are usually stuck in the past in terms of technology. You still have cats using the MPC60 and the SP1200, because for hip-hop beat making many feel like the limitations of the older devices are good for creativity.

But for most musicians, they have moved on. There was a time when pop and R&B artists all had bands that were using MPCs for backing sequences. Now, everyone is either running Ableton or ProTools on a laptop is they need control over the individual tracks in the stems, or an iPad running MPC apps or SoundCue if they just need loops or set sequences.