MPC-good for breakcore?-not as nooby as it sounds,plz advise

OK so this isn't just a stupid question "can the mpc make breakcore?"

i know production is more What you do with something than Equipment you use...BUT

i'm struggling to make what i'm hearing in my head on computer software (ie renoise)-there's too much programming involved and i'm in this to MAKE MUSIC not PROGRAM.

So I feel like a machine like the MPC is what I want-I want to PUNCH IN the noise i want, and not have to think about programming the sound on the right sequencer line. I'm a highly creative person, always hearing stuff in my head and the MPC seems to be the quickest way to get electronic sounds straight from the head into airwaves.

So my REAL QUESTION IS---Is the MPC capable of the following?

1. Time stretching - from minute amounts to Extreme stretching?

2. Sampling itself - so i can take a long/complex sequence and store it as 1 sample?

3. Unorthodox time signatures

4. What's referred to as "retriggering" in renoise at least-taking a tiny selection of a sample and looping it to create insanely fast drumrolls.

5. Quality, Easy, straightforward sample chopping

6. Laying out an entire song w/ different patterns.

I'm really sorry if these are obvious questions..but I want to hear an answer from real users. I don't trust a company's website to answer my questions as I've been duped into buying hardware before thats not as good as they make it seem.

And I'm not asking about a specific model, cause I'd like to know the model I'd need to do what I've listed and a little more

Thx

wankzappa wrote:I'm really sorry if these are obvious questions..but I want to hear an answer from real users. I don't trust a company's website to answer my questions as I've been duped into buying hardware before thats not as good as they make it seem.

I'm sorry, but you will have to believe what companies write in their manuals, and you will have to do some research on your own. All the questions you ask can be answered by reading the different manuals.

Generally the answer to all your questions is "yes", and that with regard to any MPC model. Just don't expect too much of the timestretching in any MPC. Which model you choose can only be answered by you, and to get the proper knowledge for that choice you will need to read at least the manuals. They are all available online.

Peace.

i know what you're saying, but i still posted this because i think real life un-biased opinions are more valuable than what a company says. even if it is in the manual, so what. In my sp-606 manual it goes in-depth about Chopping and how versatile it can be, yet when actually used its a pretty crappy chopper. Overall this sampler was low quality in my book, yet if i just went by what the manual said i would think "wow, this is great, i can just use this and not have to shell out more $ for what it wants to be (an mpc)"

I see what you're saying. As I said, technically the MPCs can do all of what you ask. If the workflow and detailed possibilities of chopping for example suit your style of working is a matter of personal taste in the end. I would recommend trying out one somewhere if you can. Or maybe check out some videos on YouTube.