By labcoats
Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:07 pm
Obviously my opinion means so much 
I cant knock it at all. I've been loading up my own MPC4000 progs and playing around for 2 days and found no major issues whatsoever. Obviously not all the progs load up and play exactly as they do in the MPC4000 but its not a huge deal - and was to be expected.
Nukai (and I may drop the N some day) have done a very good job with the controller. I don't even realise I'm using a controller until I have to do something with the mouse. There's some room for improvement but even then there is nothing to stop anyone getting on with the job of making tunes.
On 4k progs combined with sequence which load up exactly have allowed me a direct comparison between the Ren and the 4k. But Im not going to talk about any perceived differences yet as I need to get used to the thing.
Essentially it is really an excellent product - no doubt about it Your only limitation is your imagination.
My 4k isnt going anywhere though.
I would love for Nukai to allow Ren sessions converted to 4k but I have a feeling that will never happen.
One bit of advice to new users. Forget playing around with the included library when you first get the Ren. Get your own sounds in there and you will find your self whizzing around the machine much faster. I found the library to be erratic and distracting. kits with a tiny kik accompanied by massive inappropriate snare drum, and kits just seem made up in some kind of random way. Its not that the individual sounds are bad its how they have all been put together. But this is no biggie at all.
I cant knock it at all. I've been loading up my own MPC4000 progs and playing around for 2 days and found no major issues whatsoever. Obviously not all the progs load up and play exactly as they do in the MPC4000 but its not a huge deal - and was to be expected.
Nukai (and I may drop the N some day) have done a very good job with the controller. I don't even realise I'm using a controller until I have to do something with the mouse. There's some room for improvement but even then there is nothing to stop anyone getting on with the job of making tunes.
On 4k progs combined with sequence which load up exactly have allowed me a direct comparison between the Ren and the 4k. But Im not going to talk about any perceived differences yet as I need to get used to the thing.
Essentially it is really an excellent product - no doubt about it Your only limitation is your imagination.
My 4k isnt going anywhere though.
I would love for Nukai to allow Ren sessions converted to 4k but I have a feeling that will never happen.
One bit of advice to new users. Forget playing around with the included library when you first get the Ren. Get your own sounds in there and you will find your self whizzing around the machine much faster. I found the library to be erratic and distracting. kits with a tiny kik accompanied by massive inappropriate snare drum, and kits just seem made up in some kind of random way. Its not that the individual sounds are bad its how they have all been put together. But this is no biggie at all.
