New in making beats, NEED HELP

Hello everyone

I just found this message board. I'm keyboard player, playing jazz, soul and funk, type of stuff with live musician. I want to make my own music, and looking into MPC because alot of people tell me it's all-in-one tool. Also, i've seen some people using live, that's one of the reason i look into also.

I'm just curious if it's easy to use for the beginner. also, i don't have any software on my computer. is that something I need? if so, which one's good with MPC? can anyone have recommendation?


cheers

i don't have any software on my computer. is that something I need? if so, which one's good with MPC? can anyone have recommendation?

Well, the MPC itself doesn't require any software, or a computer at all for that matter.

Recording however, can be done on a computer. Depends on what you want to do, how much you can spend, and what platform you're already running.

Cubase for example, is what I use, and I think it works fine for both audio (recording my MPC and various external synthesizers) as well as MIDI, sequencing both hardware and software instruments.

Others swear by protools, logic (mac-only) or sonar (pc-only).

But remember that a software-based setup doesn't only come down to the software, you also need a proper soundcard and a computer that's powerful enough to run it.

So my advice is basically to take it one step at a time, download some demos, try things out and try to predict your needs.

Hi DB

i'm just curious how you use your MPC. also do you recommend MPC to someone who haven't used sampler or sequencer before?


cheers

Mpc's are easy and fun too mess with. They are user-friendly. Some of them have that new car/mpc smell. They can be stand alone and/or used with a computer and/or sound modules (very flexible).

MPC is very basic, very solid, and a fantastic sequencer. If you wanna do 64th note stutter rolls with 200 channels of midi and 8 sound modules, then use your computer. But an MPC is gonna give you the tools you need to work on any style of music with your focus going into what your writing, not what buttons to press. If you are doing primarily rhythm driven music, this is the one thing that will make you turn your computer off.

juno106 wrote:Hello everyone

I just found this message board. I'm keyboard player, playing jazz, soul and funk, type of stuff with live musician. I want to make my own music, and looking into MPC because alot of people tell me it's all-in-one tool. Also, i've seen some people using live, that's one of the reason i look into also.

I'm just curious if it's easy to use for the beginner. also, i don't have any software on my computer. is that something I need? if so, which one's good with MPC? can anyone have recommendation?


cheers

put it like this....i got my mpc in february i believe if not March and im pretty familiar with it now. takes some learnin, but if you love music you wont have a problem learning. plus its fun!!! its not like school and having to take all the classes you hate taking!! you already like making music, so it'll be fun

if you wanna buy some software cheap. holla