MPC-Tutor wrote:I bought am mpc (2000xl) because I was looking for something that could provide both sequencing and sampling, it was never just about midi for me. I nearly went with an s2000 and a Yamaha QY700. How different my life may have been…
Yeah, that's one of the things with many devices anymore, they may have been thought out as being one thing, but then other features are added, and they become many-in-one. Often then, the workflow becomes sort of "special", too unique, and so the usability becomes awkward, or complicated, convoluted.
I personally have loads of such machines, and I mainly use them for their initial intended purpose. However, I don't want to box myself in, since even these devices sometimes have additional cool features that I might like to use.
Some of the traditional workflow of the MPC, to me, is strange. E.g., the MPC programs never really made sense to me, so I like the new changed MPC3 version better in this regard. But then again, I came from Pro12/24/Cubase and coding trackers (yeah, long time ago), essentially DAW style solutions.
Oh! Speaking of, I do have a Q700 laying around. I actually "found it" (i.e. dug it out) recently for some odd reason I cannot remember. I had no floppies laying around, so I bought a USB floppy drive (it basically emulates like a thousand 3.5" disks using a USB stick) and replaced that old built-in drive with that. Awesome! And sadly... I will probably never use it. It was "laying around" (i.e. stashed in a closet) for a reason.
I must say that I like the new DAW visuals (from the videos) and structure of MPC3. This is what I thought the MPC X was when I originally bought it years back. That was the vibe I got from how Akai was showcasing it.
The audio tracks aren't really all that appealing, to me, because I already use a 24-channel multitrack mixer, but drum/FX sampling is.
