By SimonInAustralia
Sat May 11, 2013 9:47 am
JAH wrote:MPCs have always had the ability to sequence linear or via chaining loops together. Today's hybrid MPC software + controllers offer the same but with the advantages of a greater visual representation of your compositions as seen in today's traditional DAWs:
The MPC Software is the same as MPCs have always been, because at the moment, functionally, it really isn't much more than a hardware MPC running inside the computer.
Some users do not want to click around inside a traditional DAW with mouse on a computer screen, they want to work with the MPC as a self contained instrument.
Some users are drawn to the MPC for the fact that you are not looking at your composition on a screen like a DAW, that is why they design in workflow options that allow you to not use the screen.
JAH wrote:As an alternative to creating sequence loops, copying them to other sequences, and then chaining them in song mode......I use the Ren/Studio to do this within a single sequence.
Everyone here understands that you limit yourself to working in linear mode.
Nearly everyone else does not limit themselves like that, and use the MPC for one of the main advantages it offers over DAWs, being able to chain sequences together on the fly, as well as using it in linear mode like you.
JAH wrote:So where Producer X would copy Sequence 1 to Sequence 2 then work on a variation....I would copy Bars 1-4 to Bars 5-8 (equivalent of Producer X's Sequence 2) within Sequence 1. Then set the Ren/Studio's sequencer to Loop bars 5-8. Since it is still the same sequence, I don't have to attempt to duplicate track mixer settings, effects, etc.
No one needs a detailed explanation of how you use it as a linear sequencer, everyone understands how that works.
No one would have to try and duplicate track mixer settings if they had traditional MPC mixer settings for the new track mixer.
The difference is that Producer X can play around with the composition in a non-linear way, during playback, using the flexibility that the MPC workflow offers.
JAH wrote:And even sweeter...chaining multiple sequences together is still an option. Having flexibility....getting creative...coming up with your own unique way to work....you have to love it.
But you are the only one here not being flexible, you are using it just like a DAW, limiting yourself to working that way, might as well just compose inside a traditional DAW with a generic pad controller.
Many others here are using it in linear mode, after chaining shorter loops together, they are the ones using the flexibility of the MPC workflow, you are limiting yourself to a traditional workflow.
Anyway, 25:1, that really says it all.
When you are harvesting feature requests, for your own glory, try to realise that other forum members do not want you imposing your own bias and misunderstandings onto the features that others request.