antic604 wrote:Eyalc wrote:The MPC is a great *beat* production platform. But as a *song* production platform it has fallen far behind. And IMO this is arguably the most important improvement they need to bring to the MPC, if they ever want the MPC to enter "big boy" status as a song production platform, and if they want people to take it more seriously in a professional setting. The way it is now, it's all about doing what needs done in the MPC, and exporting the stems as soon as possible to a more mature platform with mature song arrangement capabilities.
I don't really get it:
- how are you gonna marry current MPC paradigms with arranger?
- how is current MPC workflow bad for song writing?
- currently in single project you can have multiple separate ideas, that you can mix & match however you want on the fly - how would you do it with linear arranger?
- I don't think it's easy to do given the current paradigm, hence why it's still based on 1997 concepts.
- I don't know if it's bad for song writing or not. I'm referring to song *production*. Try recording a verse over 16 bars - rapping or singing - then try to edit the music (the midi) to make sure everything is in the pocket, then try to move a keyboard riff three bars later to fit the vocals better, then try adding an acoustic guitar part, and then edit the vocals to adjust the timing. It's not impossible to do - but it's nowhere near easy. A linear view would make this type of stuff SO much easier.
- I only know Logic, so speaking from that context - it's extremely easy to do. Markers, midi blocks, audio blocks (I'm using old terms I know).
