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fontenele · 30th June 2006

My first music job ever was a record totally sequenced on a old Korg 01w/pro somewhat 15 years ago... so I 've been around. For economic reasons ( I used to live in brazil ) I dropped out of music for a while and I am back now.
I always wanted to have a akai mpc, but always sounded to pricey for me. Now I am trying to get to music with all of me, I thought reason was a good way in so I use it together with cubase sl.

But I still have the feeling that they are not the real thing and I live with something on the back of my head about a MPCs. I never had one and I feel like I have to have one I need to experience it . When I read stories about big producers,they don't really mention vst as something crucial. Not a lot of passion there. Instead they always talk about the f***** Mpc's. So I am about to commit the crime and pay freaking big bucks on one.

THREE MAIN QUESTIONS...

IS it REALLY WORTH IT ??
HOW IS THE LEARNING CURVE ON THAT THING?
ARE GOOD LIBRARIES EASY TO FIND ?
ANY TIPS?

30th June 2006	#1
fontenele Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 299 Thread Starter	something tells me .... buy a MPC !! is it worth it? My first music job ever was a record totally sequenced on a old Korg 01w/pro somewhat 15 years ago... so I 've been around. For economic reasons ( I used to live in brazil ) I dropped out of music for a while and I am back now. I always wanted to have a akai mpc, but always sounded to pricey for me. Now I am trying to get to music with all of me, I thought reason was a good way in so I use it together with cubase sl. But I still have the feeling that they are not the real thing and I live with something on the back of my head about a MPCs. I never had one and I feel like I have to have one I need to experience it . When I read stories about big producers,they don't really mention vst as something crucial. Not a lot of passion there. Instead they always talk about the f***** Mpc's. So I am about to commit the crime and pay freaking big bucks on one. THREE MAIN QUESTIONS... IS it REALLY WORTH IT ?? HOW IS THE LEARNING CURVE ON THAT THING? ARE GOOD LIBRARIES EASY TO FIND ? ANY TIPS?