drelambo wrote:I've not had the opportunity to use a Maschine properly but from all the videos it looks like a tool that could improve my workflow...the last MPC I had was the 1000, just using a controller at the moment...
I thought the Maschine would hook up well with Komplete...that's why I was leaning towards it...
Regarding computers...always been a Mac man with Pro Tools and Logic... won't touch windows!
Hopefully I don't go missing again! I appreciate the plaudits man! Look forward to your feedback on this one!
Maschine is dope. don't get me wrong. when it first gave the option of using vst's on pads i was flipping out. I dug it cause i felt they saw the potential to the old mpc with computer power. but the workflo is so different. People who dig maschine, are people who have worked on ableton. And once again another piece of software i don't like at all. Ableton has always felt like a glorified Fruity loops. messed around with it when that dropped like 16 yrs ago. used it with my mpc2000. {I know I'm knocking some stuff a few of y'all may like allot. This is just my shitty opinion.} Since your building in logic. you may want to try out both. Do you have any fellow pad bangers in your area, that have a machine? Id mail you my MK1 if i didn't just sell it to a buddy. {an Ableton user} the studio looks like its pretty cool. Im supper stoked on the new X though!
I use my Komplete Ultimate 8 with my Ren every time. Works great together. I just learned a trick yesterday, with Kontact some y'all may not know. So in order to maximize cpu usage. When building multis in kontakt i remember being told to just run one instance of Kontakt and control each instrument with separate tracks running different midi channel. {so chello on trk 1 midi 1. Same Kontakt track 2 next instrument midi 2 and so on} I remember being told less instances of kontakt easier on cpu. well that doesn't seem to be true. Kontakt has multi core just like our daws or MPC {Ren, studio, touch, & prob Maschine too} But only dictates core usage in stand alone. so in plugin mode the host only see's one instrument of kontakt. and places all those instruments inside Kontakt on 1 CPU core. So this means when using Kontakt as a plugin, its best to create multiple instances. complete opposite of what we have been led to believe. off topic but for you guys using it in plugin mode. it may help.
I'm using some cheap logitechs too. my studio gear is all in storage at the moment. so i can't tell if kick is too loud or silent. and what the bass really sounds like to y'all.
what i have been doing is continuously referencing songs from "The Daily Bread" album
when i build my track.
k out of coffee..
gotta shovel some snow and get kids on some school stuff. so i can pull out the mpc. {I don't listen to yalls tracks till i have at least started building mine}
