How long did it take you?!

Quick and fast poll question...How long did it take you guys to get fully comfortable with your MPC (any model)?




-JD

i just realized i posted this on the wrong section of the forums. Sorry! Not really sure how to transfer it...

depends on if you have been using other gear that may work similiar or may be completely different to where you have habits to unlearn


either way read the manual, sample some stuff in, make some patterns, make some songs from the patterns

then attempt to save everything, turn off the machine, turn back on and if your stuff was saved correctely your good to go, give yourself a week , repetition,

[quote="acustomdrummer"]Quick and fast poll question...How long did it take you guys to get fully comfortable with your MPC (any model)?




Each individual differs in their learning curve. If you have zero knowledge of MPC's and zero knowledge on music you will take quite a bit longer than somebody who has some of that knowledge.

Lampdog wrote:

acustomdrummer wrote:How long did it take you guys to get fully comfortable with your MPC (any model)?

-JD

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I think you're off a digit Lamp...LMAO

Nice pi reference though.

I'm still learning my 1K after a year of owning it. I just recently bought JJOS 1 and wished I had ponied up the cash 11 months earlier! I came from the SP505 and years of working on that slow machine, so the learning curve was much higher than I had thought. Adding a baby to the mix, did not help matters much but, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I agree with BLiTzZD. I was up and running on the 1k in about 20 minutes but this is after many years of beat making in general. If you are starting from scratch you have to develop technique, learn terminology, learn the equipment and its limitations etc.

Honestly I wouldn't concern myself with how fast I learn the machine but how well I learn the machine

haha!


You guys are extremely nice. But, honestly, I wasn't asking to make myself feel better or get a sense of encouragement. I'm actually very familiar with the MPC. It was just a question I was curious of knowing. I guess you guys are right tho, it's a not a very good survey question due to its many variables that might affect the outcome and result of inaccurate data.

didn`t take long at all if I remember correctly. Got the mpc, blazed a couple of waterpipes, sampled the sound, laid the drums from the akai cd-rom, and day after I had a beat, put a acappella on it (redman, method man "how high") and that was it. Had only used Fasttracker II and a sp 1200 before that. But still up to this day I am learning new things, with the 2kxl and a 2500. Live to learn, learn to live....

about half an hour.

the real ?uestion is.... HOW WELL DO U KNOW UR MPC

Depending on how much you use your Mp, and wheather this is your first piece of equipment or not. If your completely new to sampling or music making in general, I think it can take years to develope your own style. One good thing about the JJ operating system is that there are still several aspects that I have yet to really learn. Good luck.

it took me about a 3 years to get comfortable with my workflow, thats including my mpc, soundforge, battery 3, and my logic setup with it. but i also had an advantage over most people because i went to a recording school, i learned alot more in 6 months there than i did in 1 year on my own when i was just making beats on my mpc.

i am by no means an expert of the mpc 500, but i can get by and if i dont know something, ill just look it up again to refresh my memory. i also bought the mpc 500 book thingi from this site when i was just trying to master my mpc only, but then i found out that i work better with a combination of all theese other things with it; and actually, lately i havent been using my mpc for probably 6 months.

The first MPC I ever encountered was the 60II, and boy showed me how to use it in like 10-15 minutes. Every MPC I've encountered after that I could figure out in ten minutes or less without a manual.
The first beat machine I ever owed personally was an Ensoniq EPS. Now that thing took me a solid day to begin wrapping my head around it but it also taught me synthesis and made learning every machine since kinda easy.

So to answer your question, for me after learning the 60II I've pretty much become instantly comfy with any of the MPC's I've owned or ran into.