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By Cat3 Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:15 pm
dear all,

as promised I'm posting my mpc5000 vs ni maschine comparison. here is the description of the audio files you'll find to dload at http://rapidshare.com/files/288668215/m ... e.zip.html

(mpc.wav) = mpc main outs recorded with apogee duet souncard

(maschine thru apogee out.wav) = maschine standalone going out from apogee duet (DA) and being recorded by another apogee duet (AD) (the same that recorded mpc.wav) I've made this recording to compare the sound of the mpc and of maschine recorded in audio (AD converted) with the same soundcard.

(maschine vst internal.wav) = maschine vst tracked internally to DAW's audio channel

(maschine audio export.wav) = maschine standalone audio export

obviously same pattern with same samples loaded both on mpc and maschine.
samples are from the 808 folder of akai's "vintage drum machines" library

the first obvious thing I noticed is that MPC is "rounding out" all the attack transient. you can hear that all the "ticks" at the beginning of the toms are cut away... this is so obvious that I double checked in the MPC master compressor was off. It was.

let me know your comments!
Last edited by Cat3 on Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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By vibewithTy Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:25 pm
the difference is negligible. btw you might wanna host the .zip on a different site. giving up your email is annoying.
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By Joidibeats Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:15 pm
For my taste, the Maschine VST internal and MPC 5000 sounded the best