mpc or electribe?

advice?

also, what would be the best model of either?

i'd appreciate anybody's help on this.

MPC by far.

go for an MPC500 mid range job. unless you're rich then go for the MPC1000

totally different machines. yes you can make similar sounds on them but that does not put them in the same class.

mpcs are mostly designed for beats. electribes are grooveboxes designed with techno and maybe hiphop in mind.

not for me... for a drummer mate who wants to get into a bit of production... nothing major.

the 500 can be got pretty cheap. i'm eyeing up this purchase http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-AKA-MPC500-PAK-LIST when i get my check through. looked at some second hand and they seem to go for not much less than new

i guess i'd go for a 500 if only using midi but as a sampler they're supposed to be pretty weak

I have an es-1, and an es-x, the esx is nice when you get rid of the shit samples and overwrite the bad patterns. I used to have an er-1 which is a wicked drum machine but no sampling. They are quite easy to get your head around, never tried an mpc but they seem pretty wicked albeit more expensive than the electribe line.

mpc1000, with the JJ OS

http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~mpc1000/

or maybe one of those NI Maschine jobbers, $700, and it's basically an MPC w/a lot more compatibility with a computer

this is rather peculiar trolling

*fidgets*

i didn't read the thread, but they are totally different machines, get an mpc if you just want to sample/make beats, get an electribe if you want synths and whatnot

Ive been considering selling my Korg ESX-1... I dont use it much anymore and have other things to buy :(

im supposed to give an electribe m to 24ourange but i keep forgetting to mail it

MPC = awesome filter action and sample messing. takes time to get to know it, but the results are good and retain quality.

Electribe = quick results for complex over-fx'd sounds, but gets boring quick, not so good if you are looking for originality.

Savage.

Haven't played with an MPC that much, but I adore my Korg ESX. Great for sampling, writing patterns, and using as a live instrument.

  loganfive said:

not for me... for a drummer mate who wants to get into a bit of production... nothing major.

Electribe, for half the price of a starter MPC and a imo a lot more simplistic. but this is why the mpc is so nice is because if you want to you can get 'deep' with it BRA!!!!!!!!

  beneboi said:

get an electribe if you want synths and whatnot

only if you have the blue one, the red one has a terribly limited synth engine and is mostly focused on sampling

i just meant that the mpc doesnt have them at all

roland r70

I have an electribe es-x and mpc1000. electribe is way more fun to start from scratch because you don't have to load anything and the controls are really simple. but it's 32000 hz sample rate (maybe this has changed?) so it doesn't sound as good as an mpc. it's really fun to record automation on the electribe and then sequence more automation for it on the mpc, so you can do stuff that's fixed to the measure and stuff that's like lfos at the same time (could do this with a computer too if ur software can record midi nrpns).

no idea which one I would recommend though, always used them at the same time as something else

id say, if you are going to make hiphop buy an mpc, if you arent going to be making hiphop music buy anything else

you also might want to consider one of roland's SPs

  tauboo said:

this is rather peculiar trolling

 

*fidgets*

not at all. i gave the boy my advice, and thought i'd supplement it with the general opinions of the wattum massive.

you can stop fidgeting now.

get a monomachine and a machinedrum. then sell both your kidneys.

seriously go for the electribe to start off with. mpc's are great for beats and controling midi devices... not much else.

maschine? best of all worlds?

i just picked up an electribe sx-1 and so far its pretty intuitive. i used to own the drum machine electribe (forget the letter) so i guess that helped. one thing i'm a little disappointed with is the effects. none of them are particularly interesting. the finger arp is fun but i need to work out how to assign notes to really get use out of this machine. the valves appear to be for show.

got to buy some smartmedia and a reader now

whats a good price for a used electribe sx-1?