is MPC only great for hip-hop?

oh shit! AAART! (he's my AAASYMM partner incase you guys didn't know!)

i guess he got all the info he needed from this place and never returned!

oh so i have been doing reading and stuff and the mpc 2000xl goes for the same price as the 1000 used

... sure it's old technology, but a lot of great modern producers still use them

which kinda leads to my question.... can i use it soley as a midi sequencer and hook up sound modules'/ groove boxes etc..... ??? . Not as fun as using samples but i'm wondering if i could record midi into the thing with a midi keyboard

and with that... i'm out.

btw... AAART ended up getting a laptop and a midi controler instead... i haven't seen the mpc in his studio!

okay, last few months i got really into the MPC.

i got that odd japanese OS upgrade that lets you play pong, too.

i love it. lots of fun. if i were gigging i'd likely bring the mpc instead of a computer.

(very) occasional double-trigger of pads, but if i keep my fingers to the center of 'em it doesn't seem to happen, and most pads never do at all. what of it there has been, has been no impediment.

the thang with the mpc

the 2000/xl/4000 in particular is they have a very distinct sound that is in part due to the sound of the pre-amps in the input section and the master bus compressor

they also have a pretty unique shuffling system

they are neat and very capable machines

max bpm is 300 and max quantize is 32nd not so keep that in mind

not the best machine for heavy drill

but a solid piece of machinery

  YEK said:

mpc 2000xl

 

i'm wondering if i could record midi into the thing with a midi keyboard

i'm being stubborn

1000, pong

what is there to be stubborn about