Unreallystic wrote:Ya'll's post makes me sad. I can't sum it up any better than that.
I've been fortunate, I had one issue out the box that was fixed with the first patch release, and have had smooth sailing since then with only one piece of content lost from crashing, and only having it crashed a total of two times on me.
I kind of want to throw the typical "what did you expect" shade that I throw, but that's not what this *situation* is. If you aren't happy with it *now*, I HIGHLY doubt you ever will be happy with it. Even a MPC Live 2.0 with super beefed up specs won't compare to a fully fleshed out DAW. Its simply not realistic to compare a hardware iteration to software package that doesn't HAVE to worry about the hardware aspect, can be modified easier and more frequently, at less cost, and with less headaches. Integration of VSTs and the ilk into a software based DAW is so much easier than trying to make sure they not only work, but have the available horsepower - in a hardware based piece of equipment. So, dead ass, if it doesn't work for you now, it won't work for you in the future.
for me, it is what it is. My expectations were slightly different than most, and they have been met. The Live was never meant to be a center-piece of my studio, I have Push 2 + Ableton 9 + Komplete + tons of outboard gear, it was never going to compete. The MPC for me was to be a different workflow, with more energy than I get when working with Ableton, and portable. I don't currently have a Laptop, and while the cost of a new MPC Live lines up with a laptop, being restricted to just working on music is a big plus for someone like me who gets easily distracted.
My biggest issue is transference and polish. I never really want to "come back" to work on a song, so anything I do in standalone will typically stay there, so despite working with the MPC for what two years now, you won't find much of anything by me floating on the internet, let alone with the MPC. However that is a "me" issue, and not something I would throw on Akai or the equipment, I simply revel in the 85% of song making, and not the final 15%.
I hope ya'll get what ya'll want out of any further gear you get. Truly do. Good luck.
- Unreall
I am saying I am totally into Mpc standalone and Akai accomplished its task giving me a very inspirational device.
I was just suggesting to use it as an hardware instrument next to others.
There is nothing like it on the market, it is the future of dedicated music devices and it will become better and better.
My setup is based on it so I didn't say anything sad about it.
I just think that as a software is underdeveloped and that is also normal because it was born as a standalone machine in the 90s and it shines if used it this way and I love using it this way.
After 10 years of computer based music creation, it was like returning to the feeling of making LIVE music and that was supercool.
So yes, all my music is made this way and then the last step is made with computer, actually just the mixing of 3 stereo channels coming out from Mpc through external fx then into a mixer and then from a mixer to a multitrack.
So I just skip the software and I am 100 per cent happy with this workflow I found