By damien907
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By Avene
Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:20 am
The biggest problem with using an iPad for music is that it's got internet on there. When I got my iPad2 in 2011, I did a bunch of tracks in the Garageband app, Nanostudio, and a couple in BM2 (which I'm not a fan of). But after a while the novelty wore off and I found that my default apps on there would be the Youtube app, the browser, Instagram and email.
So for that reason alone, I'd choose the MPC500. In fact I'm even considering giving away the iPad to my father in law because it's too much of a time waster for me.
But if you do go the iPad route.. Just pick one or two apps and limit yourself to those. I made the big mistake of buying way too many apps. There always used to be 99c specials on new apps like Animoog when it was released, DM1, tabletop etc. So I'd always grab those, but eventually never ended up using any of them.
The other HUGE problem, is just getting sounds in there. With the MPC500, you can either sample something, or just stick a bunch of wav's on a CF card and load them in. Easy. But the iPad, other than the onboard mic, I still haven't figured out how to get sounds into any of the music apps.
Apparently you need to hook it up to a computer and transfer them via iTunes. Which completely defeats the purpose of having it as a portable device. I've heard that a lot of USB audio interfaces work with it, but same thing.. With a USB interface, you might as well be using a laptop.
So for that reason alone, I'd choose the MPC500. In fact I'm even considering giving away the iPad to my father in law because it's too much of a time waster for me.
But if you do go the iPad route.. Just pick one or two apps and limit yourself to those. I made the big mistake of buying way too many apps. There always used to be 99c specials on new apps like Animoog when it was released, DM1, tabletop etc. So I'd always grab those, but eventually never ended up using any of them.
The other HUGE problem, is just getting sounds in there. With the MPC500, you can either sample something, or just stick a bunch of wav's on a CF card and load them in. Easy. But the iPad, other than the onboard mic, I still haven't figured out how to get sounds into any of the music apps.
Apparently you need to hook it up to a computer and transfer them via iTunes. Which completely defeats the purpose of having it as a portable device. I've heard that a lot of USB audio interfaces work with it, but same thing.. With a USB interface, you might as well be using a laptop.
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By T-Virus
Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:30 am
Avene wrote:The biggest problem with using an iPad for music is that it's got internet on there. When I got my iPad2 in 2011, I did a bunch of tracks in the Garageband app, Nanostudio, and a couple in BM2 (which I'm not a fan of). But after a while the novelty wore off and I found that my default apps on there would be the Youtube app, the browser, Instagram and email.
So for that reason alone, I'd choose the MPC500. In fact I'm even considering giving away the iPad to my father in law because it's too much of a time waster for me.
But if you do go the iPad route.. Just pick one or two apps and limit yourself to those. I made the big mistake of buying way too many apps. There always used to be 99c specials on new apps like Animoog when it was released, DM1, tabletop etc. So I'd always grab those, but eventually never ended up using any of them.
The other HUGE problem, is just getting sounds in there. With the MPC500, you can either sample something, or just stick a bunch of wav's on a CF card and load them in. Easy. But the iPad, other than the onboard mic, I still haven't figured out how to get sounds into any of the music apps.
Apparently you need to hook it up to a computer and transfer them via iTunes. Which completely defeats the purpose of having it as a portable device. I've heard that a lot of USB audio interfaces work with it, but same thing.. With a USB interface, you might as well be using a laptop.
You have never sampled your Ipad?
By Lampdog
Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:52 am
Beatmaker. 2 can use dropbox, wireless ftp on your network (filezilla, cyberduck mac/pc) and itunes along with sampling in.
Filezilla being my fave, throw thousands of samples into my own bm2 folders and off I go. BM2 samples physically only avail in bm2, but bm2 midi controllers can be any midi app. I've done it.
Filezilla being my fave, throw thousands of samples into my own bm2 folders and off I go. BM2 samples physically only avail in bm2, but bm2 midi controllers can be any midi app. I've done it.
Stop getting automatically offended when you see gold letters!
By Ill-Green
Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:00 am
I do not like apps because it asks for too much of your private info. The net is becoming broadcast tv and apps are the new HBO. Remember when tv was free viewing. Don't feed the beast, fight the power.
By inflict3
Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:33 pm
Ill-Green wrote: fight the power.
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And, no that is not a dude. Its my sister.
By ThobRom
Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:36 am
They way you guys are raving about this Beatmaker 2 made me have to look into it.
I had to ditch my 500 because it scrambled (reset pad assignment whatever) and wasted hours of hard work one time to many. But I wish I still had something portable for sitting in the park or on a train or whatever.
That beatmaker and imachine both look awesome,
but also reminded me why I hate apples so much.
As far as I can tell you still cant drag and drop anything on a portable apple product.
I've got to shmutz up my computer with that horrendous bloatware itunes just to move files or instal things so that they can be translated into apple code gibberish.
(The only apple product I own is an ipod which was given to me and that I would have stomped into the ground a long time ago without rockbox.)
So now I'm looking at Android apps, pretty much every "groovebox" hiphop app is emulating the MPC interface these days.
Its become the standard.
I dont need an MPC Renaissance on a tablet as much as a meat and potatoes sampling scratchpad that I can later swap into a machine proper, just from an outputed wave is fine with me.
There seem to be a few interesting possibilities out there:
http://www.androidmusician.com/apps/samplers/
I had to ditch my 500 because it scrambled (reset pad assignment whatever) and wasted hours of hard work one time to many. But I wish I still had something portable for sitting in the park or on a train or whatever.
That beatmaker and imachine both look awesome,
but also reminded me why I hate apples so much.
As far as I can tell you still cant drag and drop anything on a portable apple product.
I've got to shmutz up my computer with that horrendous bloatware itunes just to move files or instal things so that they can be translated into apple code gibberish.
(The only apple product I own is an ipod which was given to me and that I would have stomped into the ground a long time ago without rockbox.)
So now I'm looking at Android apps, pretty much every "groovebox" hiphop app is emulating the MPC interface these days.
Its become the standard.
I dont need an MPC Renaissance on a tablet as much as a meat and potatoes sampling scratchpad that I can later swap into a machine proper, just from an outputed wave is fine with me.
There seem to be a few interesting possibilities out there:
http://www.androidmusician.com/apps/samplers/