All my MPC and software user get in here! MAJOR QUESTION

Ok I simple question..

What can the MPC1000 do that I cant do with software?
Is it sample quality . Sequencing or what? I'm very good at using reasons 3.0 and I just got a MPC1000 its decent but I'm finding that it does not do any thing I cant do with reasons other then the ability to tap my own beat patterns in . .and I can do that with the right midi controller. . .
So I'm asking you the MPC fam what's so great about the MPC. . .? And please forgive me for not knowing. . .I'm trying to find out before I take everything back to the store….

keep it and use it with reason.

don't give up too quickly. buying an mpc is like getting an engagement ring - only do it if you're serious about beatmaking. you've bought it, so don't go to the pawn shop just yet...learn it. it's worth it.

you can do everything on reason, but will you like it as much? will it be as intuitive and comfortable? probably not.

It's just a different way of working , some people prefer using a mouse and a dozen programs on a pc , i prefer an mpc.
It doesn't have 100 effects , 50 synths and stuff , it just has everything you need without stuff getting in your way and you have every controll at the touch of a button (a dedicated controller environment)instead of using your mouse.
An mpc is more of an instrument instead of a pc. If you think of it it's kinda stupid making music on a pc.
If you would have told a guy 50 years ago that people would make music with a computer , he would have rolled on the floor laughing.
All those great guitar players , drum players etc... they all have mastered their instrument and can play their instrument in their own style.
Can you say you mastered your pc and have your own style of playing and tweaking your pc?
I know there are people who have mastered their mpc and have their own style and tricks and stuff.
Working with a pc just doesn't feel right to me, too artificial.
Allthough i still use it as a multitracker to mix and master my tracks and also as an 8 channel effect-box.

And i appologize if i'm offending pc users here , it's not my intention.

but if i get a punch pad midi controller will it be all the same?

Well , you'd have the same pads as an mpc.

Fasttracker wrote:It's just a different way of working , some people prefer using a mouse and a dozen programs on a pc , i prefer an mpc.
It doesn't have 100 effects , 50 synths and stuff , it just has everything you need without stuff getting in your way and you have every controll at the touch of a button (a dedicated controller environment)instead of using your mouse.
An mpc is more of an instrument instead of a pc. If you think of it it's kinda stupid making music on a pc.
If you would have told a guy 50 years ago that people would make music with a computer , he would have rolled on the floor laughing.
All those great guitar players , drum players etc... they all have mastered their instrument and can play their instrument in their own style.
Can you say you mastered your pc and have your own style of playing and tweaking your pc?
I know there are people who have mastered their mpc and have their own style and tricks and stuff.
Working with a pc just doesn't feel right to me, too artificial.
Allthough i still use it as a multitracker to mix and master my tracks and also as an 8 channel effect-box.

And i appologize if i'm offending pc users here , it's not my intention.

no i'm a pc user looking for better quality and more sounds and fratures. .and i feel like the mpc is not doing it for me. . everything that i'm learning to do on the mpc i can do on pc easy!

Fasttracker wrote:Well , you'd have the same pads as an mpc.

yeah akai makes a midi controler the AKAI MPD24 and its only $199.99
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I use both of them. But in your case, I would say take the MPC back if you feel its not doing anything for you. But I find it alot easier to sequence on the MPC than reason. I hate reasons' sequencer.

Just keep in mind that what works for people here might not work for you, and thats ok. Thats why its always important to try these machines and softwares out before you buy them.

Just try the mpc for a while , load in some samples , make a track with it and if you feel it's not working for you take it back and buy the mpd24.

since you like software. Sequence your drums on the mpc and then sample out of the mpc into your pc. Use the effects and compressors. You will notice the fat sound difference.

buy the MPC,that's why your asking our opinion. If you can make music with the PC,then why ask the ?????s ,unless your considering the MPC.

In 97 that's all I did was Sequence on the PC, I now I prefer the MPC ,and Multi-tracking to the PPC

Fasttracker wrote:It's just a different way of working , some people prefer using a mouse and a dozen programs on a pc , i prefer an mpc.
It doesn't have 100 effects , 50 synths and stuff , it just has everything you need without stuff getting in your way and you have every controll at the touch of a button (a dedicated controller environment)instead of using your mouse.
An mpc is more of an instrument instead of a pc. If you think of it it's kinda stupid making music on a pc.
If you would have told a guy 50 years ago that people would make music with a computer , he would have rolled on the floor laughing.
All those great guitar players , drum players etc... they all have mastered their instrument and can play their instrument in their own style.
Can you say you mastered your pc and have your own style of playing and tweaking your pc?
I know there are people who have mastered their mpc and have their own style and tricks and stuff.
Working with a pc just doesn't feel right to me, too artificial.
Allthough i still use it as a multitracker to mix and master my tracks and also as an 8 channel effect-box.

And i appologize if i'm offending pc users here , it's not my intention.

I totally agree with you.

if you are making music on a desktop... then the one plus that the mpc 1k has over the pc.. is its totally portable... if you are using a laptop... then the main plus for the mpc is that u have pads to bang out on ......( especially if you have your 1k maxxed out. w memory and hard drive).... i just went on vacation in fl. w\ my family took jst my 1k which has a 40g hrd drive banged out 7tracks) i also use(reason) pc mine is desktop so not portable at all .. but like alot of people have already said is that they work great together

i've also gotta reiterate my opinion that the mpc's sequencer beats grid editing in my opinion HANDS DOWN for everything except chords. i used acid and reason before and when i switched/learned the mpc's nongrid sequencer, i realized how much it helped me understand musical notation as well as just make better music...

but reason is a really dope program. it's all a bunch of luck, really - are you gonna like what you buy? who the hell knows...