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genericperson · 8th November 2005

Sort of, but at a much better level.

Think of it in terms of *workflow* rather than feature set, economics, etc.

1) you come up with a cool beat or catchy part
2) you start adding to it
3) then you have to overdub vocals and mix

it's at this point that the MPC hits a brick wall. the MPC user dumps the stuff into protools, hoping the drums don't start to sound thinner, the timing doesn't get lame, and the inspiration doesn't get lost.

why not keep the flow going and take it to the finish line inside the MPC?

sure, there will always be a need for a studio that can "record anything that walks in" and has 32 channels of ad/da and all the other stuff, including multiple tracking rooms.

but what about the "rest of us"? i think once the typical MPC user get the groove down, they have a lot of momentum. they aren't trying to be everything to every person. they have a target in mind: get the vocals down, fiddle with it, sweeten it up, and mix it.

a 64-bit, VST enabled environment inside the MPC could allow us to cross the finish line in style and with quality. think of how fat and tight the MPC sounds due to its OS, architecture, and RAM-based data use. now keep it going into the mix enviroment. it wouldn't just be like "ha-ha i don't have to use my computer today". it would be more like "this enviroment is superior in every way from start to finish to create build and mix a hip-hop track".

you need 64-bit to do this, and you need VSTsupport to get to the high-quality 3rd party effects. but not to turn it into a jack-of-all-trades master of none box (forget film scoring, 32 record tracks at once, etc.).

8th November 2005	#21
genericperson Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 521 Thread Starter	Sort of, but at a much better level. Think of it in terms of workflow rather than feature set, economics, etc. 1) you come up with a cool beat or catchy part 2) you start adding to it 3) then you have to overdub vocals and mix it's at this point that the MPC hits a brick wall. the MPC user dumps the stuff into protools, hoping the drums don't start to sound thinner, the timing doesn't get lame, and the inspiration doesn't get lost. why not keep the flow going and take it to the finish line inside the MPC? sure, there will always be a need for a studio that can "record anything that walks in" and has 32 channels of ad/da and all the other stuff, including multiple tracking rooms. but what about the "rest of us"? i think once the typical MPC user get the groove down, they have a lot of momentum. they aren't trying to be everything to every person. they have a target in mind: get the vocals down, fiddle with it, sweeten it up, and mix it. a 64-bit, VST enabled environment inside the MPC could allow us to cross the finish line in style and with quality. think of how fat and tight the MPC sounds due to its OS, architecture, and RAM-based data use. now keep it going into the mix enviroment. it wouldn't just be like "ha-ha i don't have to use my computer today". it would be more like "this enviroment is superior in every way from start to finish to create build and mix a hip-hop track". you need 64-bit to do this, and you need VSTsupport to get to the high-quality 3rd party effects. but not to turn it into a jack-of-all-trades master of none box (forget film scoring, 32 record tracks at once, etc.).