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Guilgam
Published on 04/04/07 at 05:50
Everything has been said, some additional audio outputs would have been welcome, the editor for Mac / PC is rather well thought out, the motorized faders are a treat to live!
UTILIZATION
Use the "basic" simple, provided that we know a little MC-X0X, if the manual is clear and the first patterns are written quickly, soon you sail in different modes and menus, but many thought.
As against a MIDI setup just loaded (controllers, synthesizers and other sequencer), things get complicated and many of the constraints appear. Master in the configuration of the DC is quite complex, as a slave, the real-time recording or step is laborious ...
These defects are specific to my use (a little weird I admit!) But very annoying for creativity, with a machine of this series I am a little disappointed, but I insist to use "classic", no worries !
SOUNDS
I use it for the hardtek and electronica, the sounds are very good, very many and varied, with good momentum, for against the realistic sounds (pianos, violins, etc.) are not very ... realistic! But the sampler is to compensate for this problem ...
The effects are good, especially the compressor and mastering, very effective.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for four months, the style all-in-one of the groovebox is really convenient modules sequencer, synth and sampler are of good quality and easy to use, the faders are very useful.
I tried the MPC1000 and 2000, the 808 has a much warmer, for against the sequencer is not worth that of the MPC, I think the choice is a matter of taste.
If it was the only sequencer in my config (we play many) I would do this choice, but too many constraints imposed on me with my other machines, a shame as it sounds!
UTILIZATION
Use the "basic" simple, provided that we know a little MC-X0X, if the manual is clear and the first patterns are written quickly, soon you sail in different modes and menus, but many thought.
As against a MIDI setup just loaded (controllers, synthesizers and other sequencer), things get complicated and many of the constraints appear. Master in the configuration of the DC is quite complex, as a slave, the real-time recording or step is laborious ...
These defects are specific to my use (a little weird I admit!) But very annoying for creativity, with a machine of this series I am a little disappointed, but I insist to use "classic", no worries !
SOUNDS
I use it for the hardtek and electronica, the sounds are very good, very many and varied, with good momentum, for against the realistic sounds (pianos, violins, etc.) are not very ... realistic! But the sampler is to compensate for this problem ...
The effects are good, especially the compressor and mastering, very effective.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for four months, the style all-in-one of the groovebox is really convenient modules sequencer, synth and sampler are of good quality and easy to use, the faders are very useful.
I tried the MPC1000 and 2000, the 808 has a much warmer, for against the sequencer is not worth that of the MPC, I think the choice is a matter of taste.
If it was the only sequencer in my config (we play many) I would do this choice, but too many constraints imposed on me with my other machines, a shame as it sounds!