By Hipstorian
Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:15 pm
I'm deciding between getting an MPC Live or MPC 2500. I'm aiming to make sampled boom bap beats from vinyl, with the occasional synth from my midi keyboard added.
I wanted to get the live for it's biggest selling point - standalone without being stuck at a desk, however for the price of the live, there is a 2500 with I can get for £500 and add a DDJ-400, something I've wanted to do to learn DJing aside learning to make beats.
The 2500 has 128MB RAM, unactivated JJOSXL and a 40GB HDD included
What would I miss on the 2500 that only the Live can do (other than be standalone)?
I use Beatmaker 3 on my iPad for when I'm not at my desk, but the touchscreen stops working frequently, so I thought the Live would be a good upgrade. I feel like the convolution of DAWs are slowing down my progress in learning how to make beats, diving through menus and selecting plugins and the like.
Any help appreciated, thanks!
I wanted to get the live for it's biggest selling point - standalone without being stuck at a desk, however for the price of the live, there is a 2500 with I can get for £500 and add a DDJ-400, something I've wanted to do to learn DJing aside learning to make beats.
The 2500 has 128MB RAM, unactivated JJOSXL and a 40GB HDD included
What would I miss on the 2500 that only the Live can do (other than be standalone)?
I use Beatmaker 3 on my iPad for when I'm not at my desk, but the touchscreen stops working frequently, so I thought the Live would be a good upgrade. I feel like the convolution of DAWs are slowing down my progress in learning how to make beats, diving through menus and selecting plugins and the like.
Any help appreciated, thanks!