yhea I had the X for 4 years and was/am a real Pro user on the X, I bought a MPC thinking it was
the only machine that could do what I wanted ( the rest of the live sequencers (live meaning I
could do mutes on the fly ect...were the Q8o mmt8 and I didn't feel like doing my entire MIDI
production on a tiny lcd running through menu after menu...
I didn't even consider the RM1x thought it was just another grovebox...but after some research it
turns out that the RMX is a serious sequencer!!! I also thought the MPC would b a good future
investment, I'm getting an 01v and it needs 16 midi ch for automation... but I could easily just
pick up a Qy70 to go with the Rm1x dedicated for automation..
but I've already sold my ASR X: it had some problems (sometimes after loading kit I was
missing sounds, it froze on me quite a few times even after OS2.67 (might b cos of my inpatient
button pressing while processing , u know when u hit a button the same split of the sec as the
processing finishes), and the sequencer was/is skimpy...but all in all unacceptable to work with
if u r serious about music...
but I really miss it...!! and now I'm thinking of getting a X Pro with a Rm1x! I'm just not
comfortable with the MPC, too many walls/limits, u can't freely roam around the OS when
playback like on the X which is a extremely nice touch .. and the sequencer doesn't allow any
sequence edits during playback (xept u erase notes on the fly, but hell the X could do that!).. its
basically: / record / stop / edit / operation, the only thing its got going for it is: the fader (gets
great results), amazingly tight and reliable sequencing! and the way u can configure it live
(trigger seq and do un/mutes from the pads), 64 tracks is allot of horse-power and it will never
glitch! great for the Pro who needs to take a whole studio out live without any worries and the
sampler is also really good for drums and all in all its a great drum machine... BUT ...the RM1x
allows u to record & edit on the fly!!! ...grid is a natural state for me to work in... and the Rm1x
looks like a innovative unit offering some unique features that make it shine as a creative tool. I
guess I was blinded by its appearance and price.. but its actually quite a Pro unit! yamaha r doing
great things to their products concerning interfaces and live pliability, the company has great
vision.
all in all the X is (IMO) much more innovative I got magical things out of it, it was also way
faster in use than the MPC! u c everyone was going on and on about how great the interface of the
MPC was and how the X interface sucks so I though I would greatly improve my music if the
interface was that much better, but all that moving the cursor around that big lcd is a slower
process than jumping from menu to menu and using two hands (one to scroll through parameters
and the other to edit (very fast) its is all on one level and very hands on!!.. and if u get your head
around it its structure its very simple OS to operate.. ..I had limited experience with samplers
and when everyone told me it sucked I had nothing to really compare to it .. so I assumed other
samplers must have even Greater way to interact with their functions... so out I went to get the
might MPC just to find out that it's a simple sampler with a sequencer in a box! no magic.
and it occurred to me last night when I was working on a remix when I wanted to put delay w a
lot of feedback on a vocal, resample it, loop the delay & do some chops and filtering and make it
fall in a rithmatic way to my 909 beat!!....i need my X back!
I know when I posted that I was going to sell it to get a MPC.. u kilo said "don't do it".. I should
have given that reply more respected... the X is one of the most creative innovative instruments
out there.. its the king in ChopFu i.e. Recycle on wheels!! send a loop to any number of pads
without taking up Ram (the X automatically does parameter copies) quickly set up looppoints go
in record and throw down your "chops" then punch out of record (the x allows u to go in/out of
record without ever stopping playback (never killing the moment (but so can the mighty MPC)
then go and adjust "sample start point loop"/ "loop end point" AND "loop start point" while the
seq plays back i.e. in REAL-TIME!!!! each chop (note) has its independent fx bus and sampling
parameters (Imagine), and with two button presses u'll have the loop resampled on the scratch
pad!! way superior to any other resampling system out there.. fantastic machine .. only flawn by
its unprofessional feel.. what a great stand Ensoniq made with this unit!!
...yhea I feel really stupid but I had to find out if the MPC was the God everyone said it was and
I'll forgive my stupidness cos I'll have magical powers with the X and a RM1X (a way superior
system to the MPC,. this is :: the interface between my mind and my music...
yhea I know I have 2 much time on my hands ...