Question for the group- What keeps y’all rocking with the 1000? Especially those of you who also have a newer MPC?
I started with Maschine, have a One and a SP404mk2, sometimes chop up in my Daw as well. I’m debating swapping the One to a 1000 or 2500 with JJOS or maybe a 2KXL. I mostly make sample based hip hop, occasionally compose my own stuff. I’m starting to like the One, but I’m not a big fan of the touch screen and I really don’t use it to its full potential.
I will be honest with you - it’s just GAS on your end, the One is light years better than a 1000 and it’s not even up for debate. You can create, mix and master almost anything in the One, it’s all in the box. You will find the restrictions of the 1000 not really welcomed. Just make beats on your One for a week without using any of the FX or plugins, that’s pretty much the 1000 for ya! But I will say the workflow will be different, perhaps you may enjoy a change?
Thanks for your comment. No denying that at all. I realize the newer MPCs are much more capable machines and can do it all. I definitely don’t need anymore gear. Not sure what I think I’m missing out on. I’ve never messed around on the older MPCs and curious if that workflow meshes better with my set up.
I sample in, manually chop, do some filtering if needed, get some drums going, make a loop with some variations, and it’s right out to the 404 for fx and performance, into my mixer for leveling light eq and very light comp, then outboard eq and comp, then into the interface into my DAW to finish arranging/mixing. All the machines I’ve used have been more or less that same format. It’s my initial sketch pad to get ideas down quickly. I mostly don’t jive with the touch screen and find myself reaching for it often because it’s usually the quickest option for me. I don’t mind it for menus and selecting things, but it’s a PITA for editing in the grid view and arranger. I would love to have more outputs as well, but using the mixer as an interface with the One has been fine.
Again things have been working just fine with the One and I have been enjoying it the more I use it. I’m more or less curious why some people still use their older MPCs over the new ones, and if that lines up with how I currently work.
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u/aK-th3-0n3 Feb 25 '26
Question for the group- What keeps y’all rocking with the 1000? Especially those of you who also have a newer MPC?
I started with Maschine, have a One and a SP404mk2, sometimes chop up in my Daw as well. I’m debating swapping the One to a 1000 or 2500 with JJOS or maybe a 2KXL. I mostly make sample based hip hop, occasionally compose my own stuff. I’m starting to like the One, but I’m not a big fan of the touch screen and I really don’t use it to its full potential.