jj sequencer???

arebee wrote:i cant see him making a living fixing bugs for OS2, or XL eventually.

yep. but this is the thing: right now his business model is kinda weird. when he introduces something new (new os) he gets paid. he has incentive to do that.

but to bugfix / increase stability / improve an existing os: this often goes on for a long time and he doesn't get a dime for it.

so he has much incentive to introduce novelty / newness (cashflow!), but no incentive to fix bugs (tedious work with no pay).

so we get new os's being introduced and old os's getting abandoned (os 2) before their time.

this is EXACTLY why i proposed that we all pay him a little something when i was requesting the final improvements for os 2. i want JJ to have financial incentive for fixing bugs / stabilizing the os and improving WHAT'S ALREADY THERE before introducing a bunch of crazy new features (and thereby removing old ones) because he thinks it's the only way to make $$$. i want him to know it's alright to charge a little bit for the updates. maybe each os will get a .5 release for $15 or something. that's not too much to pay i think.

^ AGREED (although JJ does have some incentive to continue developing old products... maintaining his excellent REP!)

As far as further speculation on this JJ SEQUENCER-- Whoever wrote that it would be like a real MPC for your computer, I bet you nailed it. JJ can't compete with Cubase, etc... But a legit MPC software for all the 14 year olds who can't afford one? JJ def can code it, and this is a product that's being demanded.

(For the record, I don't want this product and actually hope JJ isn't making ANY computer software at all)

good thing i just downloaded the bootleg OS X leopard

now all i need is bootleg windows xp and i'm all good for the JJ heyday yay yay i push rhymes like weight

JJ updated the page today:

The sequencer software of a Windows version is under development.

Upload of a simple version is a schedule in April.

heh. JJ knows we're checking the page out!


i just sent JJ an email asking about it. i'll let you know what he says.

i don't get it - surely the whole point of the mpc is that it is an intuitive hardware machine. why are so many people salivating about getting a software version??

Oooh, a PC software sequencer....Talk about reinventing the wheel.

I dunno, being able to sequence whole projects on a pc would save a huge amount of time before live shows on an mpc... especially if you are the type to carry a laptop around...


sequence up the project on your laptop and then dump the files onto your mpc... there really is also other HUGE potential with this....

as well as doing fine tuning adjustments that are a mission on the mpc?

lets just hope it has across the board compatibilty.

I'm quite excited...

elevated wrote:^ AGREED (although JJ does have some incentive to continue developing old products... maintaining his excellent REP!)

As far as further speculation on this JJ SEQUENCER-- Whoever wrote that it would be like a real MPC for your computer, I bet you nailed it. JJ can't compete with Cubase, etc... But a legit MPC software for all the 14 year olds who can't afford one? JJ def can code it, and this is a product that's being demanded.

erm........e-lev, u heard or seen this?....

http://homepage.mac.com/seishu/ssworks/rs16x/rs16x.html

its been around some time now.

No, I never saw that... pretty darn close! But it's not from Akai, doesn't say MPC, and may not have the "legendary MPC swing and sound," (I'm being pretty sarcastic here).

I'm thinking of the kids here. Do they want that imitation, or the JJ software that is made from REAL MPC Code (stolen code?)?

got a reply from Murai:

It is software unrelated to MPC.
It is the software of the easy sequencer used by computer.
Detailed contents have not been taught from JJ yet.

so there you go.

JJ should focus on the MPC, sounds like a big waste of time to me.

if it could load seq's ,have a sampler that loaded pgm's with the ability to bounce all the tracks to seperate audio files it'd be interesting but doesnt look like it will at the moment- unless "unrelated" means something subtely different thats got lost in translation.

Yeah, i agree with mikolo. Kinda like a program that saves having to do lengthy tedious sequencing and recording out sequences and shit... like an extension of the MPC... That would be the flippen illest!

That's interesting... PC or MAC makes no difference to me, since I got an Intel-based Mac

But I am wondering, what this is all about:

- Grid Edit like sequencer?
- Interoperability: Create stuff on Computer and transfer it to MPC?
- Is it some sort of a virtual MPC?
- more?

I think I've gotta contact Murai for more insight on this.
EDIT::: Oh Sooty already did that and the answer throws up the question of what's the purpose of that thing..

it sounds to me like he is just making a simple sequencer for people to use on their pc. it really has nothing at all to do with the MPC.

i personally think he is barking up the wrong tree here. i can't see huge demand for this.

what there IS a need for is a desktop editor for os 2/2xl programs & sequences. since JJ changed the PROGRAM format in os 2, programs like PAD 187 and the other MPC editors can't work with them properly. you can't just open those files up in a text editor or whatever and see whats going on. it's all closed & proprietary.

but imagine a JJ OS editor that read MPC program files and sequences and could edit all those parameters: FILTERS, ADSR, the PITCH window, LFO, LAYERS, output routings, etc.

also, a desktop representation of GRID EDIT, only with a ton more power. groove templates, reverse / combine / breed sequences, edit NOTE ON data, randomization, draw QREAL and MIDI CC data with your mouse. just click and create EFFECT and TEMPO change events (instead of having to do it in STEP EDIT), all sorts of randomization / morphing / breeding of data & programs. you could do all sorts of insane tweaking and editing & then just upload it to the MPC when your done & go.

THAT would be very cool & i think he would get a bunch of sales from all the people that are already using his OS. but just making a new simple desktop sequencer from scratch... i dunno. doesn't sound that great.

... and talk about taking a lot of time / resources away from MPC development.