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bruceferraudi · 10th June 2010

The Maschine wins for features and has tons of included sounds and is easily the best/first true hybrid system for certain types of music...

but a genuine MPC (1000 and up) feel so much more solid. The pads and casing provide for a better user experience whereas the Maschines pads felt a little spongy and the unit felt a little cheap but I suppose its all relative to what you have been using. And Maschine feels way better than any of the MPD/MPK that Ive tried but still feels sorta toyish compared to a real MPC. I think the integration with the software is fantastic and I'd like to experiment with it's library some more but thats what competitors like Battery, GURU and BPM are for and these are less costly and provide similar sounds/features.

I'd spend some time-at least a couple of hours trying both...and make sure you use the MPC midi'd to some good sounds from either hardware/software for fair comparison as the MPC is primarily a sequencer/sampler. Save yourself lots of money down the road by doing some real testing at a retailer or through friends.

10th June 2010	#43
bruceferraudi Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 259	The Maschine wins for features and has tons of included sounds and is easily the best/first true hybrid system for certain types of music... but a genuine MPC (1000 and up) feel so much more solid. The pads and casing provide for a better user experience whereas the Maschines pads felt a little spongy and the unit felt a little cheap but I suppose its all relative to what you have been using. And Maschine feels way better than any of the MPD/MPK that Ive tried but still feels sorta toyish compared to a real MPC. I think the integration with the software is fantastic and I'd like to experiment with it's library some more but thats what competitors like Battery, GURU and BPM are for and these are less costly and provide similar sounds/features. I'd spend some time-at least a couple of hours trying both...and make sure you use the MPC midi'd to some good sounds from either hardware/software for fair comparison as the MPC is primarily a sequencer/sampler. Save yourself lots of money down the road by doing some real testing at a retailer or through friends.