House, Techno & Mpc??

I've been producing house and techno for a few years on a pc running Logic 5... Recently I've been getting into sampling, using Sound Forge + Recycle to edit loops. I never used an mpc and I've been told its a good tool for sample sequencing and getting 'swing' in your track. I'm wondering if its the way to go for house music though?

yes

mpc is suitable for any type of music

Hell, yeah. I have a MPC1000, and no Soul whatsoever!

If you're used to Recycle on PC already, the MPC1000 may suit you, it doesn't have those chopping features on board, unlike the 2000XL. Getting chopped samples from Recycle -> MPC is awkward but doable.

So the 2000 has chopping facilitys... mmm... i'm fed up with the software... Its too easy... I imagine i can sample hard ware synths with the mpc aswell? Is there a difference in the quality of the samples, between the computer and the mpc? I hear talk of the quality akai gives to sound... Is there any truth to this?

a lot of poeple will only use the mpc for house music. and it aint no headache getting slices in the mpc, from a computer. the swing and the sound, the way them swing settings make the drums sounds floppy or tight, sloppy or right. also try slicing the snares and hats a bit early. so u can hard quatise but they still have feel.

if your already using recycle/soundforge for your chopping why stop, you will only feel like a step back editing on the small lcd.

tobe123 wrote:So the 2000 has chopping facilitys... mmm... i'm fed up with the software... Its too easy... I imagine i can sample hard ware synths with the mpc aswell? Is there a difference in the quality of the samples, between the computer and the mpc? I hear talk of the quality akai gives to sound... Is there any truth to this?

I'm sampling my Kawai K5000S, I have some of those for download if you see my Samples page. In my case, the samples don't sound dramatically different from the synth itself, I used a 24-bit sound card to record the synth to PC, then normalized and chopped it up into samples. The sound is different, because stretching the samples across pitch ranges changes the whole dynamic. But they definitely sound Solid, no cause for complaint at all.

House tracks are mad easy on the MPC. Even though filtering is getting a bit played, you can still use it to your advantage with samples.



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Thanx for the replies. I've been thinking about the computer vs mpc issue... I'm at a point where i'd like to make a change with the way I work. I use logic but dont really use the virtual intruments that much; the most interesting sounds are either samples or from my analog synths. I use it as a sequenser but thats about it - ok I use some of the plugins for compression/EQ but given the money i'd much rather go for hardware. And since Apple bought up emagic there's the pressure of gettin a mac and now the new G5... So I've been looking at what other options for sequencing and recording. I'm thinking scrap the software, get a decent mpc and start from scratch... Any thoughts?

tobe123 wrote:Thanx for the replies. I've been thinking about the computer vs mpc issue... I'm at a point where i'd like to make a change with the way I work. I use logic but dont really use the virtual intruments that much; the most interesting sounds are either samples or from my analog synths. I use it as a sequenser but thats about it - ok I use some of the plugins for compression/EQ but given the money i'd much rather go for hardware. And since Apple bought up emagic there's the pressure of gettin a mac and now the new G5... So I've been looking at what other options for sequencing and recording. I'm thinking scrap the software, get a decent mpc and start from scratch... Any thoughts?

I was in the same situation, and since I bought the mpc 4000 five months ago, my productions have stepped up a level in terms of groove and swing that can't be matched by any other sequencer. I would really recomend it to anyone. I poroduce electronic music myself and it has now become the centre peice of my studio. I used to run logic on a mac but really was blown away by the simplicity of working with the mpc. plus try taking your whole computer rig and all to a gig and you'll run into some problems. mpc is dead easy to use live and can really be used as an instrument. I wouldn't think twice... get a 4000.....

with ak sys the software that comes with the mpc and hooks into the mpc via usb, you can just drag folders from your computer and straight into the mpc. with recycle, you can chop up loops and save them as akai presets and drag them into the mpc from your computer. it couldn't be easier.

Thax for the response. Excuse the delayed reply - ive not been in the forum for some days... I need to look into this as i've never really worked with mpc before...

the mpc, a crate of old records and ext res.filter/eq is a recipe for house music.

nanoloop
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the mpc, a crate of old records and ext res.filter/eq is a recipe for house music.




HEY, WHAT IS A RES.FILTER/EQ. WHAT DOES IT DO......

far more to house than filtering...in fact most new hosue tunes stay away from big filter sweeps (unless your french- ha ha)- and the mpc's filters cant cut it for those sorts of sounds anyway

mpc is perfect for hosue and techno with many artists using it for its tightness and intuitiveness...

the swing is pretty damn good for that slip-slidy house feel...try 62% at 128 bpm...or even 65%......

greg

yazZ. 57% or 62%!