Thoughts on the MPC XL

Lampdog wrote:”Need” mouse, no, “standalone” is the design and it’s also able to work with host of devices as an option, “want” mouse, many would say “hell yeah!”

Lampdog wrote:“Need” on screen standalone manual, no, people won’t read it anyway, many mf’rs already don’t pay attention to it. Others might say get rid of it and add actual useful features instead.

Lampdog wrote:“Need” manual to be included with purchase, wtf for, it’s free online.

Elektrobolt wrote:I am not sure where this came from.

Elektrobolt wrote:For automation, I’d like to see support for true envelope or curve automation rather than relying solely on discrete, manually placed events. A continuous curve with editable breakpoints—similar to note nodes—would allow the system to interpolate at a chosen resolution and output the resulting data as MIDI events. This would significantly streamline expressive parameter editing.

Shift Gorden wrote:

Elektrobolt wrote:For automation, I’d like to see support for true envelope or curve automation rather than relying solely on discrete, manually placed events. A continuous curve with editable breakpoints—similar to note nodes—would allow the system to interpolate at a chosen resolution and output the resulting data as MIDI events. This would significantly streamline expressive parameter editing.

This. Adjusting continuous automation is such a pain on MPCs. I'd love to be able to draw a ramp, and then apply a curve like in Live. That would be huge.