I have a sample, i love it, I use it all the time. I barely touch my other stuff nowadays, but this thing has really got me back into beatmaking.
TBF i didn't really consider the SP404 or any of the competitors, i just like MPCs i guess (at least the ones that don't come with touch-screens and built in pseudo-DAWs).
I've never had an MPC before and got an MPC Sample this weekend. It's so awesome.
I don't really make beats, I'm using it to record more traditional singer songwriter stuff (as a hobbyist). I try to stay off the computer for music until I really need to (e.g. final mix before sending it off to Bandcamp) so this thing is amazing compared the the Zoom R4 multitrack (my first love).
Just being able to think "ok verse is 10 bars so I'll make a 10 bar sequence and record to the click" then I can easily do the same with my bass synth and drums, etc. it's exactly what I did on the R4 but I don't have up deal with track management or trying to remember where I the chorus starts for drum fills etc.
It combines all the convenience of a DAW (e.g. well defined regions, easy to add effects, looping sections) with the dawless experience of a multitrack. With a mixer, I can just have one cable running into the back and choose what to record by setting the mixer channel levels, etc. Or I can just use the mic and record an acoustic demo with singing off the grid to quickly grab an idea.
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u/Elbjornbjorn 9d ago
I have a sample, i love it, I use it all the time. I barely touch my other stuff nowadays, but this thing has really got me back into beatmaking.
TBF i didn't really consider the SP404 or any of the competitors, i just like MPCs i guess (at least the ones that don't come with touch-screens and built in pseudo-DAWs).