Real Time or Step Edit

Ok Im a newbie to the MPC world like many others on this board. Ive had my 1000 for a few days now and im starting to grasp it a litttle but i cant seem to get a decent drum pattern down. The T.C feature is cool but at times its still a little off? What do you guys prefer to use? Step-Edit works fine but it is so tedious and get a little aggravating. Plus I have gotten any real sounds yet. I have a few Plasma, Acid 2.0, and Music Maker 2004 discs i just load those samples up. But i guess what im sayin is what types of methods do some of you more expierenced users use to lay down a good drum pattern? Thanks

On the MPC I prefer the step edit page - I make techno though, which is alot more quantized than hip-hop or r&b - Basslines, riffs, fills and what not are recorded realtime to get that real feel - but simple 4 on the floor kicks, snares, hats and what not are just easier to step edit - in my opinion

On my 2kxl I use real time hands-on tapping, then later I go inside step edit later to fine tune stuff..

I program exclusively in real time and adjust the quant as needed to create the feel I am after. There is something in the way the MPC quantizes that is better than anything else I have come across. I kick myself daily for not having bought an MPC years ago. It is instant funk. Like a previous respondant suggested it is dependant on the type of music you are working in.

Rob

I agree with all the posts above ^^^^

All I can add is that for the drums, I always do them real-time. I just stand in front of my MPC and move to the beat. And when my body feels the beat, my hands automaticaly start to hit those pads.
But for the other samples, melody or whatever, I often go to Step Edit to fine tune.