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>an MPC is completely self contained, as such workflow is >focused solely on the unit without distraction.
If you're making beats with keys, you're still using your keyboard/module to select and edit patches. I"m assuming you're not including post-production in your assessment of an mpc as a completely self contained unit, unless you're a fan of their effects sections. I know I'm not but that's just me.
Honestly, Maschine is a far more "self contained" unit than anything out there. I know it requires computer connectivity but I'm speaking in terms of doing everything from the unit itself without needing to look at or do any work from anything else. It definitely has some flaws but it's strengths are considerable. I still prefer an MPC sequencer.
If Akai ever teamed up with, say, Yamaha and created a 100% stand alone (with computer integration as a bonus, not a necessity) MPC that included the sound and fx engines of the Motif series, a big SSHD and a VGA/HDMI port with a decent GUI, well, that would be a blistering shot of napalm that would pull a sizable portion of the Maschine market. I think I'd be among them.
>I was one of the earliest cats on the MPD16+DAW shits. It was >cool, especially when I paired it up with FL Studio, but I >still missed the focus I had when I was using an ASR-X (which >I've always preferred over the MPC).
I was disappointed with the MPD 32 personally. It was great for banging out drums and very basic mixing, but otherwise it was actually a workflow distraction. I use Cubase so perhaps it functioned better with FL, but it was a lackluster experience overall. Cubase with a Nektar P4/5 was far better and Maschine completely destroyed it.
-Sig-
“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"
-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.
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