IS os2 WORTH IT? (yes, this is why)

arebee wrote:

jbraudio wrote:Yeah....I know. 30 bucks.

You don't realize how short my check is! It's THAT goddamned puny...

I'll have the cash to get OS1 in 2 Thursdays...can't wait

hey - sorry - no grit intended - i guess its all good, when money's tight your gonna need free stuff - ive been there totally - i remember 'borrowing' a delay pedal, just to get my £40 tr606 ripping, and true enuff the jj os is a vast improvement over the akai.

good luck.....

No worries, I knew no disrespect was meant...really looking forward to getting a "real" copy of JJ...

Will my projects that I've started in 3.06 still work with OS1 and 2?

os1, yes. os2, depends on which features you used/how many layers you used.

Very cool...

a video won't show nuthin like the potential thats in os2, its such a deep improvement - its got real fidelity - something like a youtube vid would just squash all subtleties out of any worthwhile efforts in my opinion.

also there would need to be about 18hrs worth of stuff to cover any eventuality that a user might find in a few days of playin around.

Ant, dont do a vid - just for all the lazy square-eyed cats out there. they need to gain a sense of responsibility for their own development i think.

any 'by numbers' vid would just feed em up in one direction if they'll be copying what's going on, and i reckon that would only stifle the creative output that would be possible if they all pursued their own personal angles.

yep

arebee wrote:a video won't show nuthin like the potential thats in os2, its such a deep improvement - its got real fidelity - something like a youtube vid would just squash all subtleties out of any worthwhile efforts in my opinion.

also there would need to be about 18hrs worth of stuff to cover any eventuality that a user might find in a few days of playin around.

Ant, dont do a vid - just for all the lazy square-eyed cats out there. they need to gain a sense of responsibility for their own development i think.

any 'by numbers' vid would just feed em up in one direction if they'll be copying what's going on, and i reckon that would only stifle the creative output that would be possible if they all pursued their own personal angles.

WORD, Arbee, couldn't have put it better!

wildstyle72 wrote:

djsun1 wrote:

wildstyle72 wrote:

Antonym wrote:

TALK IS CHEAP HOW ABOUT A YOUTUBE VIDEO ON OS2

hahahaha the fact that you quoted my entire monster novel-esque post on os2 before posting that made me laugh...

i'll try. my main issue was having multiple angles. i don't want to just sit there with a camera handheld as i hit pads. i wouldn't be able to do it justice.

there are these projection tools called elmos at my university which i can use to project a view of the mpc up onto a wall. i'll focus one camera on the big picture, including me standing at the side. the elmo will show the MPC- pads, screen, sliders and fingers. the other camera will zoom in on the projected screen itself.

it'll be a fairly major operation but if it helps os2 sell i'll do it.

PLEASE DO A VIDEO SO I CAN HAVE OS2 FOR MY MPC 2500 DONT WANT TO GO OUT AND BUY MPC 1000, once people see it in action it will move like hot cake

Come on man when you gonna quit buggin for a video. I am sure people here would rather make music than a tutorial/showoff os2 video! I trust what folks have to say in the forum. Its a total of $69 dollars you pay for OS1 and OS2 that's a bargain IMHO.

LOOK I NEED OS2 4 MPC 2500 BUT JJ SAY IF TO MANY PEOPLE DONT BUY OS2 HE WANT MAKE IT FOR THE MPC 2500 LOOK IAM JUST TRYING TO INCREASE HIS SALE FOOL

Look guy I am not calling you names, but I never asked for a video for OS 1 to decide to throw down my cash for the JJ OS. I read the forum and what people were/are saying. I don't need a video when the features are listed here and on JJ's site. I would rather get down and navigate through the OS and experiment with features rather then watch someone else do it on youtube.
Maybe I could understand if you don't have a 1000 or a friend who does, but did you buy the JJ os for the 2500 and if so did you have to watch a video to buy it?

I am sure this OS will sell fine without a video.

I am sure this OS will sell fine without a video.

definitely....

personally, I don't get it. to me it makes as bout as much sense as someone trying to force you to watch a video, wouldn't that be rediculous if a bunch of people posted up tellin you need to watch a video you didn't even want to watch?

well this is no less rediculous.

videos can be good for people who don't have an mpc yet. i lurked this forum for about a month & watched a bunch of youtube videos before i decided to buy my mpc. saved me a lot of grief. for example: the first thing i did when i took my mpc out of the box was load the jj os onto it. i've never even used that wack akai os at all.

but i agree that jj os 2 will sell fine without a video. i really don't think anybody has to worry about os 2 selling enough. give it some time. the os isn't even really out of beta yet. there are still some features & screens that aren't finished yet, plus more features to come. as it gets more complete it'll start selling like hotcakes.

Sooty_G wrote:videos can be good for people who don't have an mpc yet. i lurked this forum for about a month & watched a bunch of youtube videos before i decided to buy my mpc. saved me a lot of grief. for example: the first thing i did when i took my mpc out of the box was load the jj os onto it. i've never even used that wack akai os at all.

probably the best point for a vid so far. i'll eat a few words now. ...still i do love youtube, and i like to see others doing there thing on the mp's .....but here's always something missing unless there's an ounce of charisma thrown in.

i for one bought the mpc after figuring what tools i needed to use right now - and what kind of fun i wanted to have - then looking at the case, the size, the pads, the screen, the outs, the midi, the sliders....the list goes a bit more. BUT my jaw dropped when i turned it on - realised how stupid AKAI must think people out there are (or how far in vthe past AKAI were techwise) i mean that os was sooo bad, better now with 2.11 - but that took 2 years no?

to hear that some japanese freakocoder had made their own os? i didnt need no vid to tell me THAT was gonna be a buzz.

Im not sure why anybody who loves making music would be so hesitant to at least try it out for themselves. And watching instructional videos is kind of like a cheat code in a video game. You can get to the ending, but you dont appreciate the game as much as you would have if you struggled through it.

Antonym wrote:os1, yes. os2, depends on which features you used/how many layers you used.

assuming you did'nt use any layers, what features would'nt work transferring a project from os1 to os2?just curious.
By the way, everyone, i wanted to say if you are transferring your project from os1 to os2, i'd copy the folder (backup) the os-1 version, as of os2.71, once i'd tried my os1 project through os2, it did'nt play back properly when back in os1.

Antonym wrote:os1, yes. os2, depends on which features you used/how many layers you used.

assuming you did'nt use any layers, what features would'nt work transferring a project from os1 to os2?just curious.
By the way, everyone, i wanted to say if you are transferring your project from os1 to os2, i'd copy the folder (backup) the os-1 version, as of os2.71, once i'd tried my os1 project through os2, it did'nt play back properly when back in os1.

why isn't os2 not having the 4 layers no more?