I almost forgot, the thing I hated the most was that there is no pitch adjustment, period. If you sample a loop off a record for example, at say, 65 bpms(an unuseable hip-hop tempo, for the most part), on the MPC you would just pitch it up to a useable tempo (80-100bpms). Well, not on the 505 or 606. No can do. All you have is Rolands incredibly wack excuse for timestretching, and if you've ever used a 505 then you know that isn't even a viable option. Even changing the tempo by 1 bpm results in horrible sound degradation and literally makes the sample UNUSEABLE. On a MPC you can chromatically lay out a sample, so you can play it on a keyboard. No can do again on the 505/606. You need pitch shifting for that feature, buddy. All the 505/606 has in that vein is a weak sauce imitation of the MPCs "16 levels" feature. The only catch is, since the 505/606 cant pitch shift, it uses its wack "timestretching" to map out whatever sample you choose over only 12 keys (1 octave), so the sample comes out horrible.
Don't do it to yourself. Keep saving for the MPC. You'll thank me later.
