CharlesRandolph wrote:eclipxe wrote:That's not an online store, it's a regular dude in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXB6tw ... 7UVyM7df0g
His link to buy is just to Rakutan. Rakutan isn't his store, it's like the Japanese Amazon.
It's still a sales video and I'll wait until the full manual is released. I hope you are enjoying yours. How about you share some detailed pros and cons. Give us some real user insight of the machine.
How many effects can you assign/sounds can you use/play before the RAM is maxed out?
Have you figured out any cool tricks?
Can you sync two of them together via Ethernet port?
Can you connect a MIDI keyboard to the Force, and launch clips via the keyboard keys?
So overall I'm really enjoying the device...here are some pros and cons:
Pros:
1. Workflow is crazy fast, easy to jump around the device with just the pad/buttons
2. The screen and pads operate pretty independently, so you can multitask/build some interesting workflows
3. Sound is great
4. New FX are pretty nice, haven't gone in depth
5. Hype is very, very good. I love it. Worth the price of admission. They need to figure out how to get it on the MPC Live
6. Stable so far, no crashes or glitches so far
7. Legato mode in clip launches for audio clip is a great trick for playing a long clip across an entire set of scenes
8. Number of scenes unlimited
9. Pad responsiveness is good. Left on default settings and can play quickly. Usually run my MPC Live at highest sensitivity
10. Timestretch is much better quality
11. Ram management seems better, haven't even gotten to 50%, but no hard data
Cons:
1. In the initial shipping version there is no good way to get your tracks off the device (no rendering/exporting. You can resample but limited to 20s. I imagine this will be fixed soon.
2. The cursor keys need to have more functionality - right now they only move the matrix view of the pads. I want them to work in the browser also (but I get why it's hard - you always need a way to navigate the pads independently from the screen)
3. No 16 levels (yet) - Andy Mac showed an example of a 16-levels like mode (64 levels) with the full scale/chord functionality...I want that asap
4. No split note/clip mode that was shown in a few videos
5. No Ableton export yet
6. No Splice integration yet
7. Can't record automation on the master track it seems (XYFX, etc)
8. I use it on the couch and the placement of the headphone port sucks
Tips/Tricks:
1. Select + double tap a pad to insert a new clip
2. There is a "master" button hidden below the launch pads. Swipe left/right in the Mixer panel to reveal sends/master
3. Two finger/three finger scroll in browser for faster scrolling
4. You can save and load individual tracks
5. MPC projects will open with your tracks mapping nicely.
6. There are a ton of shortcuts (shift+, edit+)
7. Edit+Launch pad lets you insert new scene, insert 8 scenes, or capture all playing clips into a new scene
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Can you sync two of them together via Ethernet port?
1. I think, with Ableton Link...but I only have one
Can you connect a MIDI keyboard to the Force, and launch clips via the keyboard keys?
2. No, I don't believe the clips are midi mappable.