jabberwalky wrote:If you want no screens, sampling, and pads....you'd need:
1. A Roland CSQ-200 + rack sampler like the S2000 + midi pads
2. An Arturia Beatstep Pro maybe
3. Deluge
4. Novation Circuit
Surprisingly, its possible to find Akai Z-series samplers on Reverb, which are technically more powerful than the modern MPC's in some ways, and no touch screen.
The sampling on the deluge made me cry. Looking at waveforms through the leds on the pads didn't make any sense, and the chopping/editing/slicing was just awful. I only used it once tho, so maybe it gets easier with practice. I just found it very unintuitive and cumbersome.
