Message 14/22
Date: 20-Sep-01 @ 03:49 PM -
RE: Mpc 2000 to replace yamaha rm1x?
Matt- I don't think the mpc can do too much stuff that the preformer can't, in fact it would be the other way around, preformer is much much more powerful and fully featured than the mpc! the mpc only has all the basics, even a rm1x kills it feature wise.
note repeat is like you said just a way to retrigger the note at a sertain resolution, 8th 16th ect and note length is linked to the resulotion, e.i 8th note triggering 8th notes ..
ok. to simplify my above example, imagine in your preformer and you have three bars of 8th note triggering the same note, a snare sample for the first bar... on bar two you go into your piano rool and move the notes in the 2nd bar a note down to trigger a crash sample (assuming you have a sample kit layed out across the keybrd.) and in the third you do the same but for the slap bass sample, the mpc lets you do this realtime via the fader by assigning the decay sensitifity to switch to one of the three sounds at sertain points, this can also be done by usinng velocity (using the pressur sensitif pads to switch beetween samples), to do it realtime on a real sampler you could just have three pads with 8th note loop points so if you hold the pad it will reloop at a 8th note resolution and just jam on the keys!
if you know preformer and are fast working on it (short cuts) you might hate the mpc at first, but eventually due to its simplicity you'll be editing and expressing your self at lighting speed, but it has some major disadvantages and is in fact very limeted as a sampler, and don't expect the luxury of hyperdraw or any other visuallity, like chemical brothers said we use the mpc to make beats but we use the pc to do the arranging cos we have to see the music (they use a mpc3k) .. belive me it is not a very good sampler (the filter yes thats filter not filters is weak so and the rest of the sampler is very limeted jut AD envelopes no normalation no pitch or other type of mod no lfo's no filter sweeps etc etc.. and it can be a mind buzzing thing to get your complete arrangemet done and likely frusterating if you are used to the visual luxury,. I on the other hand prefer the mpc just becouse it suits my style and method of working ..