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Originally Posted by soultrane mpc 3000 cannot make miracles... neither can 5 loaves and 2 fishes...
but in the right hands...
why not real drums? well, even if u DID have a very nice kit set up in a great sounding room with great mics and an SSL4000J and Radar II to record it on, there would STILL be times when you would prefer an MPC...
it's not always easy to get a drummer to play the groove the way you want... of course, you say, sample the drummer, but then, what's the point of having a drummer when you've already got 2 gig of drum samples?
it is amazing to look at a very funky drum sample in a midi file, to see how unquantized it is, even if it sounds rock solid.
like some of harvey mason or clyde stubblefield or jabo or bernard... especially... sloppy by 960ppqn standards!!!
even if you CAN'T play drums, you can play the MPC and get your own feel going. i thought that interview was pretty nice...
also, i find that quantizing bass w. drums is the worst of all... cats spending time to make sure their kick and their bass lines up perfectly... what a way to ruin a tune.
i wonder if hi tek doubles his tempos, like recording at 180bpm for a 90bpm track... that gives you double the ppqn... (i don't do it, does anyone here?)
(ps that said, the mpc 3k does have great quantizing...easy to turn on and off as you need it) |
Sure, that gear is a dream, i agree.
But the quantization per bars is needed in some point, because if have bass bars with quarter notes and some hi-hat with 16notes per bar . How will sound? Conflicting with bass notes i think.