I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE!!!!!

i'm cotemplating buying the mpc1000 but i need your help to make my desiscion as to whether to go for it or not.
At the moment i've got logic audio platinum 5.5 & wavelab on pc. I've got loads of virtual instruments and plug ins. I can pretty much do everything from producing the music to mixing, mastering and finally create an audio cd all using my computer.
The thing is, the music that has inspired me and influenced me is hiphop, particularly experimental hiphop, dj shadow, kool keith, dan the automator etc etc. The majority of the music that im into is generally sample based and put together on an mpc. So im thinkin to myself, right if i wanna make that sort of music properly, then i need the right tools for the job. Maybe im thinkin i should move away from the pc all together. Im sure crate diggin for soundz, and the hands on interface of the mpc would be alot more fun than staring at a computer screen for hours aswell!
Im also aware of the punchy sound that the mpc gives to the soundz you put inside it and also the "special groove" of the sequencer that so many talk about. (although im sure people will disagree that there is nothing special about the sequencer at all, - im not trying to start an argument on that, im just conveying what i've read on this forum)

Anyway im not asking you to make a desiscion for me, i just want some advice....... should i leave my software set up behind and get an mpc1000?????

If you've put that much investment in your setup, it's not so easy...
You could get a pad interface like the Akai MPD16 or Korg MicroKontrol, and use that to trigger drum & loop samples in your favourite sampler plugin e.g. NI Battery. The MPC's sequencer is a definite backwards step compared to Logic, Sonar, etc.

Where the MPC1000 scores for me is immediacy: it takes seconds to load (if you disable autoload) and is ready to sample in seconds. The sample engine has very low latency, it responds to pads and the internal sequencer, but via external MIDI it's one program only, and not so tight (MIDI latency). You can sync a MPC to Logic Audio, or even use the MPC as the master.

Then there's live work, a whole other story: I've heard of folks taking laptops on stage, but I don't fancy trying that in the real world...

Yeh, i agree with you, logic can do so much more, but do i need it??? I think using the mpc would be much more fun/satisfying than the computer!
And also if my music is gonna be 100% sample based like the people who have inspired me eg shadow, then do i need all the fancy virtual instruments etc???

Arrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh, someone help me

Hey if you got the cash get the MPC1000. having the PC and software just makes the MPC more powerful. Do your editing on the PC and sample your virtual instruments and do the building on the MPC.

If Shadow is your inspiration, and its within his style which you plan to make your music, all you need is an mpc and a turntable, period.

Hybrid, I'm not trying to diss but the equipment doesn't make you sound like your inspiriation, the sound comes from within... look at 9th Wonder, who's influenced by Premier and Pete Rock, he uses fruity loops and his sound is reminiscent of theirs... the equipment doesn't really matter, it's the individual behind it.

he's using hardware now money.

in regards to people using laptops on stage, there's no one i've heard of doing that who make hip hop music. but there's mad electronic musicians who tear shit down using laptops. nobukazu takemura syncs up 3 laptops at once to create peices live on stage. but he also plays along with the laptop, on the guitar, while accompanied by keys, bass and drums. i hope to get my setup to be the mpc1k, a latop and a few sound modules and a midi keyboard. i think it would be great to have the laptop play certain parts of the song and at the same time tap out parts of the beat with the 1k. more than anything go for what's easy for you yet fun.

I think using the mpc would be much more fun/satisfying than the computer!


dog u dont know how right that is , i been fruustratingly making beats for a year on the pc i just got the mpc 1000, it really does work with you,not against you

If Shadow is your inspiration, and its within his style which you plan to make your music, all you need is an mpc and a turntable, period.
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Yeah, thats what im thinkin, maybe i should just turn my back on software. If i wanna make instrumental hiphop from samples, then all i need is the mpc n turntable......................

And yeh, i reckon it'll be a MUCH MORE enjoyable way to make music!!

Im pretty much sold on the mpc

RESPECT to everyone who posted, and have helped me make my desicion!!

JHW

Get the mpc.....i thought you could make music using software etc....it always sounds convenient and the companies push it that way...but after using the mpc i would never look back.

Best way is to use your computer stuff as a complement to the mpc...the mpc is so much faster and you can do lots of things that you would never think of doing when using a computer.

Think of the mpc as an instrument like a guitar or a violin.

Toecutter-
No offense taken. But for the record I did not say that getting an MPC will make you sound like Shadow. Neither did I say you couldn't make Shadow style music on something other than an MPC. And I agree, it is all about the skillz.