigger something like this with some midi controller, but maybe i'm wrong. i was surprised to see how 1000 is actually small. mine 2000 is so fucking heavy and unportable. |
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I use that feature a lot to get really nice fat layered drum sounds. I think Prefuse 73 uses mainly MPCs and a few other samplers, and not a computer. I found that really surprising at first, considering the glitchy nature of some of his stuff. |
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It's great how you can get all sorts of different drum sounds without fucking having a clue how to make a half decent track. |
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i often laugh, because people often talk bollocks about technical stuff when the most important thing is the fucking composition. everything else comes second. |
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Ah, trying to show off to our friends, are we? Sorry, but this topic developed at a point of the day when the forum wasn't occupied exclusively by wankers like yourself. So I actually gained some interesting knowledge and had a conversation free of your uninteresting insipid trash. And just because you're a failed musician yourself, does not mean you can accuse others of being the same. |
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Yeah, I look forward to buying all your MP3 releases. |
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wtf is your problem? |
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Thank god, someone nice is here. |
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This is an A to B conversation, so C your way out |
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And there goes another thread, trashed. |
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fitting, seeing as its your first post in this thread |
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Bitch please, I know you were enjoying the guy on the right's thumb up ya triflin ass |
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How much was the Garritan Personal Orchestra, Zeus? Is it really useful for doing lush, realistic sounding string parts? And is that what Venetian Snares used for his latest Hungarian album, or was him just sampling random bits of Bartok and whatnot? |
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I can post stupid pictures of you too |
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it was about $250 its good, but not great. Its great for the price... but if youre looking for REAL sounds... go for miroslav or something (like couple thosand $ I think though...) |
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Naw... he uses an MPC2000 and a keyboard control unit with protools. |
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Ah right, ok. At the moment I use the Roland XV5050 module for string sounds, and it's very good actually. Weird velodicity response, but that can be edited out quite easily. |
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I have a motif rack... although Im trying to sell it. dont use it much, and I need cash. Hows the 5050? fuck... I just remembered I have a dr-770 in my closet. I need to bust it out and play with it. :) |
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the 5050 was a relief after the trashy Proteus 2000 that I bought! The editing isn't terribly user friendly, but it has a really nice, warm, overall sound. I really want a dr-770! The prices on things like that seem to be going up all the time. I should get one while I can. |
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really? I see em on ebay for $150 |
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I spotted Rob Brown using an MPC 1000 on the current Autechre tour. |
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