By ess kode NZ
Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:59 am
Sup to all my fellow producers,
Lately i've been pondering a big theory about the Akai MPC, concerning the outstanding groove pattern and "feel" that all professionals swear by. I'm gonna break it down and get right to the point here.
The groove pattern on an MPC can be exported as General MIDI, right? Ok, well say if someone was to send me every groove pattern in 4/4 16th note hits from 50 to 75 percent shuffle, {e.g 51%, 52%, 53% and so on} and I was to import this into a software sampler on my computer {Reason's Dr. REX for example} and replace these patterns {after editing but keeping the original groove} with samples as good as or near to the quality of the MPC's such as hats, kicks and snares, would I not have an Akai MPC feel and groove right there without having to actually buy one? I realise that doing this would be very impractical and time consuming, {not to mention bad for my health as I would most likely develop RSI from overuse of the mouse} but is this really all an MPC is? Just a groove pattern?
Just a theory.....
cheers
ess.
Lately i've been pondering a big theory about the Akai MPC, concerning the outstanding groove pattern and "feel" that all professionals swear by. I'm gonna break it down and get right to the point here.
The groove pattern on an MPC can be exported as General MIDI, right? Ok, well say if someone was to send me every groove pattern in 4/4 16th note hits from 50 to 75 percent shuffle, {e.g 51%, 52%, 53% and so on} and I was to import this into a software sampler on my computer {Reason's Dr. REX for example} and replace these patterns {after editing but keeping the original groove} with samples as good as or near to the quality of the MPC's such as hats, kicks and snares, would I not have an Akai MPC feel and groove right there without having to actually buy one? I realise that doing this would be very impractical and time consuming, {not to mention bad for my health as I would most likely develop RSI from overuse of the mouse} but is this really all an MPC is? Just a groove pattern?
Just a theory.....
cheers
ess.
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