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MEAT
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22258 posts 		Sun Nov-15-15 10:07 AM

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"Why have tablets and touch screens not killed the MPC?"


  

          

I don't get how that's still an expensive machine when it can be simulated and manipulated with software.

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Why have tablets and touch screens not killed the MPC? [View all] , MEAT, Sun Nov-15-15 10:07 AM
 
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the experience isn't the same
Nov 15th 2015
1
While we're at it...why are there even drummers anymore?
Nov 15th 2015
2
Because some guys would rather play a drum set.
Nov 15th 2015
20
      No. Cold Truth. It was not a real question.
Nov 15th 2015
34
           lol
Nov 18th 2015
47
in a word: response...
Nov 15th 2015
3
Response + reliability are big reasons for anything hardware really.
Nov 15th 2015
21
because the MPC can connect to other hardware?
Nov 15th 2015
4
Not really. I can connect hardware just fine to Cubase.
Nov 15th 2015
23
      as nice as FM8 is, they still can't reproduce a lot of patches right
Nov 16th 2015
40
      the most obvious and influential is the Roland 303
Nov 18th 2015
46
Uhhhhh MPC == Controller in 2015
Nov 15th 2015
5
The Touch is the new joint
Nov 15th 2015
6
that's fuckin sad...
Nov 15th 2015
8
      Have a seat, old man.
Nov 15th 2015
24
The only cats still really using MPCs are hip hop beat makers who
Nov 15th 2015
7
"everyone" is pretty broad
Nov 15th 2015
10
it's accurate imo.
Nov 15th 2015
18
Yes, "everyone" is a generalization, but read my context.
Nov 15th 2015
19
Thing is, unless I'm mistaken, Logic is used far more than Ableton
Nov 16th 2015
39
      Yep, I'm talking about live performance.
Nov 16th 2015
43
"everyone" is pretty accurate
Nov 15th 2015
25
RE: The only cats still really using MPCs are hip hop beat makers who
Nov 15th 2015
12
Yep. That's part of what I meant I terms of them liking
Nov 15th 2015
22
dude that was stupid as hell, and extremely condescending
Nov 15th 2015
15
      No, it was actually knowledgeable and correct.
Nov 15th 2015
26
           read my postagin and get back with me
Nov 15th 2015
29
                Which one? I think my response was apt for the post it directly
Nov 15th 2015
31
                     yeah I read that wong, I retract my statement
Nov 15th 2015
35
There are things you can do with it you simply cannot with a tablet
Nov 15th 2015
9
RE: There are things you can do with it you simply cannot with a tablet
Nov 15th 2015
11
I can't think of anything OTHER than velocity response though.
Nov 15th 2015
13
of course, but it still won't beat everything being in one place like an...
Nov 15th 2015
14
This is only really true if you're sample based only
Nov 15th 2015
28
      minus the external display, there have been boards like this
Nov 16th 2015
38
      Not really. Those are keyboard workstations, which are fine
Nov 16th 2015
44
      also, I was going to bring up my first release as an example
Nov 16th 2015
42
also there is no sequencer in a software package that is close to the AS...
Nov 15th 2015
16
      The point is that there COULD be though.
Nov 15th 2015
17
      With software? I HIGHLY doubt it. Especially for a tablet.
Nov 15th 2015
32
           Perhaps I'm not understanding.....
Nov 15th 2015
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                Yeah but latency is a HUGE variable that all but deads this
Nov 15th 2015
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      Agreed.
Nov 15th 2015
30
How many people are rocking an SR 16?
Nov 15th 2015
27
it seems to me like
Nov 15th 2015
37
I was chopping it up with some session musicians earlier today
Nov 16th 2015
41
      You should cop a Nektar.
Nov 16th 2015
45
           That kind of stuff will be handled by a Digi 003 console
Nov 18th 2015
50
RE: Why have tablets and touch screens not killed the MPC?
Nov 18th 2015
48
Onra says something very interesting about this in the latest
Nov 18th 2015
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