By Blazerunner
Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:34 am
Hello,
Just asking for some thoughts and advice. I've been using my MPC 2000XL since I brought it in 2001. It's been pretty much my primary means of making drum beats. Needless to say making music has come a long way. I brought an original maschine when it first came out couldn't get into it's "work flow" or how to even use it really so it collected dust till I sold it. I waited out the Akai storm never seeing much of a reason to go to anything else until I see this MPC X.
It seems like it's everything that someone like me could want. A STANDALONE! yes I don't like fiddling with computers and other crap when I want to make a damn beat. I want to turn on the machine make my beat do my filters and all that jazz IN THE GEAR! I don't want to use any program, don't want to wait for windows to load up, do updates, etc. etc. and by the time I get to to where I need to be I forgot what I was going to lay down. Nah not for me.
The MPC X seems to be a beat factory with all kinds of craziness going on. Any how I ended up buying a Machine Studio recently because it was cheap thinking it had changed since the original and honestly I'm so used my 2KXL I just want something different to compliment it. Well guess what... that bleeps is in the box and the box is collecting dusts. Doesn't even come with a manual or nothing. What do these companies think I do as I sit on the toilet? I read the manuals from page to page. The Machine Studio is deeper than the Titanic and it's manual is online only.
The work flow of the Maschine seems to complex to me I'm but a simple MPC man. I looked at the back of the studio not realizing it but it doesn't have any audio outs or a mic jack or headphone jack or anything???? How is it that even possible (The MK3's have it so they finally got the hint but that's another story) I have to run a bunch of stuff through my computer to get it to sample??? Do you know how weird and inconvenient that is???
I apologize for not understanding the MPC-X and that its for guys like me but in my defense it feels like Akai releases a new MPC everytime I sneeze. I see the older versions in the pawn shop all the time (Never a 2KXL though). So when throwing down a few GRAND!
on a new MPC I want to make sure it's something Akai is going to stick with and support and not get Roland Syndrome where you release a $2-4K instrument and then forget about it a week later like you never made it (Ahem JP-80).
So my questions if you made it this far down the page is for guys that came from or own an MPC 2000XL how comfortable do you think it is for an MPC O.G. to jump into? Is it's workflow overwhelming? Is it easy to just boot up and get started with your work? How are the sample and drum library organization?
Here is my reason for ever being attracted to the Maschine. 1. It's library organization and the hundreds of sounds you get with Komplete and the ability to just mix and match drums and swap drum kits on the fly.
Does the MPC X have that same level of sound organization? What's Akai's support like for this? Do they have hundreds of sound kits like Komplete offers for the Maschine?
Just asking for some thoughts and advice. I've been using my MPC 2000XL since I brought it in 2001. It's been pretty much my primary means of making drum beats. Needless to say making music has come a long way. I brought an original maschine when it first came out couldn't get into it's "work flow" or how to even use it really so it collected dust till I sold it. I waited out the Akai storm never seeing much of a reason to go to anything else until I see this MPC X.
It seems like it's everything that someone like me could want. A STANDALONE! yes I don't like fiddling with computers and other crap when I want to make a damn beat. I want to turn on the machine make my beat do my filters and all that jazz IN THE GEAR! I don't want to use any program, don't want to wait for windows to load up, do updates, etc. etc. and by the time I get to to where I need to be I forgot what I was going to lay down. Nah not for me. The MPC X seems to be a beat factory with all kinds of craziness going on. Any how I ended up buying a Machine Studio recently because it was cheap thinking it had changed since the original and honestly I'm so used my 2KXL I just want something different to compliment it. Well guess what... that bleeps is in the box and the box is collecting dusts. Doesn't even come with a manual or nothing. What do these companies think I do as I sit on the toilet? I read the manuals from page to page. The Machine Studio is deeper than the Titanic and it's manual is online only.
The work flow of the Maschine seems to complex to me I'm but a simple MPC man. I looked at the back of the studio not realizing it but it doesn't have any audio outs or a mic jack or headphone jack or anything???? How is it that even possible (The MK3's have it so they finally got the hint but that's another story) I have to run a bunch of stuff through my computer to get it to sample??? Do you know how weird and inconvenient that is???
I apologize for not understanding the MPC-X and that its for guys like me but in my defense it feels like Akai releases a new MPC everytime I sneeze. I see the older versions in the pawn shop all the time (Never a 2KXL though). So when throwing down a few GRAND!
on a new MPC I want to make sure it's something Akai is going to stick with and support and not get Roland Syndrome where you release a $2-4K instrument and then forget about it a week later like you never made it (Ahem JP-80).So my questions if you made it this far down the page is for guys that came from or own an MPC 2000XL how comfortable do you think it is for an MPC O.G. to jump into? Is it's workflow overwhelming? Is it easy to just boot up and get started with your work? How are the sample and drum library organization?
Here is my reason for ever being attracted to the Maschine. 1. It's library organization and the hundreds of sounds you get with Komplete and the ability to just mix and match drums and swap drum kits on the fly.
Does the MPC X have that same level of sound organization? What's Akai's support like for this? Do they have hundreds of sound kits like Komplete offers for the Maschine?
