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By ReckOne Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:55 pm
I find these kinda discussions pretty stupid since it all comes down to personal preference...It doesn't matter what gear you use as long as you know how to use it and how to make something sound dope. Some pieces color the sound more than others but in the end, it's the final result that counts...

NYM

By firework Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:35 pm
NYM, I will let you chk my previous posts and maybe you can check a beat of mine out, all done on the asr-10 - after you listen to it, decide if you still want to battle. if you dont fine, if you do fine....but after I smash you, dont be humble, stay the way you are......happens all the time, I was called out here before, I posted something funky and then the half people with the big mouths kept quiet, the other half kept PM'n me asking advise on some humble talk.

real talk.

By dtaa pla muk Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:19 pm
i'm not gonna go digging for your link

if you're still proud of it you can drop it right here, but i'm not concerned at all. i've heard enough funkiness in my short lifetime that i sincerely doubt i'll hear anything revolutionary.

and if it is the single dopest beat i've ever heard, like ever, it will NOT be because you used an asr-10.

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By firework Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:24 pm
I will actually dump something new just for you. and you can drop your beat, so you can see that you arent just talking to a beatmaker that takes a sample lets the mpc auto/chop then re-aranges the samples and lay drums on them......naaaaaaaaa duke you talking to someone that understands music.


stay tuned. I got you.

By dtaa pla muk Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:29 am
you obviously haven't read a word i've posted during my time on these forums

do your best to sort through your old receipts for that link you were telling me about
check the internet archives
though i don't know if they go back to 1992
By Black_English Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:45 pm
derwreck wrote:I know pretty much every professional hip hop producer has used at some point in their career an MPC....I can name them but the list would be too long....but has anyone known of anyone professional using an mpc 1000 or 500? Or are those basically built for amateurs who will never go anywhere? I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but I am a serious minded producer/music student that has used software based production for years, and now I am switching over to hardware. I don't want to buy something that is considered a toy, I want to be taken seriously as a producer.


Yes. I know a couple pros that use the 500 and the 1000, but they do not use them as their primary MPC. One guy I know uses his 500 to record samples from the places he travels to, and then incorporates the sounds into his music. He has a 2500 and a 4000, but ends up using the 500 because the latter two are comparably less portable.

There are differences in features, pads, effects, etc. between the 500, 1000 and larger models, but the sound engines are all the same (for the most part). There's no reason that a 500 couldn't be used as your center piece in your home studio.
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By UBANKRECORDS Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:19 am
ReckOne wrote:I find these kinda discussions pretty stupid since it all comes down to personal preference...It doesn't matter what gear you use as long as you know how to use it and how to make something sound dope. Some pieces color the sound more than others but in the end, it's the final result that counts...

co-signed

By Dox Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:26 am
Check out this MPC 2000 thread from 2003

A similar kinda talk going on in that thread

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=6019&highlight=starting

I will use the 1000 as my main piece for as long as I can.

Its the person behind the machine.
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By EducatedHands Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:14 pm
worry about a professional sound.

By konquest.abyss Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:37 pm
I'm more fond of MF Doom, Madlib aka The beat Konducta style of production, makes beats more abstract and interesting to listen to. Unorthodox is other words

By wankzappa Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:55 pm
DW2ZLL wrote:Disco D R.I.P. used the 1000...


i seen vids of him playing the 1000 for his live show...


BUT it's more about the tunes than the quality of your equipment..if u were truly a good producer you could make cool shit on fruityloops
By wankzappa Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:15 pm
firework wrote:I will actually dump something new just for you. and you can drop your beat, so you can see that you arent just talking to a beatmaker that takes a sample lets the mpc auto/chop then re-aranges the samples and lay drums on them......naaaaaaaaa duke you talking to someone that understands music.


stay tuned. I got you.



DO IT. do it for me too...i really would like to hear your godly production skills. i mean u gotta be a dope producer if you feel the need to go on the internet and bash the INFERIOR $1000 machine

DO ET

By dtaa pla muk Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:02 pm
sparkler hasn't posted since i called him out...

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By firework Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:37 pm
I was trying to let it die off and let you feeble beatmakers have your little fun. But you guys are kinda asking for it.......