by taking very complex pattern and mixing in and out different volume changes and fx sends to create a number
of different types of sequences, all varying the groove depending on what and when you are dong the FX sends and Volume Fades.
yeah that's definitely DAW work for me, i'd feel pretty cramped trying to do that in my mpc while writing tunes. that's the kind of stuff i greatly prefer to do once everything is tracked out.
Plus it leaves those of us who choose not to use computers with not a lot of options
this says something about this day and age, i guess. i use the mpc just to mostly slam down midi. often i write songs and have tracks where i auralize them fading in/out as they play over the course of the sequence. then when i track out, i actually apply the fade i'd been picturing the whole time. this is demonstrative of how purely compositional i view my songs in the mpc.
imagine how difficult this makes showing songs in progress to folks who don't have the patience/attention span: "ok now picture this melody fading in here" hahahah
realtime track LEVEL is something i wouldn't mind requesting. i don't even care if it has anything to do with the mixer. in fact, cc 7 VOLUME could conceivably only apply to tracks that are TRACK specific rather than PGM specific (this might sound strange - it's part of the track mixer specification in os2)
this would be a potentially nice way to sidestep the issue of PGM/TRACK overlap when it comes to mixer automation - have CC 7 VOLUME only apply to TRACK tracks in the track mixer.
