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By phdbeats Fri May 04, 2018 6:48 pm
What's up guys.

I am grabbing a MPC Live and selling my Maschine MK3. I was reading through the MPC Live manual and had a question for you users who have made the shift or know the Maschine terminology.

What is the MPC equivalent for:

1 - Groups?
2 - Patterns?
3 - Scenes?
4 - Sounds?

I am trying to bring some elements of my Maschine workflow over to the MPC (in terms of creation and arrangement).

I would appreciate any input you have. Thanks!
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By MaScHiNeHeAd Fri May 04, 2018 7:24 pm
What's up, phdbeats...

Goes something like this...

1- Programs
2-Sequences
3-Tracks
4 -Samples

Not in front of my Live atm, so I'm about 98% certain that's right...if anyone else would like to chip in & correct me, please feel free...
If you need any further help, just give me or anyone else here a nudge...

Peace...
By kaydigi Fri May 04, 2018 10:30 pm
MaScHiNeHeAd wrote:What's up, phdbeats...

Goes something like this...

1- Programs
2-Sequences
3-Tracks
4 -Samples

Not in front of my Live atm, so I'm about 98% certain that's right...if anyone else would like to chip in & correct me, please feel free...
If you need any further help, just give me or anyone else here a nudge...

Peace...


That’s pretty much right. The op while waiting for your Live really look into how programs work. There are more menu/options with programs than with groups in maschine.

Pad link from maschine is pad layering in the mpc.
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By Danoc Mon May 07, 2018 5:27 pm
Peace,
Maschinehead hit it on the head.

You also get gigs of sounds and you can sample also into the live without being connected to a computer.

Just don't get hug up on the flow of Maschine on the Live. You will be good to. Enjoy

phdbeats wrote:What's up guys.

I am grabbing a MPC Live and selling my Maschine MK3. I was reading through the MPC Live manual and had a question for you users who have made the shift or know the Maschine terminology.

What is the MPC equivalent for:

1 - Groups?
2 - Patterns?
3 - Scenes?
4 - Sounds?

I am trying to bring some elements of my Maschine workflow over to the MPC (in terms of creation and arrangement).

I would appreciate any input you have. Thanks!
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By MaScHiNeHeAd Mon May 07, 2018 6:39 pm
Cheers, D!
@ Phdbeats: You're welcome, mate!!
You know you can bring all your library & expansion samples over from Maschine to MPC, right? Do that first before you sell your MK3.
Doing that gives you double the available sounds...plus a lot of the Maschine kits are better than the installed content on the live drive..(personal opinion, obvoiusly!!)
And if you follow Tutor's VST to Standalone guide, you can get your Air plugin presets to work standalone! I did, & gained 10 vsts!!
There is a fair learning curve & a ton of resources available, but it's soooo worth it!!
Peace!!