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By optik415 Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:57 pm
OK.I ve been producing hip-hop for 5ive years.I currently use fruity loops 3.56,oxygen 8 controller,vinyl player for samples,beringher b2 condensor mic,mx 802a mixer
and a protools m-box to record songs.I know how to transfer my fruity beats onto protools with every sound on there own track it's kinda a **** cause a 5 minute beat is 1,1 gigs plus the vocals i gotta record later thats even more space a song could be 2 gigs.To be honest my production is clean soundin but i dont get that real sound i want.So this where i need help I plan on gettin a MPC 1000 but should i not take this step and stay with what i got or go with the mpc and start fresh with all my beat making knowledge that i know.I f i do get a mpc 1000 i want a midi box so i can transfer my beats through protools via midi i could also hook up my oxygen 8 to the mpc and to finish this setup i want a g4 ibook just for my mpc and mbox i mean this setup is compact and i can travel and take this shit whever i go what more could u ask for.And all that reverse, timestretch, and little things the mpc 1000 doesnt have can easily be done on a audio editer on a comp then transfer to the mpc with usb.So people tell what i should do.
By KidSunshine Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:27 pm
Hey brother I have been using FRUITY LOOPS since the first version and have upgraded consistently all the way up to the new FL studio. However, i just got my MPC 1000 (after studying on my friend 200XL) and I don't really want to touch the Fruity for sequencing ne more. I foudn hte MPC is just so much more hands on as far as programming the beats and setting them up. Timing changes from 4/4 to 3/4 are a snap. Plus you can hit hte inbetween notes by turning off the Timing correction, ultimatly giving it more soul.

I still am pretty computer reliant as far samples go though. Along with fruity, I have beem using Sound FOrge just as long and totally perfer editing my samples (time stretch, cutting, rearranging) onthe computer. THe 1000's USB connection makes this a breeze. Just dump your sound in and put it in a program.

thats it.