To MPC or not to MPC

Horses for courses.

As long as you enjoy your chosen method.

Yo what up I have kinda busy sorry for the delay

Wanted to say to dr4track. my bad I didn't realize that you were not included in my last post. thanks for the input. much appreciated.

dr4track wrote:Even tho this thread is a bit old and u may have already made ure decision, if ure primary concern is speed, then the newer mpc models are what u r gonna wanna work with. While older models like the 3000 are good for some things, speed in my opinion is not their strengths. Seeing as how u have a 2500 already, u might wanna use it a bit and c, u should figure out within a week or two if it is for u. If not using it for a brief period is not going to affect its resell value all that much, the used prices I ve seen in general haven't fluctuated by a great amount over the past 5 years.

So anyways I have been kickin it with the 2500 for the past few days. I am getting the hang of the basics, you know being able to make some drums and laying down a bass track too using the 16 pad thing. I am able to create my own programs and know how to save my stuff, lol you know the basics. I realize that a lot of the features I have yet to figure out, let a lone find. I think that JJOS is great because a huge amount of features have been added, but I have barley used any of them so far I don't think.

Anyways so back to what I am thinking about my MPC sitch is that I would love a MPC 3000 but I guess chopping samples is a bit different since you make the chops just by ear and can't do any of it by using the screen. That sounds pretty interesting actually but I don't know if it's how I would want to chop..
Would love that sound though!
I am assuming the MPC 60 and 60 MK2 use the same method as the 3000 when it comes to chopping samples? Meaning that u have to chop all by ear.

What are ya'll thoughts about the 2000XL? I see them on ebay for an affordable price. Maybe it could work out good since, I could get perhaps maybe a better sound out of it than the 2500 and that I could also chop using the screen unlike the 3000? And that it wouldn't be getting anymore updates so I can get the hang of it and not have to worry about the OS switching up things and making it more difficult to use..

4000 would be dope but what are ya'll thoughts on the sound compared to the 2000 or 2000XL? Also it looks like the 4000 is huge! I would need to clear some space.. That I don't have lol.. Studio is cramped as it is..

SupremeSoulstice wrote:The maschine is straight up fun, more fun than the oler model mpc's. Ive owned the 2kxl, the 3000, and the 4000. None of the newer ones, but when it came to the choice of either the ren or studio? I'm glad I choose the studio.. the possibilities are endless. That's me tho.. fun can be had on whatever if it fits you..

PS. Haha my bad I should of realized you meant the Maschine Studio not MPC Studio, since you were just mentioning how much you like Maschine. Maschine is dope no doubt. Would love the Studio but I just rock the original MK1 since I was on top of Maschine before it got super popular

IMO, out of all mpc s the 4000 is by far the best machine. It may lack the sound and character of the 60 and 3000, but its upside is just that upside. The 4000 has some of the character that can b had on older mpcs (i may b wrong on that) but contrary to the its peers the 4000 is an actual sampler. It has most of the common editing and processing tools that r standard for samplers but r lacking in older models. It is a machine to grow into, with lots of ceiling. that s not to say there isnt ways of acheiving similar results on its predecessors but there is a limit, there are things u can do easily and efficiently with the 4000 that is simply not effectively possible on other models. Than there is storage and ease of communication with modern equipment, older mpcs can b modded and what not to achieve some sort of quick and reliable large data storage and quick transfer to and from a cpu. But in our day and age can t beat the usb which is stock on the 4000. The 2000xl is worth looking at becuz it is kinda on the edge of both worlds at prob half the price of a 4000, but if u have the budget id say go for the 4000. Myself i ve had my eye on it for awhile, just cant quite get the funds together. I may just end up getting a z4 or z8 to pair with my 2000 and make a poor mans 4000. that is if i can find one at a good price.

note: on the chopping without graphical waveform, while im not sure about whether the 60 or 3000 have graphical, i know my eps does not and i can honestly say that after spending 10 years with machines with a waveform, and over the last year doing most editing on eps without a waveform, i like it better. It took some time to get used to it but after that it is actually liberating, for me i pay attention to things i never did when i had the waveform in front of me. And when i have to go back to a waveform sometimes i have to close my eyes and not pay attention to it.

keep in mind that the 2000xl will takte 15 or 20 seconds to load each chop, so your gonna be waiting around a lot more, that and no mute groups, or only able to mute 2 or 3 other pads. id stick with the 2500 if i were you.

the 4k is the most advanced though, you might like it, but if youalready have the 2500, just learn it and keep it.

SupremeSoulstice wrote:That's the thing tho Clint, you don't have to stare at the screen all day, everything in and available within the software is accessible within the hardware.. I can do everything with the hardware to where I don't have to look at the screen of my laptop at all.

right thoughts. maschine is very cool and easy. You can work quickly and not be distracted looking at the screen.