Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

My projects never leave the MPC hardware

N/A

I open the project in desktop MPC Software and work on it there to completion

N/A

I open the project in desktop MPC Software to bounce stems for other DAW, to finish it there

20%

I bounce the stems from hardware and open in other DAW, not even touching MPC Software

80%

MPC is small component of my hardware setup, so I record everything together elsewhere

N/A

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Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

By antic604 Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:01 am

I wonder how many of you actually use the MPC Software on the desktop as a DAW? I found it pretty rudimentary, but competent enough to do most of the basic stuff I need and since I'm not a pro I don't have to polish my "music" to perfection anyway.

If you're using other DAW instead, can you please mention it?

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Re: Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

By bees80 Mon Sep 14, 2020 2:43 pm

startup jam with the machines, when there's a solid base, record everything on seperate tracks in ableton.

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Re: Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

By NearTao Mon Sep 14, 2020 4:04 pm

I work similar to bees... I'd say 50/50 finish on the MPC or in Ableton. The workflow is what keeps me partially interested in the Force, but also why I haven't jumped over since I'm pretty well versed with Ableton and there's a lot more I can do over there when I want to... and it is a pretty big investment for the Force that isn't even finished yet

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Re: Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

By biomaskin Sat Sep 26, 2020 6:40 am

If I can ever get Studio One and my MPC to sync in a satisfactory way, I'll record tracks straight in then do mixing and automation stuff in Studio One. However, this isn't as easy as I'd hope (nothing is really on the MPC, besides chopping samples which I absolutely love the simplicity of).. So, in the mean time I'm just jamming on the MPC - maybe recording some live stuff straight into Studio One with no sync.

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Re: Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

By Lampdog Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:20 pm

Standalone only, no computer daw, don’t like mpc software anyway.
I make beats, not songs, not concerned with polishing to society’s perceived perfection, don’t care.

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Re: Once done in hardware, what's the next step for you?

By Psychedelic Schizophrenic Sat Sep 26, 2020 4:40 pm

Pretty much on par with what Lampdog said. I try and do everything in the box regardless which MPC I'm using but in a once in a blue moon occasion that I really need to track it out then I track it into the Tascam Portastudio DP24 then I might take the bounced stems and use Reaper for final tweaking and effects if needed.

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