By althemusicwizard
Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:57 am
I think the last time I came here, I had an MPC4000....it's been a while.
I bought a Force when it came out, but returned it as I saw it as just a clip player. I've followed it's progress and when disk streaming and class compliance came around at 3.1, I decided to buy one last week and give it a proper checkout. Initial thoughts are very positive. If I'd had this back in 1981 when I started this whole recording lark, man what a machine. A synthesiser (not one , but as many as you want), a sampler (a synth and a tape recorder), a 16 track recorder (ok 8 tracks but stereo....meaning you'd need 16 tracks and the rest to achieve what you can with a Force). The EFX seem really adequate when dialled in correctly too and a touchscreen to boot. I'm just re-jigging my studio to have four main pieces. These consist of the Force, an MPK88 keyboard / controller, a Be Quiet PC running Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate 11 and a Roland V-Drums. I've also got a Presonus ioSTATION for running with Studio One and a Focusrite Scarlett which I'm going to plug into the Force and try. With this setup, it should be pretty good. I've quickly thumbed my way through the 3.1.1 manual which seems to be excellent. I fitted a 250Gb SSD that I had lying around and loaded my old AKAI and EMU libraries onto it as well as my WAV library of exported songs over the years. I've not hooked it up to speakers yet but the sound in the headphones is really good.....not at all digital sounding....fat and full I'd say. I had an AKAI DPS24 and an MPC4000 for a good few years so remember how good those units sounded. It feels good to be back.
I bought a Force when it came out, but returned it as I saw it as just a clip player. I've followed it's progress and when disk streaming and class compliance came around at 3.1, I decided to buy one last week and give it a proper checkout. Initial thoughts are very positive. If I'd had this back in 1981 when I started this whole recording lark, man what a machine. A synthesiser (not one , but as many as you want), a sampler (a synth and a tape recorder), a 16 track recorder (ok 8 tracks but stereo....meaning you'd need 16 tracks and the rest to achieve what you can with a Force). The EFX seem really adequate when dialled in correctly too and a touchscreen to boot. I'm just re-jigging my studio to have four main pieces. These consist of the Force, an MPK88 keyboard / controller, a Be Quiet PC running Native Instruments Komplete Ultimate 11 and a Roland V-Drums. I've also got a Presonus ioSTATION for running with Studio One and a Focusrite Scarlett which I'm going to plug into the Force and try. With this setup, it should be pretty good. I've quickly thumbed my way through the 3.1.1 manual which seems to be excellent. I fitted a 250Gb SSD that I had lying around and loaded my old AKAI and EMU libraries onto it as well as my WAV library of exported songs over the years. I've not hooked it up to speakers yet but the sound in the headphones is really good.....not at all digital sounding....fat and full I'd say. I had an AKAI DPS24 and an MPC4000 for a good few years so remember how good those units sounded. It feels good to be back.