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By Shadyrest59 Thu May 14, 2009 4:20 pm
Fanboy fawning over a machine you don't even own = EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, how are you going to come the MPC forums and say some stupid shit like bye, bye MPC and expect that to go over well?

That just reeks of fanboyism and they aren't paying you, and you don't even own one.

Sound just a stupid as those PoS3 fanboys years before Sony dropped that big black turd.
By DJEther Thu May 14, 2009 6:31 pm
the same shit applies to everything else including the 360 bro....

well, "supposedly" he has owned three different types of MPC's but yea coming in to the MPC Forums and dropping that isnt a good idea, but hey he/she can do what they want, no ones stopping em...

yea making all these remarks about how great it is and doesnt have it.....like i said ill actually wait until he/she gets it and THAN see what he/she has to say...and the slight possible chance of seeing em sell it like everyone who bought an MPC 500, there are so many on ebay it aint funny.....

The only thing that everyone in the world see's eye to eye on w/o argument is that we are born, we live, and we die.
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By emptysea Thu May 14, 2009 8:17 pm
I admit I am a little too excited about something I haven't even used yet. :D Anyways, my apologies if I hurt any of your feelings by titling the thread "Bye bye MPC". I've changed it now.

I've owned and loved hardwares like MPCs and Electribes but now I prefer working with a computer as long as I can still have the same hardware feel. In that regard, Maschine owes a lot to hardwares like MPC.
By derky Sat May 16, 2009 3:32 pm
i just picked mine up - only had about 15minutes with it before i got pulled away but it looks promising

it definitely does not have the presence sitting next to my mpc 2500, but from my short time poking around without the manual - it has a very similar work flow

i'll let you guys know more as i dig deeper - is there anything specific people want to know?
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By Lotuz Sat May 16, 2009 4:01 pm
derky wrote:i just picked mine up - only had about 15minutes with it before i got pulled away but it looks promising

it definitely does not have the presence sitting next to my mpc 2500, but from my short time poking around without the manual - it has a very similar work flow

i'll let you guys know more as i dig deeper - is there anything specific people want to know?


Which version are you running (1.0.3 is the latest) and what are your computer specs?

Have fun with Maschine! :)
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By mr_debauch Sat May 16, 2009 6:22 pm
derky wrote:i just picked mine up - only had about 15minutes with it before i got pulled away but it looks promising

it definitely does not have the presence sitting next to my mpc 2500, but from my short time poking around without the manual - it has a very similar work flow

i'll let you guys know more as i dig deeper - is there anything specific people want to know?



We want to know about latency.

what are your computer specs... and is there a delay from pushing a pad and hearing the sound.
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By Lotuz Sat May 16, 2009 6:37 pm
mr_debauch wrote:We want to know about latency.

what are your computer specs... and is there a delay from pushing a pad and hearing the sound.


I have set my E-mu ASIO driver to 8 ms which is just noticable. I probably could tune my PC to decrease the latency a couple of milliseconds, but 8 ms is fine to me.
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By mr_debauch Sat May 16, 2009 6:42 pm
Lotuz wrote:
mr_debauch wrote:We want to know about latency.

what are your computer specs... and is there a delay from pushing a pad and hearing the sound.


I have set my E-mu ASIO driver to 8 ms which is just noticable. I probably could tune my PC to decrease the latency a couple of milliseconds, but 8 ms is fine to me.


are you using the maschine standalone?

From what I hear you can run it as a VST pluggin. Anychance of giving a little review on how that performs?
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By Lotuz Sat May 16, 2009 7:22 pm
I often start with Maschine as standalone to create the main loop. This is a so-called scene that consists of up to eight patterns, one for each group (bank). Then in Cubase I load the Maschine VSTi and assign the sounds to the eight stereo outputs, so I can do the mixing with the Cubase mixer. That way I'm also able to use VST effects if I want to. Then I add a scene for every change in the song. The scenes can be selected by program changes (scene 1 = program 0, scene 2 = program 1, etc). So by drawing program changes or by recording program changes sent with the Maschine controller (or any MIDI controller) you can make the arrangement.
By inthemix Sat May 16, 2009 7:32 pm
Well, trust me all, try the little unit and many of you will get the bug for this Maschine !

It won't make true MPC fans ditch their units, but it will possibly be comfortably sat right next to your MPC in future.
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By Coz Sat May 16, 2009 8:42 pm
Have you bought one?