Eyalc wrote:What I'm saying is that I prefer that the MPC stay closer to its roots, not keep moving toward DAW land. The chance of being able to do the same DAW functions as Logic, in any near future, is nil. They could make this the best MPC *instrument* ever, but if they keep moving it toward a DAW, it will just dilute the product with features and functions that DAWs have been able to for years. It just doesn't seem like a good spend of resources to me.
I understand your point of view but i still find it funny that you absolutely want the MPCR to catch up the 20 years old MPCs but you're not okay to add to the mpc software "features and functions that DAWs have been able to for years". Is the future about catching past ?
I'm talking about step by step addition. I don't think adding audio tracks, revamping the song mode and adding a mastering view would dilute the software nor the whole idea.
Look at ableton, it's a DAW but it's very different than Cubase or PT. It has its own envision and people even use it as an instrument in their liveset. Now if the MPC Software would evolve into a sort of Ableton (i mean both live and studio oriented), with its own legacy mpc workflow, wouldn't that be awesome ?
I know we're talking about major improvements here in a not-too-soon future but 1) hey, the thread is about 2.0, not 1.8 and 2) when you see what 1.7 is bringing to the table, it is realistic to think that some major features will be there for 2.0, and even before. Step by step, we'll get there, i hope.