Prah_860_ wrote:descartes wrote:Prah_860_ wrote:i think 2 mpc 3000s is stupid.............what is the purpose......a lot of money wasted
comew on prah, ive read your other posts an i know your smarter than that... theres a lot of things you can do with two synced mpcs that you cant do with just one, especially if you like recording in real time... if you dont like dj shadow, thats cool, but 2 mpc 3ks synced isnt money wasted... spending time programing with one what you could do easy with two is time wasted (and for some cats that means more than money).
kind of like the time im wasting writing this post...
i understand that......i never said i didn't like dj shadow.....i don't have enough knowledge on dude to say that.......i know about SMPTE and all but....that theory is even old and i could do alot with my mpc2000xl and then acheive a lot inside the triton(which is also a full-fledged sampler that can hold 64megs of info,which is double the amount in a 3k)...i am sorry if i offended anyone........but i was also looking for an answer...which drumtek let me know something i didn't know about dj shadow.......and you didn't waste your time posting this......if dj shadow was here i would want him to answer that question also....
you didnt offend me, im not into dj shadow that much myself...i just think that one shouldn't discount the two mpc set up out of hand:
okay heres three possible ways you could use two mpcs together:
one: use the first as the master and the second as the slave, so you are using only the internal sampler of the second mpc. this is a waste of money, you're right. just use a rack sampler or something.
two: use them side by side both synced to an external time clock: here you'd be ignoring the sequencer (which is a mistake) but using all the pads. i kind of understand this one, as its sort of like having a larger palette of sounds at your immediate access: 32 instead of sixteen. still does kinda seem like a waste of money. I mean at best you only got ten fingers.
three: sync one mpc to the other using midi clock and then play them both as if they were turntables. you could have a sequence running on one wile your writing a new beat on another, crossfading between the two, etc. this would be the best way to make full use of both. itd be like having two records you wrote yourself playing in perfect sync next to each other. plus itd allow you to write new beats live and in real time and then crossfade them into the mix. Does dj shadow use his mpcs this way? itd be cool if he did but i just dont know. i have read interviews with artists that do, however.
any othe ideas anyone? dj shadow? you out there and want to explain yourself?
