Gotcha. I see both sides. I have no beef about it.
The material that come with the machines is not everyone's tea and they couldn't do what they want. That dude is a beast and what he uses. I seen Scoot storch do tbe standalone test. He used a keyboard but had a guy play his drums on the X. He didn't basically use the X the guy did so some would say he didn't use it so Scott didn't take the standalone test.
I eould condider sampling in the X or live the chopping up and using the machine in standalone.
Lampdog wrote:I think you're right. Standalone is imo ONLY one machine that is "standing alone".
It needs nothing else to make music, it doesn't need help or additions. Hardware standalone, IDK if live/x came with sames on the hdd, if it did, those would ONLY be used. If it did not then of course you'd HAVE to sample your own in, no other gear though.
Now the mpc x and live can do both, so to be fair we also need to examine the other side of it.
It's also a controller, so mpc software ONLY, no outside samples, only samples that came with it, then imo that would be stand alone too. A more flexible standalone yes but ONLY stuff that came with the mpc.
Someone may ask, what about a controller with no software from the same company, well, there is NO way it can be stand alone then because it would need outside samples, program, app.
Those are the only ways I'd call something a standalone.
From the looks of it, dude it WELL equipped with skill enough to do damage on any peice he touches. This vid is not standalone imo though.
